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CAPISTRANO BEACH, CA 92624-0309 ce~@~~Q1T~lL(g The Transgender Community News & Information Monthly MAY1995 (ISSUE #67) 2 KYMBERLEIGH'S CLIPBOARD: Transgendered charactersarenow being played sympathetically on prime-time television ... can we now abandon daytime talk shows? 3 The NewsQueen 7 VIRGIN VIEWS BY VIRGINIA: We should be supportive of the gay community, because the battles they win are victories for us as well 8 VOX POPULI 9 NEWSWIRE 11 THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: It's not just beauty that determines our self-worth, it's who we are 12 T NOT ES: The professionals have difficulty ·dealing with us because of the mixed signals we send them 13 WOMAN TO WOMAN: There is no such thing as a "perfect" relationship, but real love can make it seem nearly so 15 DEFAULT ASSUMPTIONS ••• or "The Billy Tipton Phenomenon": Of all the communities within the transgender community, FTMs are most misunderstood 11 HotBuzz 20 THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVATIONAL SKILLS IN GENDER ROLE DEVELOPMENT: Only by observing those you wish to emulate -- with specific goals in mind -- can you successfully transition 24 ALT ERNA T IVE PR ESSES: Reviews of Gender Dysphoria: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Clinical Management and the zine gerbil. 26 THE DIVA OF DISH 28 HORMONES: ONE PERSON'S EXPERIENCE: What can you reasonably expect from hormones? 29 THE BEARDED LADY: Transgendered hardware? 30 COMICS 32 GREAT MOMENTS IN TV HISTORY 33 THE TRANSSEXUAL DYKE ISSUE, Part Four: The concluding installment of a cyberspace discussion on lesbian transsexualism 38 HOTLINES 39 CALENDAR OF EVENTS -Talk (ISSN 1070-6852) is Copyright 1995 Kymberleigh Richards, Publisher and Managing Editor. 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