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1 Pretty T Girls May 2016 The Magazine for the most beautiful girls in the world A publication of Pretty T Girls Yahoo group 2 In This Issue PAGE Editorial By Barbara Jean 3 Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bills are Unconstitutional 5 Casa-Susanna, A 1960s Resort Where Crossdressing was Safe 7 Gatekeeper vs. Informed Consent 12 Eye Makeup Tricks That Will Bail You Out Everytime 15 Covering Beard Shadow for the Transwoman 18 Transgender Makeup 101 19 Wig Care—How to Brush a Wig 21 Uncorked Chapter 4 (fiction story) 23 Terri Lee Ryan 27 Carollyn Olson 29 The Adventures of Judy Sometimes 31 Módhnóirí 32 Tasi’s Musings 35 Humor 41 Angels In the Centerfold 42 Mellissa’s Tips 44 How Long Does Makeup Last 49 Diane Sikes 51 Pantyhose Coming Back In Style? 54 Tasi’s Fashion News 55 Lucille Sorella 58 Friday Charm School—How To Walk Like A Lady 60 From The Kitchen 63 4 Ways to Melt Butter That Don’t Involve The Microwave 66 Guide to Buying, Wrapping, & Eating Cheese 68 Let’s Get Together 70 Medicaid Coverage Map for Transition Related Care 74 The Gossip Fence 75 Shop Till You Drop 90 Calendar 103 3 First Shot An Editorial by: Barbara Jean At Lexington a shot was fired and a war began that founded the United States. At Fort Sumter Ashotwas fired thatatleastfor a periodsplitthe nation in two. In Austria Ashotwas fired at Franz Ferdinand which launched the first world war. For some time the right wing Christian groups have been saying that there was a war on Christianity, but in realitytheyand their republican allies have declared war on the LGBT community. Theyare the ones who have fired the firstshot. Oh theywere notfired with anyguns,but rather with getting laws passed that do nothing more than to give them a license to discriminate against those who do not conform to their viewpoints. Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, that is what theycall them, but in realitythey were simply licenses to discriminate against certain people. In Indiana they passed such a law and suddenlymanymajor companies said theywill no longer do business in Indiana. Even though the Governor has tried to water down the whole thing, still so far thestate loss over $60 Million dollars. In Arizona the attempt was made and the governor vetoed the bill after manymajor companies threatened to not do business in their state. South Dakota tried for a bathroom law, a law that would require us to use the bathroom that was in align with our birthsex. After seeing all the companies that opposed this law at the last minute the Governor vetoed the bill. Tennessee lawmakers are attempting to create the same bill for theschools requiringstudents to use the bathroom that aligns with thesexlisted on their birth certificates (which in Tennessee CANNOT be changed) and the governor has let the legislature know that it could cost thestate a billion dollars in federal education dollars. In Georgia the legislator has already passed a bill that permits discrimination against LGBT people and the governor has been warned that if it were to become law major corporation have told them theywill no longer do business in Georgia and the NFL has told them that theycould forget about having thesuper bowl. The Atlanta Braves have even threatened to move out of Georgia. Now here comes North Carolina who’s legislature in one daypassed a bill that would not only overturn Charlottes non discrimination laws, but all non discrimination laws created by local communities in thestate. The governor signed the bill into law late at night of that same dayit was created. The first shot has been fired at the LGBT community. We and our allies are now firing back. In combat when troops are pinned down and facing great odds, special forces may be called in 4 to rescue them. We of the LGBT community have our own special forced, our own big guns, they are called corporations. Corporations who stand on our side knowing that our community can provided them with some of the best and brightest employees. Cities andstates that have non-discrimination laws help them to keep those employees byinsuring that theywill not face discrimination outside of the workplace in things like housing or public accommodations. Our special forces are coming to our rescue. The NBA which was scheduled to hold it’s All Stars game in Charlotte is now considering moving it to another state, The Carolina Panthers have condemned the law, as to have the New York Times and manycities in North Carolina have opposed this law and one is even considering a lawsuit against the state. Many businesses have condemned this law also including IBM which has a large presence in North Carolina, including a 72,000 square-foot campus in Raleigh-Durham’s Research Park Triangle. The company has sunk a lot of money into the state — $300 million in research and development since 2011 — which has added $3.4 billion to thestates economyevery year, Fortune magazine reported. There’s no indication whether IBMhas plans to take action beyond its statement, but the microchip maker isn’t the only tech company lobbying against state non-discrimination bills. PayPal, Google, Apple, and Salesforce have all denounced