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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.

By Hook or by Crook

Film
2001
United States of America
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.

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Available Summaries:

"Shy, a trans man, leaves his small town in Kansas for San Francisco after the death of his father. Along the way, he encounters Valentine, a quirky adoptee in search of his birth mother. An immediate kinship is sparked between the two men and they become partners in crime with Val’s lover Billie to stay financially afloat. The duo faces money troubles, emotional problems, and physical confrontations as they learn to trust and support each other in pursuit of their goals." -Wikipedia.

"By Hook or By Crook is a buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of a handsome, gender-bending, small-town butch with a nagging messiah complex." -Harry Dodge.

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8 Feb 2026

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