The local gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered group, the Pride Centre of Edmonton, has an excellent site. Edmonton's branch of Illusions, a genderqueer gateway to crossdressing, drag, transitioning and more, has a group on Yahoo, and the Calgary branch is up there too. The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose is Edmonton's link to the local drag community. OUTreach Edmonton at the U of A meets monthly, are sincere about what they're doing, and have a progressive website. The Bow Valley Community serves the Banff and Canmore region of Alberta. Winnipeg's Masquerade socializes the second Tuesday of every month and really have their act together. Toronto's Xpressions group is strong, active, has a very spiffy site, and are associated with Kingston's Spring Fling. The girls in Vancouver's Cornbury Society also have a good-looking, very informative website.

Calgary's legendary Femme Fatale is chock-full of delightful pieces like vintage and fetish wear, baubles, wigs, and other bits. Honourable, good pricing, quick delivery, and pleasant to chat with - highly recommended! As well, their eclectic auction site has help pages that include sizing info useful to all.

I was one of two club members featured in SEE Magazine's 2002 article on local crossdressers; the interview was interesting, and the photo shoot was a blast.

Sister Mercy, also known locally as Mercedes Allen, has put together an excellent History of Transgenderism on her Alberta Trans website.

Trans Edmonton is a new forum and discussion board that's just started up, and may well help to connect the various local transfolk.

Sarah Lastname speaks out as a conservative transgender person who also won't do anything to alter her body. Lots of good writing, and links, on the subject here.

Kalina Isato's Transvamp.com is an easy-reading trove of the Good Stuff from one of Philadelphia's finest crossdressers. Good humour, tips, fine photography, and opportunity to buy product abound here!

Jamie Yanak is a Cleveland fabulous-babe drag doll who writes well, takes great photos, and has a wry sense of humour that I find irresistible.

Femme Fever is a gentle and positive transformation service on the Eastern Seaboard; the site is low-key but complete, and quite inspiring.

Sherry Vanstone is a very good cosmetic artist, having previously managed the West Edmonton Mall MAC store.

Tri-ess is a support group for heterosexual crossdressers and their significant others. There's sensitivity and intelligence at this site, and contacts for the American chapters (not much happening up north here with them, other than a monster convention in Kananaskis in the mid-90s).

Renee Reyes is an Atlanta gal who has been there and done that, lives her life to the max, and shares a great mountain of good tips.

Creative Design Publications are the instigators of Ladylike, which is no longer available in magazine format. Definitely the bar to reach for in CD publications, though the writing ranges from self-pityingly execrable to quite good, and the contact pages haven't been updated for years. Girl Talk is another good CD/TG publication that's now available online. They both are glossy, easy to look at, and pretty empowering to anyone who doesn't get out enough...

AFE Cosmetics and Skincare has appropriate, in-depth, and totally excellent tips for this part of our special-interest. And check out Asia Carrera's makeup page!

The Breastform Store has good prices, product, and service, as well as a Canadian site. Those of us who use balloons and rice packs would be surprised at how nice these bits are. Recommended!

I get my hair trimmed and styled at Est-elle Academy of Hair Design, and can't fault their students' work - indeed, I've gotten a couple of awesome cuts there. Esther, the owner, has hosted makeup and hair sessions for Illusions gals in the past, and the girls are all open-minded, stylish, and competent.

Edmonton's Wig Boutique has been giving local crossdressers excellent service and product for over a decade, so they've rightly earned a spot on this Links page.

Caprice Consignment Wear, now in Edmonton's West End and the southside, always treats CDs with respect, good cheer, and fabulous bits for good prices. Highly recommended! As well, Sassy Seamstress just west of downtown has amazing fashions and footwear in all sizes. Again, another fave!

Elli Hunter is an accomplished Deutschlander CD whose site is utterly stunning. If you read German, then you'll get a lot out of it, but the photos alone will boggle your mind.

Image Works is a London-based dressing and photo service that does fabulous makeup, hair, and photography. Eye candy!

Above&Beyond, while very commercial, provides a lot of products and reading useful to any variety of transgendered individual.

Wikipedia has a very good and fair description of crossdressing here.

Melanie Ann Phillips is a well-known male-to-female transsexual who provides a wealth of information on the whole situation. She sells a very good femme voice technique CD, and stands behind her product.

Lilian's site has a large international batch of TG photos and links, from the ladylike to the slutty... and, the Crossdressing Picture Gallery is full of nice-looking TG folks, though there's a lot of dead links here.

Rose's Turn has lots of really nice things to wear. And other things. Oh, my... Misty's World is a spiffy and well-done site, with pix, tips, and good humour.

Yvonne's Place For Crossdressers is chock-full with her americentric commentary, news bites, and other collections of reading. Another excellent, scholarly site, contrasting feminine and masculine body traits, can be found at Feminine Beauty.

Ilana Yahava's Sand Fantasy website has nothing to do with crossdressing and everything to do with beauty.

I'm a member of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement - their philosophy is advanced with intelligence and wit here.