North Carolina’s anti-LGBT bill. Salesforce, the San Francisco-based cloud computing company, has gone one step further. CEO Marc Benioff, who has a track record of taking strong policy stances, threatened to cancel the company’s upcoming conference in Georgia if the state’s governor didn’t veto a religious liberty bill that would allow some discrimination against same sex couples. American Airlines, Wells Fargo, Lowe’s and the National Basketball Association. Have all condemned this law. Virtually every newspaper in North Carolina have denounced this law. In addition the Mayors of San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and some other citries have enacted government funded travel to North Carolina unless necessary, in order to deprive the state of revenue in response to its legislation blocking anti-discrimination protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people. Likewise the governors of Washington and New York have enacted similar travel bans. The Mayor of Chicago is also going to push to get businesses to move from North Carolina to Chicago, and to get businesses that were considering North Carolina to reconsider and consider Chicago instead. Many businesses in North Carolina are against this new law and have posted notice that they will not discriminate against the transgender when it comes to bathroom usage. Time will tell just howmuch moneythis law will cost the state of North Carolina. Theyhave fired the shot and now the war has begun. Yes our community and more importantly our allies are fighting back against the state of North Carolina. 5 Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bills are Unconstitutional By Scott Skinner-Thompson As state legislatures reconvene for 2016, a rash of bills have been proposed that would exclude transgender people from using the restrooms that align with their gender identityand outward gender expression. In other words, the bills seek to prevent a transgender woman—who looks and presents as a woman—from using the women’s restroom. Instead, she would be forced to use a men’s restroom where she would stand out like a sore thumb. These “papers to pee” or “genital check” bills violate constitutional privacy protections. For example, in Washington state, a bill has been introduced that would empower public and private entities to bar transgender people from gender-segregated restrooms if the individual had not undergone gender confirmation surgery (sometimes referred to as genital reassignment surgery). In South Dakota, a bill recently passed by the House of Representatives would prevent a student whose chromosomes and anatomy as identified at birth did not align with a gender-segregated restroom from using that restroom in a public school. And in Virginia, a bill would impose a fine on anystudent who did not use the bathroom corresponding to the sex listed on their birth certificate. (Luckily, it appears as if this particular bill was defeated in committee on Tuesday). Currently in Virginia, the gender marker on a birth certificate will only be amended if an individual undergoes a medical procedure. If passed and enforced, these bills would violate an individual’s constitutional right to informational privacy. As I detailed in “Outing Privacy,” an article in the Northwestern University Law Review, the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution prevents the government from disclosing individuals’ intimate, sensitive information—including someone’s LGBTQ identity. This is particularlyso if the information is likelyto subject the individual to discrimination, harassment, or violence, as is tragically the case for many transgender individuals. Several federal courts have unambiguously recognized that there are constitutional limits on the government’s abilityto disclose one’s queerstatus. For example, in the case of Powell v. Shriver, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that “[t]he excruciatingly private and intimate na- ture of transsexualism, for persons who wish to preserve privacy in the matter, is really beyond debate.” And the 3rd Circuit hasconcluded that “[i]t is difficult to imagine amore private matter than one’s sexualityand a less likelyprobabilitythat the government would have a legitimate interest in disclosure of sexual identity. ... [S]exual orientation [is] an intimate aspect of [one’s] personality entitled to privacy protection.” 6 Even the Supreme Court, while not specifically addressing the issue of gender identity privacy, has acknowledged the existence of a constitutional right to limit disclosure of personal information. And in Obergefell v. Hodges, where the court overturned state bans on same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court exclaimed that the liberty guaranteed by the Constitution includes the individual right “to define and express their identity.” As such, proposed bills that seek to bar, punish, or fine individuals who use restrooms corresponding to their gender identity—but not corresponding to certain discrete aspects of their anatomy—unconstitutionally publicly out and disseminate intimate information regarding transgender individuals.

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