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

This includes trans men who are in relationships with trans women, such as Southern Comfort (2001) and Oliver Jähnke's 2021 interview with Johannes and Wilhelmina. It also includes media where characters could be interpreted as trans male, but could also be interpreted differently, such as Na Marei (2024) and Tomboy (2011).

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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.

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.

Jordan Bryon, a middle-aged, light-skinned, grey-haired Australian trans male journalist in the documentary Transition. He is standing outdoors in a field, wearing a green coat over a grey hoodie over blue perahan tunban. He is standing beside a darker-skinned Afghan man who is wearing a camouflage uniform and a light brown pakol hat. The man is holding a large gun, and Jordan is gesturing, looking toward the viewer with a neutral expression.
Documentary
2023
Australia, Afghanistan (افغانستان), Iran (ایران)

Transition

Jordan Bryon, a 39-year-old Australian trans male journalist, hides his transness while living with the Taliban and documenting the 2021 takeover of Kabul, later traveling to Iran to have top surgery.

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.

Kai, an Aboriginal Australian Brotherboy trans man, in the short documentary I Am Kai. He is standing in a dark room, with the background of the photo being darkness. He has short, shaved brown hair, and a long brown beard. He has white ceremonial paint on his face. He is looking directly at the viewer with a firm, proud gaze.
Documentary, Short Film
2023
Australia

I Am Kai

Kai, a Brotherboy trans man, is interviewed alongside his family, discussing his culture, identity, transition, and goals.

The title screen of the game Baldur's Gate 3, showing central fantasy characters posing against a swirling sky background, a tentacled ship visible in the distance.
Game
2023
Fictional Location, Belgium (België), England

Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3, a fantasy roleplaying game, allows players to be a woman, a man, or non-binary, with two body types available, and genital options independent of body type or gender.

Ja'Mel Ashely Ware, a Black trans man sitting indoors, wearing a peach yellow t-shirt. He is bald, with a black beard. He is sitting next to his partner, a feminine Black gay man with long, braided black hair, wearing a multicoloured patterned t-shirt. The background of the image is an orange and purple gradient.
Reality TV
2023
United States of America

TRANSworld Atlanta

Several American trans men are interviewed alongside their partners while on a couples' retreat. These men include Ja'Mel Ashely Ware, who has discussed his pregnancy journey publicly, Malik Brown, Shon Jackson, and Nick Devereux.

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.

Kirby, a trans man played by trans actor Eisa Al-Shamma, in the short film (In)convenience. He is standing indoors in a convenience store, smiling slightly. He has light brown skin, dark brown eyes, and short brown hair. He is wearing a grey hoodie over a white shirt.
Short Film
2023
United States of America

(In)convenience

Kirby, a trans man played by trans actor Eisa Al-Shamma, has been on testosterone for a few months, but is still menstruating. He develops a crush on the cashier who works at the store where he buys tampons.

Leo, a trans man played by American non-binary actor Bobbi Salvör Menuez, in the film Summer Solstice. He is sitting outdoors, looking up at the sky with a neutral expression. He is wearing a dark grey t-shirt and has short ginger hair and freckles.
Film
2023
United States of America

Summer Solstice

Leo, an aspiring trans male actor played by American non-binary actor Bobbi Salvör Menuez, reconnects with an old friend.

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.

Joel, a teenage trans boy played by Spanish trans male actor Ander Puig, standing indoors and looking at a teenage girl. The pair are both light-skinned, with Joel having short, dark hair, and the girl having shoulder-length brown hair. The pair are smiling at each other.
Show
2022
Spain (España)

Ser o no ser (To Be or Not to Be)

Joel, a teenage trans boy played by Spanish trans male actor Ander Puig, is non-disclosing at a new high school, where he attends acting class and grows close with other teenagers.

Fred Rococo, a trans man played by American trans actor Murray Hill, in the show Somebody Somewhere. He is light-skinned with short, dark hair, slicked back. He has drawn a moustache on his face. He is wearing a chequered blue suit with a pink suit shirt and brown-rimmed glasses. He is holding up one fist, with gold rings and a gold bracelet.
Show
2022
United States of America

Somebody Somewhere

Fred Rococo, a trans man played by American trans actor 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.

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