Peter and the Pansexuals

While dining on a chilly Sunday afternoon at a restaurant near my apartment, my friend and I had a particularly gregarious waiter. At one point the waiter looked over at the owner of the restaurant, a lanky man wearing a dress and makeup, and said "He played with his sister's dolls when he was younger." Feeling obligated to do so, for whatever reason, we chuckled, and the waiter continued: "Go to his website, they're going to be huge one day."

May I present Peter and the Pansexuals

The Tyra Banks Show

On March 17th Tyra Banks hosted drag queens on her talk show to imitate her and give men from the audience makeovers. She also briefly interview Amanda Lepore, a famous transgendered woman who has a become a pop culture icon.
Read a recap on Tyra's official website.

Transgender Warriors

Leslie Feinberg traces her/his own struggles as well as other prominent transgenderists in the book Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman.

Visit Feinberg's website here

Read about Feinberg on Wikipedia

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, is a book by Jennifer Finney Boylan. Boylan is a male to female transsexual who discusses her experiences in candid but poignant manner.

She's Not There website

Metro Article

New York Press Article

This article discusses and interviews the first non-operative female to male transexual, Buck Angel. He is quoted as saying, "I do also believe that a lot of people don’t take it as seriously as it needs to be taken. It’s kind of become a trendy thing. They’re playing with their gender, and maybe they don’t really want to be male. Which is fine, but as a real transsexual person, I don’t consider myself a transsexual, I consider myself a man.”

Read the article here.

The Surreal Life

Alexis Arquette, a transgendered actress, has a role on the reality show The Surreal Life:

Read about it here

In this episode she is directly confronted with harassment due to her gender.

Transgeneration

Read about the groundbreaking reality T.V. show on its official site

Watch an episode and get more information

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Transamerica

Read about this Oscar winning film on its official website

Or on imdb