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= t (J3VPPJ 0 (J3'E PS! Address Correspondence To: Buffalo Belles PO Box 1701 Amerst, NY 14226-1701 HOTLNE: (716) 446-2661 DECEMBER 1998 Sisters in Carge: CAMLLE JEAN KATHY LORRANE PATT J Hello, Ladies! Hope you enjoyed your Tanksgiving and tat you found many tings to be tankful for gave tanks for my family, friends, good fortunes and te Buffalo Belles for wic would not be as in touc wit my feminine nature l ope tat you, too, are also tankful for te Belles and wat tey ave done for you n te coming year we ope to be more interactive wit you By tat mean, we will be presenting more sceduled activities at te meetings suc as: guest speakers; movie nigts; gender discussions; make-up demonstrations; wig and air styling worksops Plus some ofl:site activities suc as: Glamour poto portraits; a dinner wit Belles' spouses --t+tml~ and partners; trips to Toronto and Niagara-On-Te-Lake As in te past, if you ave an idea about someting you'd like te Belles to run or participate in, please sare your tougts wit us Wat do you need? Wat do you want? Te Buflalo Belles exist for You 1 Talking about olidays and getting out, did you go out for Halloween? t's te one time of te year tat you can wear anyting you like and gel away wit it was able to get togeter wit a few Belles tat nigt and did my version of Monica Lewinsky Te kicker was tat a woman friend did te Bill Clinton part! We ad fun wit tat one down at 'Secrets' and 'Club Marcella' My vote for most clever costume, if not te naugtiest, goes to te guy wo went as a farmer and is favorite seep A lot of fun was ad by all (Potos of te costumed capers will be passed around at te upcoming meeting) MEETNG NEWS Te November meeting on te 7t found eleven members plus two guests present in our upstairs meeting room One of our guests was Kali Ward, ead of te local capter of PEP (People Excanging Power) Kali's inquisitive nature elped to enliven muc of te discussions tat evening Among oters topics talked about was te upcoming Cristmas Party taking place on Saturday, December 5t Te Belles will be providing food and refresments plus some surprise gifts for 4"i6o~lli,,,,-everyone! n addition we will ave our Santa Belle Grab Bag Bring an inexpensive ($5-10) wrapped gift and we'll take turns drawing from te gift bag And, if you care to, bring a dessert item to pass around At te meeting we informed everyone tat te Buffalo Belles are now listed in te weekly publication Artvoice, wic as a large distribution trougout western New York Well, got to go now 'm busy preparing for te onslaugt of festivities for te olidays See you at te Belles Cristmas Party Wear someting pretty and enjoy yourself] Hugs, Camille AT THE BELLES CHRSTMAS PARTY WE WLL BE ACCEPTNG UNWRAPPED! TOYS TO BE DONATED TO THE TOYS FOR TOTS PROGRAM :

~~: }'' '' r,,m, ''~''' wx!1j ~,Y,:' ;;,' :,HH1:'"'' ' " ' " ;-,;:,~ ;~ dressed, )a+, ' up until late on Wednesday wanted to : AN ADVENTURE N DSCOVERY say tanks, so 1 donned some male clotes and! took er out on a 'date' Wat a learning experi- < ' C' J/ ;! Hi sisters, ence tat was! We it tree dillerent clubs in te : Nasville area and were totally accepted witout : t' J ave wtitten a lot ofdifforcnt commum- question (1 can look maco wen want) 1 really 51 cations over te years, but a publised autor 1 am learned a lot about myself in a very sort time Se : t At te November meeting let it sp tat (a) 1 also gave me tips on makeup, style and poise And : :~~ld type, (b) was long winded, ( c) am always it was sooooo good to be in close company wit a,, looking for an outlet, and (d) as reac out mto person wo is totally non-judgmental :! "our world" tings are appening to me tat would love to sare Well, Camille overeard So, wat is te meaning of all tis? l! some of tis and asked me to submit a sort story waited all my life to get to te point 'm at now! (se called it an article) complete wit lund details Exploring and reacing out to oters is suc a { about my most recent vacation You be te judge! positive ting Some of us are still appy to sit! back and enjoy our gilt of gender and tat is OK -- ';' One of te avenues of discovery cose but it is also te status quo Get out -- open some : :1 ~ vas ' to write to sisters wo ad a poto and sort doors for yourself-- learn -- sare -- exc l mnge " "' " bio in TG friendly magazines - got some nice re- tougts and ideas - you'll c,cc l a l ot be tter and will ~ plies, but a girl in Tennessee was interesting -- se 1 1 ~ gave me er pone number! Of course, called -- (like did) Always remember, in our world, dis- : we talked -- and invited myself to er place smce covery is just around te corner - you just ave to J ad a vacation coming Se peaked my interest turn tat corner,, : for a lot of reasons and decided tat in order to learn more about wo am, it would be a good -lave to sign off now because Camille told! opportunity to go someplace were would be ac- me to keep tis to 150 words or less -- plus se is ;, i, cepted and could sare wit someone wo as a so "been tere" sn't motivation wonderful? going to edit it anyway Take care -- ope to see! you (and talk wit you) at te next meeting started at 2:30 am and drove te 800! miles in record time \Ven arrived Sunday after- Your sister, N~cy - meet some truly special people a ong te 1igway noon, we bot got canged rigt away and stayed 3 ~3wx,~x~~w 3~K~KUMK&K&g!ij K!1J KM&M~ a&k =~ k "}l _ <,: ';',~ ~,-;: A ~- ~ '?f ""r',, 'f>,,--- -;-; 'f> ';'; ;-' ;:{' i{" a> _ "K it' ~, ~ "K :':" X" ;, U, ' ~ y: ~ 7< ~ ' -X- '} --X _ ~ Tis newsletter is a montly publication of te Buffalo Belles All articles and information contained in tis publication may be reprinted in full by any non-profit gender community organization witout permission, provided credit is given to tis newsletter and te autor Te material contained erein does not necessarily express te views or opinions of te Buffalo Belles, its officers or editorial staff Contributions of articles are welcomed Te Buffalo Belles reserve te rigt to edit submissions for publication for suitability, spelling, grammar and/or lengt Submissions or comments sould be addressed to: Buffalo Belles, PO Box 1701, Amerst, NY 14226-1701 Or E-mail to: camille1@usanet ' TRANS COMMUNTY NEWS Cross-dressing Boy Sakes Up Small Private Scool By Dan Sewell Te Associated Press CARROLLTON, Georgia - Patrick Nelson ad eard tere was a cross-dressing boy enrolled at is ig scool But darned if e could figure out just wo it was "! looked for im te first couple weeks Te onest trut - didn't even know," Patrick said One day, e was talking about te mystery to a friend, wo smiled and pointed to te pretty blonde at te desk next to is " said, 'No way, tat's too weird'' " Patrick recalled "Ten tougt about it, and said, 'So wat's so weird about tat?"' But wile Patrick and is friends were willing to accept Mattew "Alex" McLendon's feminine appearance and mannerisms, oters in tis rural, conservative western Georgia community of about 20,000 weren't And so J 5-year-old Alex witdrew from scool under pressure, leaving supporters of te popular, easygoing student wondering wat treat tey ad supposedly been protected from "Alex wasn't causing any problems Se got along well wit everybody," said classmate and friend Meaygan Denkers "Se wasn't trying to cange anybody to be like er or anyting" After a eated meeting of te board of te small, private Georgian Country Day Scool on Oct 6, Alex was "invited to witdraw" or face expulsion Alex, wo ad enrolled in September after attending public scool, was cited for wearing a tongue ring, but ad been called before scool autorities earlier about is female dress, makeup and airstyle Most of Alex's classmates - including some of te boys - wore bows in teir air in protest until ordered to remove tem by te principal Some indignantly quoted teir scool andbook, wic urges acceptance of "diversity in opinion, culture, ideas, beavioral caracteristics, attributes or callenges" "Alex represents someting tat's way beyond te experience and te comfort zone of te very conservative people we live wit," said Lori Lipoma, Meaygan's moter and a drama teacer at te scoo " really tink we all, lost someting very precious tat nigt" Scool officials would not discuss te case "We make no comments on students," said Rex Camp, cairman of te board of te scool, were tuition is more tan $5,000 a year for te 50 or so ig scool students Kindergarten nd elementary students are in a separate building, but one parent of a 6-year-old expressed concern at te board meeting about Alex's effect on younger cildren " believe in sexual standards in societv, ~d w~t my cild in a scool tat olds te same sexual etics tat do," said Craig Neal Alex, wo speaks in a soft, feminine voice, began cross-dressing two years ago ~d considers imself "95 percent girl" Larry Harmon, a Dade County, Fla, psycologist wo counsels patients on sexual identity, said suc feelings appear to fit a rare condition called genderidentity disorder He said it doesn't necessarily imply omosexuality, and it's difficult to know ow many youngsters ave it and wy "'m not omosexual," Alex said " just look like a rconnnuc>d on page JJ

