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Documentaries, Games, Interviews, Shows, and Movies About Trans Men


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Peter Alexander, a dark-haired, light-skinned trans man shown in black-and-white film, standing outdoors and smiling. He is wearing a black suit and tie.
Interview
1937
Australia, Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Meet The Girl Who Became a Man

Peter Alexander, a trans man from New Zealand, is interviewed in Sydney, Australia about his transition.

A trans man named Barzell, played by actor John LaZar, in the film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. He has brown skin and black hair cut in a bob shape. He is wearing a suit jacket and a silk scarf.
Film
1970
United States

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.

George, a trans male character played by American actor John Ventantonio, in the film Private Parts. He is standing indoors, wearing a collared blue shirt. He has light skin and dark curly hair.
Film
1972
United States

Private Parts

George, a trans man played by American actor John Ventantonio, is a harmful mockery of trans men. He is ultimately killed, with his pre/non-op chest ogled after death.

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.

Gil Kessler, a trans male character played by actor John Schuck in the show Golden Girls
Show
1987
United States

Golden Girls (S03E07)

Gil Kessler, a trans man played by American cis male actor John Schuck, is an offensive and ridiculous caricature of trans men.

Lou Sullivan, a female-to-male transsexual, sitting indoors and smiling happily
Interview
1988, 1989, 1990
United States

Female-to-Gay-Male Transsexualism: Lou Sullivan and Dr. Ira Pauly

Lou Sullivan, an American transsexual man, discusses his life, transition, sexual orientation, and aspirations with Dr. Ira Pauly.

Interview
1994
United States

Trans

Henry Rubin, an American trans man, discusses gender, feminism, and medically transitioning.

Leslie Feinberg, a butch trans activist, in the documentary OUTLAW
Documentary
1994
United States

Outlaw

Leslie Feinberg, a pioneering American butch and trans activist, is interviewed about gender and identity.

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.

A trans boy named Chris in the film My Life in Pink.
Film
1997
France, Belgium

Ma vie en rose (My Life in Pink)

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

Documentary
1997
United States

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.

A blond trans man sitting in a car, with palm trees and a blue sky visible in the distance
Documentary
1999
United States

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.

Brandon Teena, played by Hilary Swank, sitting outdoors and having a conversation.
Film
1999
United States

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.

An intersex trans man with dark hair, standing by a jail cell, holding onto the bars.
Show
2000, 2002
United States

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S01E01, E08, S02E13)

Paul Millander, an intersex trans man played by cis male actor Matt O'Toole, is a serial killer who embodies harmful tropes about trans men and people who are born with innate variations in their sex characteristics.

Experimental Film, Short Film
2000
United States

Phallocy

Jay Allen Sennett, an American transsexual man, made this short film in the late 90s, expressing struggles with his identity, body, and transition.

Documentary
2001
United States

Southern Comfort

Robert Eads, an American transsexual man, is filmed alongside his trans friends and trans female partner in the final months of his life, after being denied cancer treatment by both mainstream doctors and a trans clinic.

Two trans men from the film By Hook or by Crook, leaning out a window and looking into the distance
Film
2001
United States

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.

Kade Farrow Collins, a trans boy, sitting with his friend during the documentary Just Call Me Kade.
Documentary
2001
United States

Just Call Me Kade

Kade Farlow Collins, an American trans male, is interviewed as a boy and later as a young man, alongside supportive and unsupportive family members.

Nao Tsurumoto, a trans boy played by actress Aya Ueto, in the show Kinpachi-Sensei
Show
2001
Japan

Kinpachi-sensei (S6)

Nao Tsurumoto, a teenage trans boy played by Japanese actress Aya Ueto, explores his gender identity and faces social, physical, and sexual abuse as a result.

Documentary
2002
United States

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.

A trans man standing outdoors, smiling as he looks into the distance
Documentary
2005
United States

Call Me Malcolm

Malcolm Himschoot, an American trans man, shares his story with the United Church of Christ.

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.

Documentary
2005
United States

The Aggressives

Six New Yorkers (a city in America) are interviewed about their identities, sexual orientations, backgrounds, and goals for the future. All six identify as Aggressive.

A bearded trans man in the documentary Enough Man
Documentary
2005
United States

Enough Man

Nine trans man are interviewed, some with their partners, discussing sex and their sexual orientations.

Documentary
2005
United States

transparent

Nineteen American trans men are interviewed about their experiences giving birth to children, raising those children, and being fathers.

A trans man sitting on his couch, smiling as he is interviewed for the documentary Boy I Am.
Documentary
2006
United States

Boy I Am

Three American trans men are interviewed alongside feminists who oppose female-to-male transitions.

Reality TV
2006
United States

Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (2006) S04E09

An American trans man named Miles receives a makeover, wardrobe revamp, home redecoration, and lifestyle advice from five cis gay men, who also throw him a party to celebrate his transition.

Robin, a trans child played by Canadian actress Matreya Fedor, in the film No Bikini
Short Film
2007
United States, 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.

Documentary
2008
United States

Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen

Six American trans men are interviewed about their experiences, transitions, and lives.

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".
Film
2008
Germany

Mein Freund aus Faro (My Friend from Faro)

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

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