Calpernia Addams Diary

Southern Dinner Cooked by Me to Benefit OutFest!

Thanks to help from Cal-pals and OutFest boardmembers Andrea James and John Bailey, I’m not only going to be in an OutFest movie — I get to help out, too! While it’s not quite a “girlfriend experience“, OutFest is including among its silent auction fundraising items a “Calpernia Addams Experience“, which is what they’re calling my [...]

Great Video on How They Edit Reality Shows

(I skipped to the good part for you!) For all those Transamerican Love Story questions you may have had… this is how it happens! (via Andrea James) Related posts Calpernia Writes “The Reality of Love” For The Advocate Magazine (0) “Stunning” Video on LogoOnline! (1) Who Knew? Jim Howley Has Cool YouTube Channel (0) Video from the 2009 GLAAD Media Awards – [...]

Big News! Calpernia & Jer Ber Jones LIVE IN LA & SF

TELEKiNESIS July “Transfixed” Starring Jer Ber Jones & Calpernia Addams. LOS ANGELES July 13 & 14th, 2009 @ 9pm At Casita Del Campo’s Cavern Club Celebrity Theater 1920 Hyperion Avenue, Silverlake, California 90027 (map) Tickets are $13 purchased online/ $18 at the door. Seating is very limited. SAN FRANCISCO July 24 & 25th 2009 @ 9pm. At Finn’s Funhouse – 814 Grove Street – Between Fillmore & [...]

OMG Calpy DJ’s at The Kress for Jared Gold and Lenora Claire!

Awesome! I got a note from super cool Lenora Claire, titan haired art-show doyenne and the envy of Russ Meyer girls everywhere, asking me to do a 45 minute DJ set at the gorgeous The Kress (cool site but watch the auto-play music) right in the heart of Hollywood on July 8th, 2009! There will [...]

“Transproofed” on Mega DVD with Extras Shipping Now!

Yay! We have set up a feature-packed version of the “Transproofed” DVD available for regular orders NOW! You can order a special version with personalized autographs from Andrea and me, or the regular version, right now. In addition to the fun movie itself, we spent a lot of time making extras like: A commentary track, where you [...]

Rachel’s Photogallery: Transgender Themes in South Korea

Cal-pal Rachel K. So (blog) has a nice gallery of personal photos with commentary on transgender themes in South Korea. Check it out! Rachel K. So’s Transgender Themes in South Korea Most people think transgender culture in South Korea is a very recent phenomenon. However, it actually runs over a millennium, much of it centering around the [...]

Calpernia’s Interview with the Drag Queen Posse Now Live!

Hey kids! I’m back from San Francisco Pride with many stories to tell, but I’m exhausted to the bone and won’t be able to blog it for a little bit until I recover. In the mean-time, here’s a great podcast interview I did with the fabulous gals over at The Drag Queen Posse, about my [...]

Calpernia Hosting SPCA Charity Fashion Show, Entertainment Mixer and Charity Bowling Event June 30th, 2009

Hey everyone! I’m going to be hosting a super-fun fashion show, entertainment mixer and charity bowling event benefitting LA’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on June 30th at bowling-alley-to-the-stars Lucky Strike for LA event promoter Jovy Janolo! Lucky Strike is really cool, right at Hollywood and Highland with “premium, upscale bowling lanes [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-28

Look at what Mario's eating. That is a deep fried steak the size of a placemat. http://twitpic.com/82rk7 # @revolucian Would you say finishing the score has been… Murder?!? Bwah ha ha ha! (sinister laugh) (It's a horror movie) in reply to revolucian # RT @jokestress: Avoid hoaxes: 20 hallmarks of fake trans personae http://tinyurl.com/nacsnq # No I [...]

Calpernia Performs “Stunning” and “Miss Dis” at Benefit

As mentioned in this earlier post, I performed at a fundraiser for a local adopted kindergarten class as celebrity guest of the CSULB chapter of Delta Lambda Phi. No, the kindergarteners weren’t in the audience during my racy numbers, ha ha. It’s really hard (for me at least) to perform on a blank assembly-hall stage with [...]