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Ambiguously-Gendered Media

Trans Male Media

Media featuring trans men and trans boys, from documentary subjects to fictional characters.

Trans Male with Male

Media featuring trans men who are in relationships with men, and trans boys who are attracted to boys.

Trans Male with Female

Media featuring trans men who are in relationships with women, and trans boys who are attracted to girls.

Trans Relationships

Media featuring trans and gender-diverse people who are in relationships with, or are attracted to, other TGD people.

Gender-Related Surgery

Media which references or deeply explores gender-related surgeries, such as phalloplasties and mastectomies.

Non-Binary Media

Media which features non-binary people, and explores gender outside of a man-woman binary.

Ambiguously-Gendered Media

Media featuring characters, assigned female at birth, who are ambiguous in gender identity.

Culture-Specific Media

Media which features culture-specific gender identities and social roles, such as Brotherboy and Onabe.

Butch Media

Media, non-fiction and fiction, which features butches. This includes butches who identify with terms like transmasculine.

Trans Parenthood

Media featuring trans fathers, non-binary parents, and trans reproductive themes.

Intersex Media

Media which includes or discusses people born with innate variations of sex characteristics.

Adam

Adam Kashmiry, an Egyptian-Scottish trans man, plays himself alongside Iraqi-English actress Yasmin Al-Khudhairi. Adam experiences sexual abuse and discrimination in Egypt, has a short-lived relationship with an Egyptian lesbian woman, is made homeless by his father, and seeks asylum in Scotland. After being mistreated by immigration officials and stuck in legal limbo for almost two years, he is finally granted permanent asylum in Scotland.

Tien: Becoming Queer Joy

Tien Neo Eamas, a 55-year-old Singaporean-Canadian transman, discusses growing up in a fundamentalist Christian family, recognising himself in another trans man of colour, being the first Asian trans man to come out in Vancouver, enduring racialised expectations of manhood, overcoming hatred and abuse, attempting suicide, and finally finding joy both in himself and in his community.

He is a TRANSMAN from INDIA

Oliver Jähnke, a Swedish trans guy, interviews Jagrit, a trans male Indian lawyer. He discusses his supportive family, Hindu beliefs, accepting workplace, having top surgery, and his goals for the future. On the day of the interview, he had his first testosterone injection.

The Whistle

StormMiguel Florez, a Xicane trans man, returns to his hometown to interview the lesbians who grew up in his community.

Cowboys

Joe, a trans boy played by American trans actor Sasha Knight, is accompanied by his accepting father as he runs away from his transphobic mother.

Holy Curse

Radha, a child played by Indian actress Mrunal Kashid, does not feel like a girl and presents in a masculine manner. In response, Radha's family come to believe that the child is possessed by a male spirit, and must therefore be cleaned with a religious ritual. Snigdha Kapoor, the director, was inspired by personal childhood experiences and by Devdutt Pattanaik’s Shikhandi.

Close to You

Sam, a bisexual trans man played by Canadian trans actor Elliot Page, returns to his hometown for his father's birthday, encountering his former best friend along the way.

Rūrangi

Caz, a trans man played by Māori trans male actor Elz Carrad, returns to his rural hometown to reconnect with his estranged father, ex-boyfriend, and best friend.

Work in Progress

Chris, a trans male barista played by American non-binary actor Theo Germaine, falls in love with an older queer woman named Abby, played by American actor Abby McEnany. The series is semi-autobiographical and based on Abby McEnany's life.

Somebody Somewhere

Fred Rococo, a trans man played by American trans comedian/actor/performer Murray Hill, is an emcee and professor of agricultural sciences. He gets married to a woman in the show's second season. The series itself is a comedy that has been very well received, and does a wonderful job of humanising both cis men and trans men.

Media featuring characters, assigned female at birth, who are ambiguous in gender identity. Viewers may interpret these characters as trans men, non-binary people, masculine lesbians, gender non-conforming women of any orientation, etc.

