c o v e r s t o r y
Transgendered Butches and FTM's: a uniquely Femme Perspective
by Sonya Bolus

f e a t u r e s
Transgendered Lesbian
by Arlene Istar Lev
Passing as the Pope - the Story of Joan English
by Alison Phipps

c o l u m n s
Health
by Dr. Lipstick
Wealth
by Ms. Moneygrrl
Sex
by SexySuzi
Advice
by Victoria
Femme Perspective
by DeAnna
Butch Perspective
by E.T. Turner

Publisher's Note
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Who is Femme: the Magazine?

The Publisher

Christine De La Rosa is a 29 year old Femme living in Dallas with her Butch hubby and their three children (a blind Silky Terrier, a deaf chihuahua and a black cat). She works as a database developer which helps her support her web habit.

 

 

Cover Story

Sonya Bolus is a 30 year-old Femme, white, Jewish, working class, mom, artist and writer. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her son and cat. She also runs a website (which she actually updates from time to time) called Transensual Femme at http://go.to/tfem.

 

 

Feature Writers

Alison Phipps is a 23 year old femme currently studying for a Master's Degree at the University of Manchester, England. She hopes to make the trip to the States very soon to continue her studies in femme identity at Ph.D level in close proximity to her other half.

 

 

Arlene Istar Lev is a therapist, educator and activist. She is Sundance's wife and Shaiyah's momma. She can be reached at 321 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12206, istarlev@aol.com.


Columnists

Dr. Lipstick is a Jewish femme from Seattle, Washington who works in public health and is working on her PhD in public health. She lives with her 7 year old daughter whom she coparents part-time and has a son in college. Dr. Lipstick experienced a second coming out (as a femme) a few years ago at the ripe age of 50...and is partnered with a handsome Texas butch.

 

 

Ms. Moneygrrl aka Elaine is a single, twenty-something, femme living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She considers herself a dyke with a 401(k) plan and works as an E-commerce Accountant for a major Internet startup that recently went public. In her off time, she can be found in the local leather community causing trouble with her lil grrl ways!

 

Suzi, aka WickedSuzi to those who KNOW better, is currently imprisoned under TIGHT security in T's Correctional Facility in Houston, Texas. The intense and horrific heat makes it nearly unendurable, but so far, LOVE is the tie that binds. She defines her existence as High Femme, Stone Femme... and claims the title of Queen of the Beanies...
There Can Be Only One.

 

Victoria is a Canadian Femme living in Washington State with her Butch husband. She is active in the Butch-Femme community both online and real life. She enjoys gardening, shopping on EBay and of course giving advice to the lovelorn. Victoria is not a therapist or psychologist.

 

Guest Columnists

Deanna is a Femme mom currently living in Seattle with her FtM partner and her daughter Chloe.

 

 

 

E. T. is a Washington State Stonebutch. He lives with his Stonefemme partner and their cockatiel. He is an active member of both the cyber and realtime Butch-Femme community.

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