Travel and culture articles for the transgender community by URNotAlone.com. New articles appear at the top of the listings. See travel and culture article excerpts below and click “Read More” for any of the topics that interest you.
TheNassauGuardian.com – Nadine Brown, Guardian Staff Reporter
In Las Vegas and other cities in the United States and around the world, being a “Drag Queen” is a metaphor for making big bucks as an entertainer. Here in the Bahamas and the Caribbean a…
TheJakartaPost.com – Simon Pitchforth
While returning home one evening last week after blowing the froth off a few ales on Jakarta’s street of backpackers and broken dreams (Jl. Jaksa), my Blue Bird hansom cab passed over the river/canal overpass th…
ManilaTimes.net – Francis ?Chuck? Gomez
As I began to traverse the vast terrain of modern transgender politics and ideology in preparation for this story, I realized that I am no expert in the field and subject of transgender identity. Like most peo…
TheDesertSun.com – Stefanie Frith
If you see Bette Midler or Celine Dion walking down the street, it just might be the real thing.
Or it could be a female impersonator.
Either way, you are still going to tell your friends you saw them.
And …
Pattaya Daily News – Story: Methawee – Photo : DCman
Thailand, a predominantly Buddhist country, is widely tolerant of homosexuals, transvestites and transsexuals ? one reason, perhaps, that men who opt for the transformation here are so stunning an…
Dallas Voice – Hiroko Tabuchi – Associated Press
TOKYO ? To most Japanese, Takafumi Fujio ? with cropped hair, thick arms and deep voice ? is a typical, middle-aged salaryman. But until four years ago, when the food company worker started on a range…
NewKerala.com – Papri Sri Raman, Villupuram (Tamil Nadu)
India’s transvestites, who have faced ostracism for centuries, are discovering their identities and potentials and getting to know their rights and social duties in a tiny village festival her…
Mainichi-msn.co.jp
To most Japanese, Takafumi Fujio — with cropped hair, thick arms and deep voice — is a typical, middle-aged salaryman. But until four years ago, when the food company worker started on a range of hormonal treatments, he was a wo…
E-CityLife – Chiang Mai, Thailand
As I sat outside a coffee shop in Chiang Mai, I paid close attention to every woman as she walked by.
Not enough makeup. Hair too plain. Clothes too ordinary.
I was waiting to meet Neung, a 21 year old French …
Mumbai Mirror
Many men are celebrating the lifting of the ban on dance bars. Especially the ones who work as bar dancers, says Bhushan Korgaonkar
Once the dance bars are back in business, Deepak Saravde (24) will resume his old routine. At 9.35 p…