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Countries, Nationalities
Media Types
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Nell Buchanan, a detective played by Australian non-binary actor Liv Hewson, in the show Treasure and Dirt. They are standing outdoors, looking to the side. They are light-skinned with long, ginger, wavy hair and a freckled face. They are wearing a grey singlet. A vast, blue sky with fluffy white clouds can be seen in the background.
Show
2026
Australia

Treasure & Dirt

Nell Buchanan, a detective played by Australian non-binary actor Liv Hewson, returns to a dying opal town to investigate a beheading. Nell is attracted to men.

Zaid, an Afghan teenager played by Iranian actress Sadaf Asgari, in the short film Na Marei. He is sitting in the front seat of a bus, looking into the distance with a neutral or focused expression. He is wearing a yellow hoodie underneath a brightly-coloured jacket, the jacket comprised of purple, blue, and white stripes. He has short, black hair, light brown skin, and dark brown eyes. A desert landscape is visible in the blurred background, through the windows of the bus.
Short Film
2024
Afghanistan (افغانستان), Iran (ایران)

Na Marei (The Invisible)

Zaid, an Afghan teenager played by Iranian actress Sadaf Asgari, lives and works as a man for his family (bacha posh). He finds that his identity goes deeper than this masquerade, however, and is unwilling to return to a female life when his mother demands that he get married. Determined to keep his secret girlfriend and finish his entrance exams, he tries to continue life as a man.

Radha, a child played by Indian actress Mrunal Kashid, in the film Holy Curse. They are standing outdoors, looking up at a person in the blurred foreground. They have brown skin and short, wavy brown hair, tied back. They are wearing a white dress and holding a doll. Captions in the image read, "Are you a boy?" The ground, covered in fallen brown leafs, is visible in the blurred background.
Short Film
2024
India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya)

Holy Curse

Radha, a child played by Indian actress Mrunal Kashid, does not feel like a girl and presents in a masculine manner. In response, Radha's family come to believe that the child is possessed by a male spirit, and must therefore be cleaned with a religious ritual. Snigdha Kapoor, the director, was inspired by personal childhood experiences and by Devdutt Pattanaik’s Shikhandi.

A still from the animated film Pete, showing a young gender non-conforming kid looking up at their mother with loving eyes. Both are light-skinned with ginger hair. The kid is wearing a blue shirt and a blue gap. Their mother is wearing a yellow shirt and a necklace.
Animated Film, Short Film
2022
United States of America

Pete

Bret Parker, an American Pixar artist, depicts the gender non-conforming childhood of her American wife Pete Barma (they/them) in this gorgeous animated short film.

A transmasculine teenager in the short film Skin, played by Rhys Fehrenbacher. He is light-skinned with short, dark hair. He is wearing a grey shirt with the words "ROWLING PHYS. ED" on it. A group of people are visible in the blurred background, all wearing matching grey shirts, indoors in a gymnasium.
Short Film
2019
United States of America

Skin

A trans teenager, played by American trans actor Rhys Fehrenbacher, endures harassment from his classmates and comes face-to-face with his body dysphoria in gruesome visions.

Max de Morny, a trans man or butch lesbian played by Irish actress Denise Gough in the film Colette. They are standing outdoors wearing a black suit, a black hat, and a white collared shirt with a green tie. They are light-skinned with light brown, short hair. They are standing next to a light-skinned woman with short, curly brown hair, who is wearing a white dress and a straw hat. The pair are looking into the distance with neutral expressions. Trees can be seen in the blurred background, as if the pair are in a forest or a park.
Film
2018
England

Colette

Max de Morny, a trans and/or butch historical figure, is portrayed by Irish actress Denise Gough in this romance drama film. English trans male actor Jake Graf has a minor role.

Harper, a tomboy played by American trans male actor Isaiah Stannard, in the short film Party Dress. She is skating on a skateboard outdoors in a parking lot, wearing a pink party dress beneath a grey hoodie, and blue sneakers. She has blonde hair. Other skaters are visible in the blurred background.
Short Film
2017
United States of America

Party Dress

Harper, a tomboy played by American trans male actor Isaiah Stannard, struggles to fit in with female peers and is uncomfortable wearing feminine clothing.

