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Trans Male 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 trans men and trans boys, from documentary subjects to fictional characters.

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Countries, Nationalities
Media Types
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Julian Melson, a 60-year-old American trans man, sitting indoors on a couch. He is wearing a collared blue shirt and black-rimmed glasses. He is light-skinned and bald, with a grey handlebar moustache. He is gesturing as he speaks.
Interview
2026
United States of America

Becoming the Man I Always Knew I Was | Julian Melson

Julian Melson, a 60-year-old American trans man, is interviewed alongside his best friend and ex-wife. He discusses growing up as a tomboy, experiencing dysphoria, having an accepting family, overcoming substance use disorder, 

Azad, a trans man, and his partner Nora, a cis woman, in the film Between Dreams and Hope. The pair are standing outdoors, looking at each other, smiling happily. Azad has short, dark hair and is wearing a dark coat. Nora has shoulder-length, dark hair, and is wearing a fluffy white hat and a fluffy white coat. There are strings of light in the blurred background.
Film
2025
Iran (ایران)

Between Dreams and Hope

Azad, a trans man played by Iranian actress Fereshteh Hosseini, travels to a remote village with his girlfriend to get his father's legal permission to medically transition.

Alex Dempsey, a trans male police officer played by Canadian non-binary actor Mae Martin, in the show Wayward. He is a light-skinned man with short brown hair dyed with blond tips. He is wearing a white singlet. He is looking at his blonde wife with a serious expression.
Show
2025
Canada

Wayward

Alex Dempsey, a trans male police officer played by Canadian non-binary actor Mae Martin, moves to his pregnant wife's hometown and quickly realises that it is a deeply troubled place.

Seu Franco, a Brazilian, mature-aged trans man sitting on a beach, smiling happily and looking into the distance. He has brown skin and brown eyes. He has short, partly-shaved black and grey hair. He has a couple of faded tattoos on his arm. His top surgery scars are visible. The beach is visible in the blurred background.
Interview
2025
Brazil (Brasil)

LGBT+60: Seu Franco, A 67-Year-Old Trans Man

Seu Franco, a 67-year-old Brazilian trans man, is interviewed about his life, transition, and aspirations. He discusses having a mastectomy one year ago, being inspired by trans male trailblazer João W. Nery, and pursuing his manhood in defiance of both family and partners.

Cis men David and Sindre with Kris, a trans man; three European gay men in the documentary Fatherhood. All are light-skinned with shaved heads and facial hair, gathered together around a hospital bed, Kris holding the throuple's new baby.
Documentary
2025
Norway (Kongeriket Norge), Iceland (Ísland), Germany (Deutschland)

Fatherhood

Kris, a Norwegian trans man in a multi-partner relationship with gay men David and Sindre, decides to carry a pregnancy.

Taash, a non-binary character voiced by American non-binary actor Jin Maley. Taash has light blue skin, large horns, and is wearing gold-gilded armour and jewellery. They are looking into the distance with a neutral expression.
Game
2024
Fictional Location, United States of America

Dragon Age: Veilguard

In this fantasy roleplaying game, players are Rook, a hero working to save the world. Rook can be made canonically trans during character creation. There is a non-binary main character, a non-binary main antagonist, and several trans minor characters.

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.

Frankie, a pregnant Kiwi trans man standing indoors, looking lovingly at their male partner. The background of the image is plain light brown. Frankie is wearing a dark blue t-shirt, has a shaved head, and light skin.
Documentary
2024
New Zealand (Aotearoa)

Trans and Pregnant

Frankie, a Kiwi trans man, is filmed throughout a pregnancy journey which includes miscarrying, trying again, and eventually giving birth to a healthy baby.

Ahmad, a trans male character played by Iranian-American trans man Aden Hakimi, sitting indoors and reading a sexual health pamphlet about sex with trans men
Experimental Film, Film, Documentary
2024
United States of America, Iran (ایران)

Desire Lines

Ahmad, a trans man played by Iranian-American trans man Aden Hakimi, begins exploring his attraction to men alongside other trans actors, including Theo Germaine and Em Modaff.

Francis, a middle-aged Russian man living in Spain, standing indoors with his hands on his hips. He is wearing blue jeans and has a tattoo on his chest. His top surgery scars are visible and he has dyed blond hair. He is light-skinned. This is a film still from the documentary Being Transgender in Russia.
Documentary, Short Film
2024
Russia (Россия), Spain (España)

Being Transgender in Russia

Francis, a 47-year-old Russian trans man living in Spain, is interviewed about his transition, family, and experiences of discrimination. Trans and gender-diverse rights in Russia are also discussed.

A watercolour illustration of a trans man and his daughter, featured in the short film My Parent, Neal.
Short Film, Animated Film
2023
United States of America

My Parent, Neal

A trans man named Neal and his daughter talk about his decision to transition in his sixties, with animations accompanying the interview.

Charley Burton, a 63-year-old American trans man, sitting indoors. He has light brown skin and short, dark hair. He has dark grey facial hair. He is wearing black-rimmed glasses, a collared brown shirt, and a patterned bow tie. He is grinning happily, hands folded in his lap.
Interview
2023
United States of America

Charley Burton

Charley Burton, a 63-year-old American trans man, is interviewed about his life, transition, sobriety, relationships, authorship, and advocacy. He discusses surviving sexual abuse, substance use disorder, suicidal ideation, depression, and conversion therapy.

Finlay Games, a trans man, in Naked Education. He is waking down the street, looking into the distance. He is a light-skinned, plus size man with balding brown hair and a brown beard. He is wearing a blue collared shirt over a white t-shirt.
Reality TV
2023
England

Naked Education (S01E03)

Finlay Games, a British trans man, stars in episode 3 of this body positive series. He shows his post-phalloplasty and post-mastectomy body for the education of Lucian, a younger British trans man, and viewers. He shares his story and answers questions about how phalloplasty operations work.

Sam, a bisexual trans man played by Canadian trans actor Elliot page, in the film Close to You. He is lying in bed, looking into the distance with a neutral or depressed expression. His top surgery scars are visible. He is light-skinned with short, dark brown hair.
Film
2023
Canada

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.

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