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An Apology, and a Transgender Scholarship

Published on: March 24, 2010

The other day I checked my Facebook inbox for the first time in many months. I was humbled by all the messages I’d received. Notes of appreciation, cries for help and heartfelt longings from many who want to share a small piece of their transgender journey with me. I also felt guilt in knowing I had left those cries for help unanswered for too long. Intellectually I know that I’m only one woman, blessed with just twenty four hours each day. Yet my heart aches for all those needs I was unable to meet. For all those beautiful souls I could have soothed. For those wonderful woman I could have laughed with and cried with.

To all of you who have sent me a Facebook message, or email that I have yet to respond to – I apologize. I started Crossdresser Heaven for you, you deserve more than a never ending replay proclaiming, “We’re experiencing unusually high call volume. All operators are currently serving other customers. Your call will be answered in the order it was received”.

If anyone in the Crossdresser Heaven community has ideas for how I could be more efficient, or better scale the ability to serve those in the transgender community please comment and let me know!

A Transgender Scholarship

Now for some exciting news I heard about last week. The Gender Alliance of the South Sound is offering a transgender scholarship to an outstanding transgender student. The scholarship offers at least $500, but could be more depending on available funds. This is a tremendous opportunity to get financial support for your education. I know that it can be hard finding support as a transgendered woman, and I’m excited about this step by the Gender Alliance of South Sound.

If you know of any other transgender scholarships please comment and share!

May the light of the day yet to come shine brightly enough to banish the demons from the shadows of today.

Blessings,
Vanessa

Got Gravatar?

by Vanessa Law

Categories: Crossdresser Resources

Tags: crossdresser gravatar

Comments: 7 Comments

Published on: August 26, 2009

I LOVE reading and replying to comments you leave on Crossdresser Heaven. Your participation through comments makes it a joy for me to keep writing and maintaining Crossdresser Heaven. Thank you!

So you may be asking yourself: ‘what could be better than participating in a discussion about crossdressing among friends?’. How about being able to see the person you’re talking to?

A few days ago I enabled ‘Gravatar’ support on Crossdresser Heaven. It’s essentially an avatar picture that can be used across many sites on the Internet, including WordPress.com. If you browse through the comments sections on some posts you’ll see some ladies already have gravatars, like Petra and Jessica.

If you want to share you feminine image with others while you participate in intellectually stimulating discussions about crossdressing you need to do 4 things:

1. Go to http://en.gravatar.com/ and click ‘Get your Gravatar today’. Enter your email address when prompted
2. Watch for an email in your inbox from Gravatar. Click on the confirmation link.
3. Upload a photo
4. Use the same email address when commenting on Crossdresser Heaven

Now we can all see how fabulous you look!

Go on, give it a try. It takes just five minutes, and if you’re shy you don’t have to use a picture that reveals your identity.

I hope to see you soon!
Vanessa

A Crossdressing Forum en Rose

by Vanessa Law

Categories: Crossdresser Resources

Tags: crossdressing forum

Comments: 5 Comments

Published on: August 17, 2009

Every week you’ll find a crossdressing gem featured on Crossdresser Heaven. We cut through the plethora of bad advice, intolerant viewpoints and inappropriate attire to bring you the best crossdressing websites on the Internet. This feature is not just driven by my ninja Google skills, but is based almost entirely on suggestions I receive from readers of Crossdresser Heaven.

Thank you to all you wonderful ladies who have already submitted your favorite crossdressing websites. Please keep your suggestions coming. Send me an email at vanessalaw@crossdresserheaven.com and include the website, a brief description of why you recommend it, and your femme name so I can credit you.

This week’s suggestion comes from Jillian Wilson (thanks hon!)

As you are on the outlook for other good resources – I must suggest Pink Essence – which is hosted by Chloe Prince. Chloe was recently featured on ABCs Primetime and she did a wonderful job of promoting positive awareness to our community. She has extended that same brave approach to building what could be described as “Facebook for the Transgendered” .

