1 November 2010 Pretty T Girls The Magazine for the most beautiful girls in the world 2 Page A Note From Amy 3 A Letter of Thanks from Barbara Marie 4 A Letter of Thanks from Barbara Jean 5 Three Dates in November - Editorial by Barbara Jean 6 Shoes by Chloe Smith 7 Tips on Being A T Girl by Angel 12 Trans Radio Station 13 Nails and Health—Read the Signs web MD 15 New Use for Common Bathroom Items by Real Simple 17 The Exploits of Barbara Marie 19 Humor—The Turkey 23 Thanksgiving Weather forcast 24 5 Digital Camera Mistakes to Avoid 25 How to Sound Like a Woman 26 Angels in the Centerfold– Cover Girl Contestants. 27 TG Tips By Melissa 30 Stephanie Monroe, My First Trips 36 The Birth of Femville Chapter 8 Disaster Strikes 38 The Two Spirit People of Indigenous North America. 43 TG Images on the Silver Screen by: Melissa Lynn 45 The Gossip Fence—Transgendered in the News 50 Shop Till You Drop 60 Memorial page—Remembering Our Dead 66 November Calendar 67 A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE SERVED 3 A Word from Amy: The Changing of the Guard About a year ago the Pretty T-Girls group founder, Rachel Williston, found it necessary to step down as moderator for personal reasons. Since Nan and I were co-moderators at the time we became moderator by default. Because of the limited time I had to devote to the group I enlisted Kylie to publish the magazine and later Barbara Marie to co- moderate. When situations in Kylie's personal life made it necessary for her to step down, Barbara Jean and Gabrielle filled the void. I now find myself in the same situation as Rachel and Kylie, and due to time constraints in my per- sonal life we find it necessary to step down as group mod- erator. Barbara Jean Jasen has graciously accepted the responsibilities of group moderator. Barbara Jean along with Gabrielle have been doing an outstanding job with the magazine and are obvi- ously dedicated to the magazine and committed to the success of the group. I would like to thank the members for their support during our time as moderator. I will be sup- porting Barbara Jean and Barbara Marie during the transition and know the wonderful members of this group will do the same. Best regards, Amy Garbati 4 A Special Thank You to Amy & Nan From Barbara Marie Thank You! AMY & NAN GARBATI Rachel set up the PTG group a number of years ago. She was the moderator as well as the publisher of the PTG magazine. This was a place for ladies and a few gentlemen to come without fear of being exposed or otherwise subjected to inappropriate photos, websites and behavior. She did a great job. When she needed help in the form of a co-moderator, she enlisted the services of Amy and Nan Gar- bati who did a great job as co- moderators. About a year ago, Rachel felt that because of personal conflicts, etc. in her life to turn the leadership over to Amy and Nan. Shortly afterwards, Amy’s job de- manded a lot more from her, thus she asked me to “step up to the plate” so to speak and assist her as co-moderator. I graciously accepted the position. Now Amy and Nan have come to a point in their lives where, in addition to her job as well as her extra curricular activities, she has reached a place where some things are more important. Thus, she asked Barbara Jean Jasen, editor of the PTG maga- zine to fill her shoes as Moderator of the PTG group, which Barbara Jean graciously accepted. Rachel’s group will live on and will do well. I want to thank Amy and Nan for their part in keeping the PTG group together, when Rachael bowed out of the picture. Let’s give them a big thanks from all of us for keeping the group go- ing and for a job well done. Thank You Amy and Nan! Yours Barbara Marie Davidson, Co Moderator, PTG Group. 5 Thank You to All Who Have Worked So Hard to Keep Pretty T Girls Alive. From Barbara Jean I guess I have been using the internet for a good 10 or 12 years now. During that time I have been part of quite a few yahoo groups. Many have gone the wayside, for one reason or other the group was brought to a close. Rachel Williston started Pretty T Girls yahoo group, and in addition created a magazine, a magazine that all the members could be proud of. But of course personal issue get in the way of time to take care of the group. She enlisted the help of Amy & Nan who graciously stepped up to the plate to help moderate the group. As time went on, personal issue got in the way and Rachel had to step down as the moderator of the group and publisher of the magazine. The reigns for the group were turned over to Amy & Nan, and Kylie Lynn stepped up to take over the publication of the magazine. Shortly after Amy & Nan took over the moderating of the group Amy’s job became more time consuming and she enlisted the help of Barbara Marie to aid her in moderating the group. When personal issues got in the way of Kylie Lynn doing the magazine, a call was put out for someone to step up to the plate to take over that job. Gabrielle and myself stepped up to the plate. Gabrielle doing the editing, and me doing the publishing. Once again personal issue got in the way for Amy & Nan and it became necessary for them to step down from the position of moderators of the group. In addition to Barbara Marie she enlisted my help in moderating the Pretty T girl Yahoo Group. Pretty T Girls survives because someone has always been willing to step up to the plate, to take over jobs keeping the group alive. I would like to take this time to Thank Rachel for starting a fine yahoo group, to thank Amy & Nan for the work they have done in moderating along with Barbara Marie. I want to say Thank You to Rachel and Kylie Lynn for the creation of a fine magazine, one that we can all be proud of. A Thank You to Gabrielle for the help she has given me in not just keeping the magazine alive but taking a good part of the burden off of me. It alone is a full time job. I would also like to thank the members of Pretty T Girls for their participation, their understand- ing and for their help in keeping this one of the better transgendered Yahoo Groups. Barbara Marie and I have split up the duties of moderating Pretty T Girls. Barbara Marie will take care of membership, while I will pretty much take care of the rest, creating the polls, ap- proving links, files, and photos. 6 Three Dates to November an Editorial by Barbara Jean Well November is here, a month to remember and a month to give thanks. On November 11th we in America honor those who served in the armed forces defending this nation. Many of us have served. Some of us went voluntarily, some of us were drafted into military service. We took the oath to defend the nation and the constitution even to the point of giving our lives in it’s defense. And yes, some of our sisters did just that. Sadly most of them were not known to be sisters of ours. Crossdressing while in the military was strictly a no no. To be caught meant to be kicked out. Prior to don’t ask don’t tell, the discharge was always under conditions less than honorable. As I write this don’t ask don’t tell failed to make it through the senate. But even if it was repealed, one would not be able to transition while in military service. The transgen- dered was not covered by it. As the publisher of this magazine and a veteran of Viet Nam, I want to give my thanks to all of you who have served our nation be it in time of peace or time of war. While the entire nation pays honor to the veterans this month, there is a second date this month, a more somber date for us. November 20th is the Transgendered Day of Remembrance. On that day we remember those brothers and sisters who’s lives were cut short by violence. In most cases their lives were sacrificed simply because they were transgendered. In Washington D.C. there is a memorial wall for service members who were killed during the Viet Nam conflict. We too have a memorial wall, it is on the web in a website called “Remembering Our Dead”. A project of Gwendolyn Ann Smith. To date there are over 350 names on that wall and the list grows each year. In addi- tion in some countries our brothers and sisters have been executed by their govern- ment simply for being transgendered. Yes, they are no longer with us, but we will not forget them. And then there is the third day, November 25th. Thanksgiving day. The first recorded Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, and on October 3, 1863 President Lincoln signed a proclamation that would forever make the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.