Kappa Beta Serving the transgendered community since 1988

Ladies, you may or may not have gotten the word by now, but here is the real scoop on our June get-together. Forget about doing your laundry or your hair that weekend, and join us for a really different meeting (If you have to remain home to do one of those things, please don’t get them confused).

When you think about it, it really makes a lot of sense to have a special party in June, because this is the midway point from our annual Christmas party. By the way, for any of you who may have missed the Christmas party last December, it was truly special. We were favored with "entertainment" from several of the girls, and I was in awe of the talent — and the guts that it took to get up there and sing and dance for the party. Really, really special and I think that it set a high mark for expectations in ’07!

Anyway, back to June. First of all we have moved the meeting weekend to June 23rd (NOTE: do not show up on June 16th, the usual meeting date -- you will be very lonely… ). This was done so as not to compete with Fathers’ Day.

What else is different you might ask? I’ll tell you that this meeting is a once in a lifetime event. And the lifetime that we are celebrating is that of Dyana Lea, our resident Charlotte queen of the “Queen City”. Dyana Lea has been a longtime member and supporter of Kappa Beta and of T-girls in general. She has made many, many friends over the years, and we are asking any of you who can make it to this event to come and help us honor her.

Okay, I’m taking advantage of this platform. This is something that came to mind because of dealing with my nephew, who thinks he’s an alcoholic. (Me, I’m just a drunk – I don’t go to meetings!)

We can all use a little help sometimes, whether it’s just to hear us bitch or to give us another perspective on what we think we want to do.

Borrowing from twelve step and other programs, I’d like to see Kappa Beta consider a “Big Sister” concept. You can pick your own, or some mucky-muck can assign a temporary until you know who you want. It’s totally voluntary; no one has to be a Big Sister, nor does everyone have to have one.

The idea is that your “Big Sister” be able to help you when you need it. Perhaps you don’t know if you can mix blues with greens in your outfit, or whether you should go to the store “en femme” [I hate that term].

You can give her a call and see what she says. She can also be your first line of defense if you’re feeling down and don’t know if you can make it.

Does anyone else out there like this idea? Write me an email or discuss it on the board.