I know this strand in the forum is for announcements and such, but I figured this place gets the most attention .

I've been scouring this, and many other websites for a few days now in a desperate attempt to discover *real* information about the various forms of the cross-dressing subculture (be it dressing in drag, trans gender, ANYTHING).

Well that's not the right way to start off... I sound like an impersonall arse hole. I'm a senior college student in the Baltimore area, an English Secondary Education major who's studies have focussed in inner-city education. I love circa 1977 punkrock, hardcore, and pretty much can't stand what today's modern media has done to our many precious subcultures :P.

In my final year here at school I decided to take a communications class titled "Making Sense of Popular Culture". I think the title alone gives away the classes general discussion. However, for our final paper my professor has asked each of us to write about a subculture, how it relates to the so called "domiant" culture, and so on. Naturally I went right to the peer reviewed psycho-analitical articles in my school's library, but they seemed outdated and didn't give me the personal look into the world of drag. I was wondering/hoping that some of you might be able to point me in the right direction? Any possible websites I should look at or (on the internet) articles I could read would be SO GREAT. I want to get information from the very people I so humbly plan to represent in my paper.

I know this may seem a little odd, and PLEASE realize I am not trying to be offensive in any way. I'm just looking for some guidance so I can give the best representation of this facinating subculture... hope to hear from you soon (very soon, as this paper's due date is closing fast) -shamRocks

hop on over to the Queenmother forums here for all kinds of info and discussion on crossdressing & transgender...

If you have specific questions, I would be happy to attempt to answer anything I could. Please email me at MissSweetieNyc@aol.com. If you would write out and number specific questions that would help. Good luck to you.

Welcome, Sham

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I know this strand in the forum is for announcements and such, but I figured this place gets the most attention

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I remind everyone that the structure of the boards is in place for the good of the many, not the few. This topic obviously belongs in the Queenmother forums, which are very active with people who are interested in TG, drag, TV discussions. Im moving it to "The Tea Room", the lounge there.

Please in future, respect the fact that this forum is for Nightclubs only, and it is busiest because people are looking for THAT information.

Good luck to you, and again, welcome.