The supermodel herself, Miss RuPaul Charles, is working with the LOGO TV network to search out the next generation of super drag. To that end she decreed that a website be established where drag performers from all over the country (the world even) could upload performance videos and people could vote on who was the best. The winner of the online Drag Race competition goes on to compete in a reality show on LOGO when the ultimate winner will be chosen. To bring TGF members up close and personal with the Drag Race and the kind of behind the scenes, next to the scenes, and in the woods somewhere near the scenes we are proud to announce our new RuPaul’s Drag Race correspondent — Luna! So without further ado… (more…)

A Dallas bar bans crossdressers and drag queens. The nation with the most TG people starts to talk about surgery. Where is the center of the transgender scene in America? If a mobster has his way, TG discrimination will be a thing of the past in court. Chinese television calls us “monsters”. And two TWITs try to prove them right. All this and more inside this edition of TWIT Notes!

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By Pamela DeGroff

Drag acts who sing! This month’s performer—Jackie Beat

Impersonators who lip sync to other people’s vocals have been a staple of the drag scene for years. Another part of drag show tradition, a part that seems to be growing, are acts that sing with their real voices—and in some cases write their own music. To celebrate those performers we bring you a new monthly (or more often if we feel like it) column called Transvocalizers. This week Panela DeGroff interviews drag superstar, vocalist and band leader Jackie Beat.