The Zolas, 'Escape Artist'

In "Escape Artist," the new video from Canadian pop duo The Zolas, the band plays around with audience expectations about race, culture and sexuality. As frontman Zach Gray sings about his mysterious alter ego, a group of kids kick around their neighborhood, playing basketball, chatting up girls and passing the hours. One of them clearly feels like an outsider.

TDOR Boy & Girls

We have here a crossdresser, a transman and a transwoman. We are all friends and we all get along. Amazing (said dripping with sarcasm.)

Crossdressing Grae Phillips on Sally Jessy TV crossdresser

5 years or so ago I did purchase something from her website, but I have not heard of her since.
Wow! listen to her song Kiss, I had forgotten.

www.graephillips.com

Sam de Brito on cross-dressing

Angus “Andrea” Grieve-Smith, the trans blogger, found this series of articles by the Australian Sam de Brito. It is so funny and touching and shows a lot of understand for the transsexuals plight. (The stuff on Nick Lowe is just dumb, but please follow the 4 links. They are worth reading.)

Sam de Brito on cross-dressing

Metafilter featured this interesting blog sponsored by the Sydney Morning Herald (and apparently named after this Nick Lowe song). The guy may be a jerk, but he’s got some valuable insights, I think. He did one of those “non-TG journalist cross-dresses for science!” pieces, which is more interesting than it might sound. I was also impressed with how sensitive he was to trans people. Also, he hooks up with a woman while cross-dressed, which (although not unheard of), is pretty cool.

1. My life as a woman
2. My life as a woman: in the beginning
3. On the town: Samantha gets lucky
4. Samantha: getting deeper, getting out

(Bonus YouTube link in case you were wondering what Nick Lowe looks like when he’s really singing and playing - although I’ve never seen anyone play a bass with a pick before. The guitarist and drummer are pretty sharp too.)