I love comic books. From my earliest exposure to the simplified worlds of Little LuLu

and Scrooge McDuck up through the innocent sexuality of Betty & Veronica, Lois Lane

and Lana Lang, I lived a lot of my life through comic books because it didn’t seem to me

that my real life was much worth living. The dark side of comix came next for me in the

pages of Batman, SpiderMan, followed shortly by my holy conversion to Neil Gaiman’s

Sandman series, Terry Moore’s Strangers In Paradise, Alan Moore’s Ballad of Halo

Jones, and Dianne DiMassa’s Hothead Paizan. In these works of art, I saw a lot of ways

to be something I wasn’t but always wanted to be. And in T-Gina, I’m finally seeing

myself the way I mostly am. Thank gawd for artist Gina Kamentsky’s sense of humor!

But enough about her, let’s get back to ME.

Maybe it’s the old saw about wanting to get caught, but when a new T-Gina strip pops

up in my email, I follow that link as quickly as I can to find out what other foibles of our

tranny lives will be gently and often hilariously exposed. I mean, how did Ms.

Kamentsky know that Barry White now sends shivers of delight down deep in my body

where shivering is delightful; that was supposed to be a secret! And simply walking

around the house with a sweet li’l bald head! Hey, that’s what I do. And I absolutely

HATE breaking a nail. Hate it, hate it, hate it. Thank goodness Ms. Kamentsky has a

kind generous soul that shines clearly through her comic characters.

Okay, this is the endorsement part: Hi, my name is Kate Bornstein. When I’m not out

touring college campuses elaborating on the mysteries of postmodern gender theory;

when I’m not trying to argue for trans inclusiveness; when I’m not agonizing over some

script I’m working on which JUST MIGHT BE MY KEY TO SUCCESS if only I could

get it RIGHT; when I’m not doing any of that stuff, I’m watching Star Trek. But, hey! If

Star Trek isn’t on, I am for SURE reading T-Gina – the comic of choice of discerning

transfolk and transfans. I do hope you enjoy the read as much as I genuinely do.

kisses,

Kate Bornstein,

author of Gender Outlaw and My Gender Workbook

T-Gina #1, November 2002. Published on occasion by Pixeltoon and is copyright c 2002 Gina Kamentsky. All

characters, stories and artwork copyright c 2002 Gina Kamentsky, except that lovely intro c 2002 Kate Bornstein and

“Drawing The Line” c 2001 Jean Marie Stine. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without written permission

from the author. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons or institutions in T-Gina and those of any

living or dead persons is intended, except for satirical intent ( and there's a bit of that here ). In any case any similarity

that exists is purely coincidental. Letters to T-Gina become the property of the magazine and are assumed intended for

publication in whole or in part, and may therefore be used for those purposes. For more copies of this and future issues

send $3.50 plus 50 cents shipping and handling to: Gina Kamentsky, 1 Fitchburg st. B353, Somerville Ma 02143. You can

e-mail me at ginak@pixeltoon.com. Visit the web site ! www.t-gina.com .

AN INTRODUCTION BY KATE BORNSTEIN