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Editor’s letter

Hi everyone

Hello Readers

Welcome to the COVID-19 issue of Transliving magazine.

TRANS RIGHTS PROTEST

Over 1,000 people - trans, non-binary, their allies

Improving LGBT+ Mental Health in the Workplace

We Are Wellbeing’s Associate Coach, Christopher Hulme

POST LOCKDOWN POSITIVITY & MENTAL HEALTH TIPS

Hi everyone. I’m delighted to be back with another article for you, and even more delighted that lockdown is more or less over! Or at least it was as I write this.

Up Close & Personal with Alana Eissa

Alana Eissa is a force to be reckoned with. She’s a smart cookie. A go-getter who knows exactly what she wants, and she never ceases to amaze me. I first met her in the winter of 2017 as she started a new chapter in her life. Three years on, she has achieved so much, and I am honoured to be given access into her world.

Hello and welcome to a new edition of LOVE FASHION?

A beautiful spotted floaty chiffon blouse with a smocked

It’s OK not to wear a frock

I am an avid reader of many trans-related publications

Sculpting People’s Natural Beauty

My name is Brooklyn, 24, MTF transgender female. I

Interview with ITW Florence Jacquet

You are an artist, feminist, activist. Art is an expressive

IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Professional makeup artist, Britney impersonator, model and LGBTQ+ activist, PAVIE VALSA shares the secrets to happiness in her new pocketbook, ‘TWENTIES AND HAPPY’.

BEAUTY FROM ASHES

@Ashley_isaiah

Jackson’s Journey…HIS DESTINY!

I knew I was not a girl from about the age of 5. As

JANET SCOTT - REMEMBERED WITH LOVE

I was very sad to hear of the death of Janett Scott

SAY HER NAME…MARSHA P. JOHNSON

A black transwoman, an AIDS and LGBTQ+ activist, a Warhol’s model, drag performer, a sex worker and, for almost three decades, a fixture of street life in New York City’s Greenwich Village – Marsha P. Johnson was all of the above. Curiosity has led Warren Christopher Hallett to find out more about this multi-faceted icon.

A passion for dressing as a Bride

I am Samantha. I first dressed up as a bride with Transformation

BOOK REVIEW

Transgression Is Murder by Ria Lacey

ADVICE

As the weather gets drier outside and heating makes

AND TRANSLIVING WAS BORN

To mark the 40th anniversary of TransLiving this year, Warren Christopher Hallett has taken it upon himself to unearth the origin and journey of the magazine you hold in your hands today.

HOMAGE TO STACY NOVAK

In the summer of 1980, the founder of TransEssex challenged

THINGS GETTING BETTER DESPITE THE STRUGGLE

My name is Elliot Jay. I am 36 and I am a proud pansexual

Cheryl Katon Empowering Life

Cheryl Katon is a leader of the Trans Club of New England (TCNE) in the USA as well as organiser of First Event (FE,) a TCNE signature annual gathering. Having celebrated its 40- year anniversary, TCNE is among the most respected Trans organisations worldwide having helped thousands – and still growing!

It’s a question of knowing where to turn for people who have a difficulty and need help

Transliving support group has been going now for 40

Covid saved our Trans marriage

Monday 23rd March 2020 Covid-19 lockdown - a day that

How to Cover Beard Shadow

Jessica Blackler, founder of Jecca Blac and makeup artists for the trans community gives her recommendations on how to prepare and cover beard shadow.

Domination

Nina Jay’s World Of Kink Part Ten

Hello World Meet Jane

I’ll not go into my growing up with sisters and always

DRESSING FOR D-DAY AND ASCOT

With continuing Lockdown through spring and early summer

WHAT IS CHIC?

What is chic? It’s a hard question to answer! I put

Life during Covid for a closet crossdresser

April 2020 was my three-year anniversary of becoming

CROSSDRESSING IN COVID

Where do you start when you talk about your crossdressing?

Trans Radio UK - PRIDE 2020

You do have to say that the LGBT+ community knows how

Your out and about guide to the Transgender scene

BEDS, BUCKS & HERTS