----~--~--- TRANS (Continued from page 3), air! and dress like a girl t wasn't anytmg flamboyant, not sequins or anyting But because 'm a " guy He enrolled in nigt scool but quit in less tan a week because e didn't feel te courses offered would elp is education goals He opes to pursue a career in fasion mercandising and modelmg Alex said Tursday e's looking into te possibility of ome-scooling " do wis was still at te Georgian Scool," e said At te Georgian Country Day Scool - were Alex said e enrolled to get a better education - e struck up a friendsip wit Meaygan and was soon invited to spend nigts over at er ouse Te first couple of times, Meaygan's moter popped in on tem unannounced just in case "Tey'd be sitting tere doing air, or painting nails, and said to myself, 'Tis is a girl," Lipoma said A few weeks into te scool year, e and is fater were summoned to a meeting wit scool officials Tey said tat parents ad complained, and tat e ad to dress like a boy, Alex recalled He refused and was sent ome A special board meeting followed Under te law, a public scool would ave ad to sow tat Alex was disrupting education or undermining safety A private scool as more leeway Alex's moter died wen e was young He said tat is cross-dressing initially caused a rift wit is fater, but tat te older man stood wit im in te dispute wit te board Mack McLendon declined an interview "Scool is supposed to be preparing you for life," Alex said "Parents are trying to protect teir kids by covering teir eyes t's going to be a real sock for some of tese parents wen teir kids get out into te real world" COMMUNTY NEWS Sangai Police Detain Dressing Singers Reuters, November 12, 1998 Cross- SHANGHA -- Sangai police detained two male singers for performing in women's clotes,md sut down a nigtclub on its opening nigt Socked patrons called police to te city's Guoling Dance Hall after discovering two singers wearing make-up and dresses were men, te Xinmin Evening News said in an edition seen on Tursday Te two performers swayed on stage, stroked teir air coquettisly and batted teir eyelids at te audience before breaking into song, te newspaper said "Unexpectedly, as soon as tey opened teir red lips, te roug male sound came troug te micropone," it said Te dance all was immediately plunged into caos and some patrons rused out to call police, wo dragged te two singers off stage during teir performance, te newspaper said t added tat te club ad wanted to offer an exciting act for its grand opening PO<]{ Jl (J3P,r[<['P, CJ( crov :Jvtakgup <Tips Wat is a good foundation to use tat will not make you look like you've put it on wit a putty knife? ave a fairly eavy beard line Also wat is te difference between foundation and concealer? (Editor's Note: ave a eavy beard and find tat tis metod works quite well Applying makeup is just like everyting else in tat practice makes perfect To begin wit, you will need to accumulate te following supplies 'm going to be brand-specific because want you to get te rigt ting, but wat you do wit te information is up to you Concealer recommend DermaBlend, wic can be found at any JC Penny store (teir official outlet) or at better cosmetic stores everywere (locally Bon-Ton carries it as well) Derrnablend comes in "Croma numbers" Croma is a ligt beige, Croma 125 is a medium beige f you cannot find Dermablend, use Pan-Stik by Max Factor as your concealer, wic is available everywere 2 Ceap RED Lipstick You won't be using tis on your lips A good one is "Wet And Wild" in te sade "535A" You can see te displays of Wet and Wild lipsticks in little racks at te ends of cosmetic aisles in most drug stores 3 Foundation ave a few coices you migt want to consider: + Revlon ColorStay Tis stuff really as staying power Once it dries (in about 60 seconds) it won't come off till you scrub it off wit facial cleanser + Max Factor Lasting Performance Tis is fairly opaque and tends to stay on well + Alrnay Sports Formula Tint Tis only comes in tree sades ("Ligt" will work for most of you) but it as te advantage of being sweat-proof Scrubs off wit soap and water Tis is te one use most + Revson's Ultimate Ultimate Coverage Tis is te most opaque of all te items in tis list and is recommended for problem faces 4 Loose Face Powder Coty "Translucent Medium" will work for most of you wit beige complexions For ligter skin tones, use "Translucent Ligt" Be sure to pick up a good powder brus too! :) 5 Max Factor "Pan ~tik" Some of you will need tis We will use tis if you ave a serious problem wit dark facial air sadows even after saving Once you ave assembled your supplies, we can get started! + Start wit a clean-saven face know tat sould go witout saying, but it is very important Use a (Continued on page 6)

