June is Pride month and I am excited to confirm that the MN T-Girls will have a booth (G37, in the Green Zone) at this year's Pride Festival in Minneapolis the weekend of June 23rd and 24th. Although the festival runs both Saturday and Sunday, please note that we will be there SATURDAY only. Come … Continue reading MN T-Girls at TC Pride!
Sometimes the weather is not a t-girl's friend. The summer brings humidity and ruins our makeup and in the winter it's too cold to wear that minidress and it's too icy to wear those heels. Oh, who am I kidding, it's never too cold or icy to wear a minidress or stilettos. Although summer gives … Continue reading Sweatproofing your Makeup
A friend of mine forwarded an email to email from Lane Bryant announcing their new Pride-themed collection. It's a wonderful thing to see a company announce their support for the transcommunity (and the GLBTQIA community as a whole). It's a risky thing as it can create backlash and boycotts of the business itself, such as … Continue reading Shopping with Skepticism
From GayStarNews Beauty retail giant Sephora will offer specialized makeup classes to trans and non-binary people. Called ‘Bold Beauty for the Transgender Community’, the classes begin next month as part of Sephora’s Classes for Confidence program. The program’s aim is ‘to help inspire fearlessness in those facing major life transitions’. Sephora’s official Beauty Advisors with … Continue reading Makeup Lessons with Sephora!
PFLAG was the first support organization I heard of when I was growing up. I attended their meetings a few years ago and found it was a wonderful, supportive, and inclusive community. So, what is PFLAG? Their mission is uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies. … Continue reading PFLAG Events for May
I've written a lot about Corrie Dubay and her business Midwest Makeup Supply on my blog. If you're looking for an amazing makeover from a huge advocate for the trans community, you cannot do better than Corrie. Corrie has recently revamped her gender transformation studio for her business 'Femme Makeovers'. I've had a chance to … Continue reading Get GORGEOUS with Corrie!
Most crossdressers and t-girls are familiar with the Townhouse, Saint Paul's oldest gay bar. For many of us, it's one of the first places we go when we are ready to leave our living rooms. The MN T-Girls, as a group and as individuals, have been here many times. City Pages has written a nice … Continue reading Dragged Out: St. Paul’s scrappy, sincere drag show secret
How do I know if I’m a crossdresser or if I’m transgender? And if I am transgender, then Ok, I’m transgender. Now what? Do I really have to come out? I can’t afford a therapist. What do I do? As far as I know, there is no agreed upon definition of what a crossdresser is. … Continue reading Ask Hannah!
KTTC, the NBC affiliate in Rochester, MN recently had a story featuring Mallory Heath, a transwoman who facilitates the Southern Minnesota Transgender Support group, a trans advocacy organization in southern Minnesota. I like what Mallory has to say about how some some people may know more trans people than they think: "We're here and that … Continue reading Southern Minnesota Transgender Support
As someone who doesn't *really* believe in gender, I sure think about it a lot. I think about the social expectations and societal norms and traditional roles that are all connected with gender. I believe that gender is a personal choice and you have the right to identify as different genders throughout your life and … Continue reading This or That
Hannah McKnight 