Brianna Nicole Austin

Brianna Nicole Austin is an author, writer, columnist and journalist and editor of TGLIFE.com from New York City, now living abroad.

Behind The Mask of Being Transgender

Behind the mask of being transgender, deals not with the mask of the post-transition, but the mask that was worn before it, in addition to the mask others perceive. As a transgender women, gay friends often asked, “why do you want to be someone else?” I told them I don’t, […]

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June 10, 2018 Brianna Nicole Austin no responses

The Words of Others

The words of others don’t define me. How could they? In many instances, those “others” don’t even know me. They see me and then an idea of who they ‘think I am’ rushes to their lips before their brain can even process it.

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June 10, 2018 Brianna Nicole Austin no responses

Why Be Someone Else

Why do you want to be someone else seems to be a common question that I [and others] hear quite often.  Many times it’s followed by a puzzled look and “Don’t you like or know who you are?”

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We launched a new sissy site

We launched a new sissy site for those who used to enjoy my articles for the PINK column on TGlife some time back. The term has changed through the years. We decided that among the sub sets of sissy maids, sissified husbands, baby sissies, kid sissies, Lolita gurls, that we […]

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August 15, 2017 Brianna Nicole Austin no responses

Defining Womanhood

Defining womanhood is something that many transgender woman question, whether they are pre-op, no-op or post-op. That was the topic of conversation — or I should say debate — on a message board involving self-identified transsexuals, cross-dressers and the wives of cross-dressers.

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Where Is The Transgender Voice

Where is the transgender voice I asked? Everything in life stems from two things: love or fear. ‘Transgender’ is going mainstream says the Daily News a month or so ago in a big headline. Maybe in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, or New Orleans. But I can’t imagine […]

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