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University Challenge

Mainstream: UK’s University Challenge

December 9, 2009

University Challenge is a long-running British gameshow that features contestants currently enrolled in college. It is currently of interest to us because a recent team captain on the show is transgender. Her name is Olivia Woolley and she is studying law at University College London.
Special thanks to Stacy for sending in the story .

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Orlando Poster

Mainstream: Orlando (1992 Film)

November 25, 2009

A little over a month ago I posted about a movie called RAGE which featured Jude Law playing a MTF transsexual not to mention famous transvestite Eddie Izzard and none other than John Leguizamo a.k.a. Ms. Chi Chi Rodriguez. Little did I know that this wasn’t Sally Potter’s first time directing a film with gender [...]

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USA FLAG

Will The Hate Crimes Bill Change Your Life?

October 29, 2009

Yesterday marked a momentous historical event, President Obama signing into law the Byrd-Shepard Hate Crimes Bill, which intends to protect American citizens from violence based on, among other things, sexuality and gender identity. Many in the transgender community are excited about this news and I am certainly no exception.
It just so happened that my support [...]

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Coilette

Mainstream Crossdressing: Bender (Futurama)

October 20, 2009

In the Futurama episode “Bend Her”, Bender wants to compete with the female robots in the Olympics, so he convinces the Professor to perform a sex-change operation on him, which involves replacing his Testosteroil with Femmzoil. He takes on the name Coilette and competes for the fictitious country of Robonia.

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Birdo

Mainstream Crossdressing: Birdo

October 10, 2009

A digital dinosaur that spits eggs from her mouth is today’s Mainstream Crossdressing feature, let me take a moment to explain. Birdo, known as Catherine in Japan, is thought by some to be the first transgendered video game character.
Birdo first appeared in the NES game Super Mario Bros 2 and according to the North American [...]

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Jude Law

Mainstream Crossdressing: Rage (2009 Film)

October 4, 2009

For many reasons, Rage is shaping up to be nothing short of a groundbreaking piece of cinema. Not only did it single handedly create a new genre (Naked cinema), but it was also the first movie to premiere simultaneously across many different mediums.
Directed by Sally Potter, Rage debuted in theatres, on home video, on the [...]

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