Documentaries, Games, Interviews, Shows, and Movies About Trans Men
Plus: Transmasculine, Non-Binary, and Gender-Diverse Media
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188
Film
1970
United States of America
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Ronnie "Z-man" Barzell, a trans man played by American cis male actor John LaZar, is a harmful caricature of trans men and gay men, who sexually harasses and assaults a cishet man before killing him. He also violently murders two lesbians. He comes out by exposing and stroking his pre/non-op chest.
Film
1986
Brazil
Vera
Bauer, a trans man played by Brazilian cis female actress Ana Beatriz Nogueira, chooses a new name and goes by he/him/his pronouns, presenting as a man, binding his chest, and expressing a need for transition surgeries. He tries to navigate the world as a trans man and find love with a woman. Bauer was loosely based on Brazilian trans poet Anderson Bigode Herzer.
Documentary
1995
Japan
Shinjuku Boys
Gaish, Kazuki, and Tatsu are three onabe, which is a term used by some Japanese trans men, and other Japanese gender-diverse people who were assigned female at birth. Tatsu, a trans man on testosterone, is interviewed alongside his cis female partner named Tomoe, and Kazuki is interviewed alongside his trans female partner named Kumi. Gaish describes himself as being neither a woman nor a man.
Documentary
1997
United States of America
You Don't Know Dick: The Courageous Hearts of Transsexual Men
American trans men Loren Cameron, Jamison Green, Michael Kirk, Ted Knupke, Sergeant Stephan Thorne, and German-American Max Wolf Valerio are interviewed about romance, surgery, families, parenthood, aspirations, coming out, mental health, sex, religion, libido, etc. Friends and family are also interviewed.
Documentary
1999
United States of America
Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
Max Wolf Valerio, Texas Tomboy, and other trans people are interviewed about their gender identities, sexualities, and lives. Hida, an intersex person who was presumed female at birth, describes their non-binary experience and masculine experimentation.
Film
1999
United States of America
Boys Don't Cry
Brandon Teena, an American trans man who was raped and murdered in 1993 at the age of 21, is portrayed by American cis female actress Hilary Swank in this fictional depiction of his final days, with events in the film deviating significantly from real events.
Documentary
2002
United States of America
Venus Boyz
Multiple drag kings are interviewed about their motivations for doing drag, their identities, their medical transitions, and their understandings of gender. Interviewees include cis women, trans men, non-binary people, and an intersex non-binary person who is transitioning on testosterone and doesn't mind being read as a man.
Film
2005
Japan
奇妙なサーカス (Strange Circus)
Yûji Tamiya, a trans man played by Japanese cis male actor Issei Ishida, takes violent revenge on those who abused him during his childhood.
Short Film
2007
United States of America, Canada
No Bikini
A child named Robin, played by Canadian cis female actress Matreya Fedor, chooses to be known as a boy while attending swimming lessons. Ivan E. Coyote, a butch/non-binary activist, published a short story of the same name, which inspired this short film.
