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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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. Their friends and family are also interviewed.

This documentary focuses on the rape and murder of American trans man Brandon Teena, which occurred five years prior. Beyond the interviewees who misgender and deadname Brandon, and disbelieve his male identity even in death, his rapists and murderers are also interviewed.

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, 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.

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 sex variations.

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

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.

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

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.

Moses, a Spanish transsexual man, pursues phalloplasty and legal recognition of his male gender. Other trans people are also interviewed about their transitions and lives.

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

Yûji Tamiya, a trans man played by Japanese cis actor Issei Ishida and Japanese actress Rie Kuwana, takes violent revenge on those who abused him during his childhood.

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.

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

Nineteen American trans men are interviewed about their experiences giving birth to children, and either raising those children or being separated from them.

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

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.

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.