Cyd and Katie, two characters in the film Princess Cyd, sitting together outdoors. Katie is a non-binary person with light skin and partly-shaved brown hair, wearing a patterned brown shirt. Cyd is a woman with long blonde hair, wearing a white shirt with a white neck choker. The pair are looking up with relaxed and neutral expressions.
Film
2017
United States of America

Princess Cyd

The bisexual protagonist of this film falls in love with Katie, a gender non-conforming barista played by American non-binary actor Ro White.

John/Jane, an intersex character played by Australian actress Sarah Snook, shown in two film stills. In the left still, Jane is sitting indoors, presenting femininely; she has shoulder-length ginger hair, light skin, and blue eyes, and is wearing red lipstick, black-rimmed glasses, and a green dress. In the right still, John is sitting indoors, presenting masculinely; he has short ginger hair, light skin, and blue eyes, and is wearing a coat over a collared shirt.
Film
2014
Australia, United States of America

Predestination

John/Jane, an intersex character played by Australian actress Sarah Snook, undergoes a female-to-male transition in this science fiction thriller.

Mickaël, a trans kid in the film Tomboy, played by French actress Zoé Héran. He is standing outdoors, looking into the distance with a neutral expression. He is wearing a grey t-shirt. He is light-skinned, with short, light brown hair and blue eyes.
Film
2011
France (Française)

Tomboy

A child, played by French actress Zoé Héran, chooses the name Mickaël after moving to a new town, living as a male among new friends and getting a girlfriend.

Anjorka Strechel as Mel AKA Miguel in My Friend from Faro, AKA Mein Freund aus Faro. Miguel is standing in a forest and saying "I'm different". He is wearing a brown flannel shirt, is light-skinned, and has short, wavy, black hair. He has brown eyes. His expression is stressed or neutral.
Film
2008
Germany (Deutschland)

Mein Freund aus Faro (My Friend from Faro)

Miguel/Mel, a male-presenting character played by German actress Anjorka Strechel, begins a relationship with a girl and faces expectations of heterosexual womanhood from family.

Robin, a trans child played by Canadian actress Matreya Fedor, in the film No Bikini. Robin is playing in a pool, splashing with another child, the pair laughing happily.
Short Film
2007
United States of America, Canada

No Bikini

A child named Robin, played by Canadian actress Matreya Fedor, chooses to be known as a boy while attending swimming lessons. Inspired by a short story of the same name, published by butch/non-binary activist Ivan E. Coyote.

Sam, a transmasculine teenager played by American actress Linsey Godfrey, in the show Cold Case. He is standing outdoors at night, looking into the distance with a serious expression. He is light-skinned with short, dark brown hair, wearing a yellow coat over a green flannel shirt.
Show
2004
United States of America

Cold Case (S05E09) (2004)

Sam, a masculine-presenting teenager played by American actress Linsey Godfrey, endures bullying, sexual assault, and shock aversion therapy before being killed in an act of assisted suicide. His death is investigated years later, by police officers who mock his masculinity.

Shy and Valentine, two trans men from the film By Hook or by Crook, leaning out a window and looking into the distance. The pair are played by trans actors Silas Howard and Harry Dodge.
Film
2001
United States of America

By Hook or by Crook

Shy, a trans man played by American trans male actor Silas Howard, forms an unlikely friendship with an ambiguously-gendered person named Valentine, played by trans actor Harry Dodge.

Chris, a trans boy played by French actress Raphaëlle Santini, in the film My Life In Pink. He is sitting on a chair, wearing a frilly blue dress, a silver crown, and a boys' watch. He has light skin, freckles, and short ginger hair. He is looking up at someone in the blurred foreground.
Film
1997
France (Française), Belgium (België)

Ma vie en rose (My Life in Pink)

Chris, a masculine-presenting child played by French actress Raphaëlle Santini, has a small role in this film, befriending the trans female protagonist.

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