The internet's truly an incredible invention. Of course you can find anything you want, but ad rolls even help you find sites you didn't even know you wanted. For example, we were paying a visit to our friends over at eTransgender (the same people who brought us this picture) and came across an advert for the Cross Dressing Guide by "Jamie".

The site claims it can help you pass as a genetic woman in just one week! That's right, boy/girls, just one week. But, of course, you have to buy the accompanying book, too. Taken together, you'll learn all sorts of things. For example:

Great! We've always wanted to look like "a slut that you can see at a dance club' - not like those invisible sluts. No, no - when people look at us, we want them to think, "That fucking slut's probably fucked fifteen men in the last hour, at least! I'm going to make it sixteen. That'll show that slutty slut slut."

We're tempted to move to Dallas just to vote for tranny mayoral candidate Jennifer Gails. Sure, she's a homeless veteran and seems kind of like a nutter, but she's got some pretty good ideas. First up: your health. As she says, she wants you to live to be 150. Although, as part of her mission to save our lives, Gail's looking to crack down on drugs. Hmmm, this could get sticky.

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Kids these days! You guys may be interested to hear that an Austrian boy started taking hormones at twelve-years old in his effort to become a woman. Or, rather, a girl.

While some families would refuse their child's wishes, dismissing them as part of a larger phase, the boy's parents realized their son would never be comfortable with his biological body. According to an article from Der Spiegel:

At the age of two, Tim tried on his older sister's clothes, played with Barbies and said, "I'm a girl." Her parents thought it was a phase, but at the age of four Tim was still bawling after every haircut. At last he ran into his room with a pair of scissors and hollered that he wanted to "cut off my thing!" -- and it was clear to his parents that the problem was serious. From then on, at home, Tim went by "Kim."

Certainly there has been protest, including opposition from the family pediatrician, who insists they're acting a little too hasty. The family, however, maintains they've made the right decision. Now, two years on, "Tim" lives quite happily as "Kim".

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While we're on the subject of trash television, check out this clip of tranny Zarf (played by Jeffrey Carlson) from ABC's All My Children. The kids over at Best Week Ever wonder if it's the "Best Tranny Breakdown Ever". We say no contest.

Also, for more Zarf fun, check out this music video over at YouTube. It's Zarftastic (a far more complimentary description than Imeldific.)

Despite decades of gay struggle and rebellion, the trans community still finds itself alienated within the broader queer community. Whether it stem from gay men rejected trannie boys or lesbians scoffing at made-up male-to-females, trans people must cope with endless obstacles in reconciling their identities and a society trained to categorize gender into two main blocs. It's a difficult path, to be sure, and more so for queer teenagers.

To shed some light on the complex - and often ignored - matter of teenage transgendered living, Cris Beam decided to write Transparent: Love, Family and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers. Based on her experiences teaching transgender students at California's queer high school, Eagle High, Beam blends subjective experience with objective research, painting a picture of the trials and tribulations (of which there are many) for transgender teenagers.

Doing the publicity rounds, Beam recently sat down with Salon's Nona Willis-Aronowitz for a bit of a chat. While the interview's certainly an interesting conversation - complete with details of Beam's own education on trangendered persons - we'd like to reference her comments on the disconnect between gays and trannies:

Right now there's an effort to normalize gays, to say, "We are just like you, we want marriage rights, job protection." And as the gay community makes political gains, the fear is that the trans community will look too weird. A lot of trans-people feel that the gay community has shunned them and said, "Not you guys, not yet. Let us get our rights, and then maybe you can come along." Also, being gay and being transgender are different issues. Gender identity and sexual desire are really separate tracks -- who you want to be with vs. who you identify as. Yet they're lumped together under the same umbrella called "queer."

Yes, queer can be a bit of a misnomer, but what else are we supposed to do? Should gay people pull a Chris Crain and offer trannies as a sacrificial lamb in the name of our own rights? Or do we side with folks like National Gay & Lesbian Task Force executive director Matt Foreman, who famously said:

To our transgender brothers and sisters, we will not allow a federal nondiscrimination or hate crimes bill to move forward that does not include you. You are us and we will not walk down the path to equality without you at our side.

To us, it's all about the joint effort. What say you, darling reader?

Who's the only cop who can make a bomb from a cum rag, a hair extension and plastic explosives? Well, probably all of them, but none'll look quite so good as William Belli's sick, demented new character: Tranny McGuyver. Why not Matlock? "Because Matty's a queer", Tranny McGuyver says in the eponymous pilot.

