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Going to Fantasia Fair?
I registered for Fantasia Fair during the week of Fantasia Fair 2013 to get the best price. I also reserved a room at my favorite Provincetown B&B and by staying for seven nights, I get two nights...
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Her Suits Her Fine
Yesterday was International Transgender Day of Visibility.I missed it. I would have dressed more appropriately for work on Monday if I knew beforehand. On the other hand, I am glad that I was dressed...
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A Little Class
There was interest in having a Femulate gathering at Fantasia Fair this year, so I completed the workshop proposal and submitted it to Dallas Denny, the Fantasia Fair Program Coordinator. With the...
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The Many Aspects of Gender
By RomanaRomana wrote an interesting piece for Femulate, “The Many Aspects of Gender,” which describes her take on gender. Her article is long, so you will find it in its entirety on a separate...
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A casa by any other name is still Casa Susanna
Casa Susanna was a guest house in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate New York where crossdressers dressed en femme during their visits in the 1960s.Although not mentioned by name, My Year Among the...
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Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb
Attend any transgender event and this scene is not out of the realm of possibilities.Personally, when I am en femme at a transgender, LGBT or civilian event, I refuse to use the men’s restroom or even...
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Pejic Speaks
Transcendent fashion model Andrej Pejic sat down for an interview with Isabel Wilkinson for New York Magazine's The Cut.Four years ago, when model Andrej Pejic walked in the John Paul Gaultier show,...
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Starla's School Stars
I had not heard from Starla since last year and I figured that the well had run dry — that there were no more student femulations to be dredged up from the online high school yearbooks. So it was a...
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My Sin
How often have you heard older transwomen say that they wished they were growing up today? I have said it many times myself. Actually, I enjoyed growing up when I did. The only reason for wishing I...
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UConn’t Sleep
I am a UConn graduate, Class of ‘73, and the past few days have been very exciting. It's not often that a school wins NCAA championships two days in a row! Go Huskies!But there is a dark side; I am...
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My Kind of Birthday Party
“Private Birthday Party is a private collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s early drag ball culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s. With over 200 images, this collection is a...
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Before and After
The staff at Girls “R” Us is thrilled with the results of their latest transformation! Femulating in the 1920s. Wearing Fashion to Figure.
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Go West
One month from today, I will hit the road and head west to Dayton, Ohio, to attend Hamvention, the biggest ham radio show this side of the Arctic Circle. I attend most years and this year will be no...
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Survey
Victor Zhu, MSIII, is working with the Yale University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and, in collaboration with the Yale University transgender community, they have designed a...
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1600 Quarters
The above photo depicts a rare sight – a slot machine paying a jackpot! I went to the casino yesterday to play slots and during the first two hours, I was not doing well --- not losing a lot, but...
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Slots of Fun!
Yesterday's post was short. After I returned home from the casino, I went to bed early without writing much about my day (other than mentioning my big win) because I had a nasty stomach ache. I don't...
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Woman Up
I prefer garments that have skirts versus garments that have legs. As a result, my wardrobe weighs heavily with dresses and not so much with pants. I own one pair of dress pants, one pair of capris,...
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They might as well
Dressbarn is super supportive of the trans community. Their sales personnel do not bat an eye when a guy shopping for clothing in their stores wants to use the dressing room to try on what he picked...
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Woman’s Day
Tuesday is Woman's Day for me --- a full day out in the world as a woman. I plan to do a little shopping in the morning, then go to Southern Connecticut State University to do transgender outreach at...
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Dos Casas
You can see vintage Casa Susanna photos and an article about Casa Valentina here.(Thanks to Meg of Call Me Meg fame, for the link.)Actors Wade McCollum, Scott Willis and Bryan West in the Phoenix,...
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