It is well managed and full of very caring members of our community – those that are TG and also those who support them, If you haven’t already.. please have a look at http://pinkessence.ning.com/

A Crossdresser Heaven Forum?

I’ve received quite a few recommendations so far for forums where those in the transgendered community can share hope, encouragement and tips on how to look fabulous. For a while now I’ve been thinking about adding a forum aspect to Crossdresser Heaven to build a stronger community. I know that alone and in my limited experience I cannot answer all the many questions I’ve received through email. I wish I had the time to research and reply to everyone who is hurting or confused. Yet sometimes between work, family, exercise and actually crossdressing I find I’ve exhausted my allotted 24 hours.

Would you be interested in a forum on Crossdresser Heaven? It would be a place where crossdressers, their wives and girlfriends, and others in the transgendered community could find answers, meet new friends and renew the beautiful spirit inside of them.

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A Treasure Trove Of Gender Identity Information

by Vanessa Law

Categories: Crossdresser Resources

Tags: Transgender Support, transgender website

Comments: No Comments

Published on: August 10, 2009

Of all the transgender resources on the Internet Lynn Conway has provided one of the finest. Lynn Conway’s website provides information, support and encouragement for anyone who identifies as transgender or transsexual.

Her writing is eloquent, her ideas insightful and her expression is sincere. You can hear it in her words that speak the pain of experience and the triumph of personal victory.

This work has been conducted in the style of an investigative journalist who herself is embedded in the "war zone" she is covering. These investigations, carried out in an arena swirling with new shifts in existing paradigms of thought, have been continually shaped and guided by very close interactions with hundreds of people who are themselves very experienced in these issues. Many of these individuals have shared in the creation of this website, by contributing valuable observations and practical information about gender transition, and by sharing keen insights and wisdom that they’ve gained from their own personal experiences.

For anyone who is considering a transition and looking for helpful information and support I highly recommend her website.

Lynn Conway’s Transgender Website Is Not Alone

This week I shared a resource for the transgender community that is one of my personal favorites. The Internet can be a scary place, full of misinformed and half articulated truths. Every Monday I’ll share with you a site worth visiting, and there are many of those out there on the Internet.

If you’d like to share your favorite transgender or crossdresser website please email me at vanessalaw@crossdresserheave.com. Share one or two paragraphs about why others will find the site valuable, and your femme name so I can give you credit.

Blessings to you and your loved ones,
Vanessa

It’s Been Too Hot And A Crossdressing Forum

by Vanessa Law

Categories: Crossdresser Resources

Tags: crossdresser forum, crossdresser website, crossdressing forum

Comments: 12 Comments

Published on: August 3, 2009

This last week temperatures in Seattle reached record highs. Where I live it got up to 107 degrees (41 degrees Celsius for our friends to the North and East). Anyone who has lived in the Northwest a while has grown accustomed to extreme moderation in temperatures – it rarely gets below 30, and rarely peaks above 90. Very few homes have air conditioners, so this bought of overly hot summer brought us sweating and in search of any respite.

Unfortunately this meant I spent as little time as possible in our computer room, which is heated even further by Intel, and missed out on last week’s Crossdressing Website recommendation. We’re back in the saddle this week.

A Crossdressing Forum

This week’s recommendation comes from Laura Evans. It’s a crossdressing forum, and often has valuable resources and provides a place to talk with other crossdressers.

http://www.crossdressers.com A site for discussing all sorts of topics related to crossdressing with other crossdressers. Topics range from clothing, makeup, going out in public, coming out to the spouse or others, etc… It is a moderated site with rules for participation. There is a section for partners and a photo gallery. There is more to it check it out.

Thanks for your recommendation Laura! If you have a site you’d like to recommend to others, please send me an email: vanessalaw@crossdresserheaven.com with your femme name (so I can give you credit), as well as a paragraph or two description of the site.

Keep cool, and remember to wear sunscreen!

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I use Bare Escentuals mineral makeup as my sunscreen. The foundation includes an SPF15 sunblock. It’s the only sunscreen I’ve found that doesn’t cause me to break out – give it a try if your sunscreen doesn’t agree with your skin.

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