We haven't heard whether or not it's been picked up (although, we have our doubts), we're happy to feature it here. Why? Because shameless self-promotion pays, that's why. And, of course, because we think you could use a giggle. (Especially if you're killing time between holidays by working. Bleck.)

Unlike readers on this continent, perhaps Chinese men read FHM for the articles. Either that, or they aren't fazed if a trannie gives them a boner, especially if she looks sexier than most women. Korean actress/singer Harisu certainly is beautiful, and we would never have guessed she used to be a man from these hot photos.

Harisu's cover gives us hope that some day Amanda Lepore will grace the cover of the American version and arouse all of middle America.

Check out some other photos of Harisu after the jump.

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Everyone knows the power of film. One need only look at all of the (mostly) positive attention Brokeback Mountain has been giving the gay community. We’d hate to think that the only reason so much attention the media has been giving transgenders lately is due to something other than a certain Desperate Housewife donning a wig and some make-up to play a pre-op in TransAmerica. But, alas, movies are great attention-getters.

Sure we knew that trannies faced discrimination in the world, but we weren’t aware that these hard-working men and women find it hard to just get a job with the man.

Marilyn Robinson turned tricks for almost 20 years before she decided to look for legal employment. She got her GED and, eventually, a job at an insurance company. The first six months went OK, but then a supervisor "thought he had the right to call me RuPaul," she told us. "And I look nothing like RuPaul." Suddenly the women in the office refused to use the bathroom if Robinson was around. She left within a month.

And you thought your 9-5er was bad. Some trannies can’t even get their uppity co-workers to share a bathroom let alone a printer.

Transjobless [San Francisco Bay Guardian]

Amanda Lepore, everyone’s favorite plastic tranny, is one-upping our girl RuPaul and going plastic once more. This time instead of having work done on face, she’s getting a doll version of herself. And there is not just one, but three in this series: Out Gear by David Barton doll, Couture Baby doll, and Fairytale Glam doll. No word on if they come with their own collagen lip injections.

But if anyone outside of New York wants them, they’re going to have to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land of trannies, NYC. They’re going to be available exclusively at Jeffrey.

Morning Sickness: The Amanda Lepore Doll [Gawker]

There’s been a drastic rise in trannie discrimination this week. We don’t know if it’s due to an actual increase of unfair treament against transgenders or just that this stuff is only now beginning to make the news.

The latest bit comes from the deep South. And even though this tranny had her own hose lopped off, she still enjoys working with them.

Fire Capt. Jamie Faucon has filed a grievance against Knoxville Fire Chief Carlos Perez and her supervisor, Mark Foulkes.

She accuses them of depriving her of a take-home car, of reassigning her and cutting out her overtime because she is a transgendered firefighter.

Faucon also says in her grievance Foulkes used incorrect gender terms when referring to her in conversations.

We don’t think this tranny is in her 70’s like the other two discriminated women we reported about earlier this week. One thing they all have in common are, though, are some bad ‘dos. Let’s hope they’re not getting their hair style tips from watching TransAmerica.

Fire capt. files grievance against chief after changing gender [WATE 6]

• An MTA officer called a transgender "ugly," banned her from using the women's restroom, forcing her to pee in a cup, and then placed her under arrest. Not exactly humane, but then again we've had worse experiences on the MTA. [Breitbart]

• The ship The Warrior, also known as the pride of Queen Victoria, will begin hosting marriages with different types of queens starting this weekend. [Pink News]

• Madge will warm up her small-scale summer tour with a performance at the large-scale Coachella Festival in Southern California. [MTV]

• Sophia Bush cites "fraud" as her reason for seeking an annulment from Chad Michael Murray. Was Kenny Chesney anywhere close by during their marriage? [People]

• The Massachusetts Church that houses the remains of two Presidents will not be allowed to hang a huge banner supporting same-sex marriage. The decision might be reconsidered if an alternately proposed sign is "not as intrusive" (read: prettier). Sounds pretty gay to us. [Good As You]

• Are these pics of Jake Gyllenhaal and a friend out for a walk completely innocent or do they scream gay, gay, gay? We're not telling you what to believe. We'll let the pictures speak for themselves. [The Gilded Moose]

• When will the world learn to accept that most trannies are completely harmless. Especially grandmotherly schoolteacher trannies. [CNN]

• The BBC has been accused of being homophobic, truly making the queer-friendly Little Britain the only gay in the BBC village. [The Advocate]

• No surprise here. "Brokeback," the word on the lips of all queers and straights, is the Hollywood word of the year. [Jossip]

• Since Brokeback Mountain has been responsible for the word of the year, we think now is the perfect time for everyone to receive a quick tutorial on the history of gay cowboys. [Film Experience]