(Continued from page 5) -1 good double bladed razor like Gillette Sensor Excel f you are using an electric,, it is time to convert! Use a good Gel save cream and save carefully + Make sure your face is completely dry f necessary, use an astringent suc as Witc Hazel to make sure you ave removed all oils from te surface of your face + Start wit your concealer Put a few dabs on your ceek and blend torougly wit your fingers, using circular strokes Tis, as wit all makeup items, sould be a tin coating Continue to cover te entire beard area in tis same manner - one section of face at a time Like every tecnique you see ere, tis takes practice lots of practice Concealer wit your fingers Wen done, you sould ave a sligt sunburned look to your face over te beard area f it is too red ten you over did it and will need to put a bit more concealer on to even out te color Tis is not a joke Te secret is tat te red of te lipstick cancels out te bluisness of beard sadow Women ave used tis trick to ide bruises and suc for many many years t works + (Optional) Pan Stik f you ave a bad problem wit blue sadows even after saving, you will want to apply Pan Stik at tis point Make several streaks wit te stick over your beard area and blend wit your fingers to an even coloration f you use tis step, you will now need to wait about 5 minutes for te Pan Stik to "set" before moving on to te next step f not go directly to applying foundation At tis point you souldn't ave any blueness from your beard sowing troug f not, keep working at it, it just takes some practice From "Crissy Lynn's Bulletproof Makeup Tecniques" + Take te ceap lipstick ("Wet and Wild") and dot your face ligtly over te beard area t will look a little like a case of te measles Blend tis into te g1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111~111111~1111~111100000000011 e 1P41 E d d To msure big, beautiful eyes, make sure te w 11 t eyes ' a ow an t eve 1 mer d ave fi an mtncate relaeyeliner on te top and bottom of your eye w "' wns p w en 11 p k" t t comes to d e mmg t e eye meet at te outer corner f te eyeliner doesn't w th,, 11'41 C mg e no " eves a ow 1s on 1 y one step meet your eye w11! look sortened,, 11 11 11 Z111111111111111111111111111111110011111111111111111101111111111111111111111111111Z @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ggggggggggggggggg g J{ea[tfi 'lips a sunscreen weneve _@@@t:i,ggg ""' lot So, r ~ou are outside can elp a @ ""' ' usmg a moisturizer g @ acieves t wit sunscreen @ ""' ""' Wit wmter at our door step, it's a g oo d oo k' mg and wo purposes: Keeps you y ""' ounger, @ time to remmd you tat usmg a moisturizer is te e ps prevent occurrences of skin @ most important tmg you can do for yo k" cancer @ @, d ur s m,,, @ 11 1e arr 1s ner and your skm takes a bigg be "" @ ing n~w tan _in te warmer monts Bes:es t~~ Some moisturizing products wit sunscreen: g bencts of us111g a moisturizer some 110 @ ""' ' w put a E "F @ sunscreen 111 te1_r mix How does tat benefit me + ucerm acial Moisturizing Lotion" g @ you ask? Well, 1t does in two ways Sun Jergen's "Protective Moisture Lotion" @ @ sure is a major cause of lines on te fac txpo- Loreal Plenitude "Future Moisturizer" @ @ is obviously te oter cause) But te s e_ agftmg Lubnderm "Daily UV Lotion" @ @ "b un 1s o en Neutrogena "H sk @ ""' respons1 le for a far more dangerous co d"t eat Y 111 Face Lotion",,, "" k" n ion + Nivea Visage "T B ""' @ s 111 cancer t 1s te most common c: 0 f np e enefit Moisture Lo- @, 11 rm o can- t1on' @ cer, yet one of te easiest ones to prevent U 0 1 @ @ smg 1 of Olay "Daily UV Protectant @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ - g @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ SANTA DELVERS Pasfiion 'Tip Wy You Sould Own a Black Turtleneck Loo ks great wit dark denim jeans 2 Morps kakis from sporty to cic 3 Looks professional wit any go-to-work skirt or pants 4 Turns your favorite slipdress into a sexy skirt (wear it over te dress!)

A BOOK TO LOOK FOR: Booker Prize, Britain's top fiction award) n McCabe's terrifying novel ' Te Butcer Boy", te reader \Vas trapped inside te ead of' a mad murderous ris boy Here again we're ; parked inside a cranium ' tis one belonging ro Patrick (Pussy) Braden, a transvestite from a countrv town just sout of ' Nortern reland All around im Catolics and Protestants are killing eac oter but Patrick can't be botered He's to; busy unting for te rigt pair/ of eels and umming ' Son of a Preacer Man" because e adores Dusty Springfield, of course, and because e tinks te local priest is is dad' Wo's stranger - Patrick or te killers all around im'/ t's not even close By turns ilariously and pitiably i lonely Patrick is an unlorgettable ero Review by Malcolm Jones Jr (Newsweek, 11/16/98) \ - ----- - - - - --,-'"\ - ' THNGS 'HMMMM "",- ' - - - -: ; THAT MAKE YOU GO, Just a few stories from our nation's Emergency ' Rooms to prove tat fact is stranger tan fiction --~------------ ----~- - ' - A 28-year old male was brougt into te ER "Breakfast On Pluto" after an attempted suicide Te man ad swal, lowed several nitroglycerin pills and a fifl of by Patrick McCabe vodka Wen asked about te bruises about is '!'!!,, /,,!, ead and cest e said tat tey were from im /1 n (Nominated for te 1998 1 ' ramming imself into te wall in an attempt to make te nitroglycerin explode - A vouno female came to te ER wit lower ab- b, dominal pain During te exam and questioning ' te temale denied being sexually active Te doc tor gave er a pregnancy test anyway and it came ' back positive Te doctor went back to te young female's room Docror: "Te results of your pregnancy test came back positive Arc you sure you're not sexually ' active?!t, Patient: "Sexually active'l No sir just lay tere" Doctor: " see Well, do you know wo te fa- ter is?" Patient: "No Wo?" l - - - - - - - - --- -- - -- - - - ',, ' GENDER FRENDLY SHOPS & SERVCES n an attempt to get useful b information " to as many p eop 1 e m our TG c for your elp m assem 1mg a list of Gender Friendly S & S ops ervjces", am asking )"d k c courteous staffw n e estor services? 1 t ey ma e you,ee we come to be in teir t bl en you went looking fi es a isment? 0 or items ),our expenence wit 1 t e s 10p or service appen wen you w ere d ressed en fe r were tey just tolera n t? D'd i can elp oters w 10 are now em b ar k mg on teir discove f mme or not?your ex ' ry o t e1r femme self penence 0 mmumty as possible r ern New York area iave you met a e pful, cordial and/or n your!ravels arou d t w Please enter your coices on te list below and mail it to t B R 11 be e e es PO Box O Belles meetmg esponses w1 put m a list to be made 1 bl r give 1t to me at t ~, - ----- avai a e to everyone Tanks, - Camille e next,~---- ------------- ------ : Gender Friendly Sops -------------1 / & Services: RESTAURANTs & BARs: : lsrores: (Department, cloting, 1 l soe, eyeglass, consignment, etc) 1 t! :! 1 1 OTHER: ) SERVCES: (alterations, electrolysist, l curces, terapists, counselors, etc) l '"--------- ------------------------------------------' l / :s v /t ( Je WO real pla1 : a Jf t sati o et irot ot Ct ielo, om, emb :uffa r ex, we c sexu,,mbe Dre; ;ity C T, tran; [ual b (ignif fzpage

NG EVE,;)' <\ {: DECEMBER 20 'v" JANUARY 2, 1999 X " :~: MARCH 18-21, '99 '<,,;, ' -:\ A;MAY 13-15, '99 ';',-: -:;; :< :<,:/~,;<,,;';-:,(///~--/>:-:/~~,:,:;:,_,:_>:, :- > -~,;, ERE SSTERS CHRSTMAS PARTY ERE, PA PEP CHRSTMAS PARTY AT COMPTONS ( 1239 Niagara St, Buffalo) SECRETS' CHRSTMAS PARTY 8:00pm BUFFALO BELLES MEETNG 7:00pm ifge ANNUAL CONVENTON, LOUSVLLE, KENTUCKY TRANS AMERCA CONFERENCE CHARLOTE, N CAROLNA 17t ANNUAL BE-ALL CONVENTON CLEVELAND, OHO :-:>>: :, <~: ~- -:, >; -->_;, :,;/ 11/e[C my dears, fiope you' [[ 6e attending our Cristmas Party CJ'fie ting tat wi[[ maf«: it marvewus is 'Y'OV! )'ind pfease 6ring your spouse or partner Come enjoy te evening and te company of peop[e you ave not seen in a wng time )'l nd for a Git more fun, 6ring a gift (no more tan $5-$10)for te (J3e[fes Santa <;;ra6 (J3ag See you tere!