photo by Courtney Trouble
You know how we love to do our girl galleries (recent galleries have included 100 Hot Curvy Girls & Girls Make Passes at Girls Who Wear Glasses), and this one was no exception. Except that it kinda was, because it made the word “girl” a bit problematic.
So welcome to our first hot & sexy PERSON gallery, featuring genderqueer & trans & stud & genderfuck persons/imagery — a celebration of the jaw-dropping beauty of those who choose to transcend traditional gender roles in some way to identify as trans or to present as something outside of the gender binary (see also: androgyny confounds!).
When dealing with extremely marginalized and/or self-identified groups and labels with variant definitions (e.g., genderqueer), it’s almost impossible to avoid someone thinking we did something wrong when putting this together or used a term or “label” improperly. If you have that feeling, please do let us know… constructively and kindly. We put a lot of time into doing this right and our intentions are good ones, but we know we don’t always achieve perfection.
HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to our BFF, trans photographer Amos Mac, who gave us some sweet prints specifically for this gallery.
Also we found many of these images via photographer Sophia Wallace, Molly Landreth, and websites like Genderfork, Fuck Yeah Trannies and Genderqueer at Tumblr Dot Com. If you see a photo here that you think came from your website or your camera, let us know so we can credit you if we haven’t already. Some of these are from our respective hard drives, so who knows.
Also if this gallery has inspired you to want to look at some hot self-identified “butches,” Mr. Sexsmith has that shit on lock. And maybe we’ll do one of those one day too!
101 responses to “Transmen, Genderqueers & Studs: Hot Human Gallery!”
Thank you so much! I fucking love this Gallery. Probably has to do with the fact that a couple of photos are from my favorite photographer Amos Mac!! But Robin is definately my second favorite.
mine tooooooooo re: amos
So many hot jawlines!
this made my day, for real! i was all “whatever, gross rainy friday” and then this gallery was like “BAM! Skyler Cooper!” great job, you guys!
yes yes yes. thank you!
i fucking love this.
doubleplusgood!!!
Thanks for this gallery, this is really important stuff to put out there!
Hot humans are the best.
(Katastrophe caught my eye there, actually both of them. And since I’m a lesbian, I feel all weird inside. But good weird. Because Katastrophe is hot. And so are you, hey!)
katastrophe is the hotness. that’s kind of all there is to it.
Serious question: Does anyone know what this “State of Katastrophe” biopic is all about? I can’t find any real information about it. Everything I find just says this:
Kayiatos is the subject of a forthcoming biopic called The State of Katastrophe.
I feel like it’s gonna be about some seriously katastrophic shit
This is amazing, this gallery.
Three photos into the gallery and I was crying. CRYING. I am not entirely sure why, but I think it is because it is amazing and it moved me in the kind of way that made me cry. Especially the third photo, because my heart, it touched my heart.
Thank you!
just wanted to say that i totally understand this feeling
<3
One of my favorite galleries yet. So empowering! And Heather Cassils makes my heart stop. That’s it.
haha, i literally just yesterday or so repressed the urge to complain somewhere on AS about not enough “masculine” etc imagery. so glad to be proved wrong! i trust you guys now!
haha, yeah last week someone was complaining on another post that we had too much masculine/androgyny in our fashion/style coverage and we weren’t properly repping femmes. we balance pretty well i think.
maybe we need a plug-in for “unrelated posts” at the bottom instead of “related posts.” actually… that would be kinda funny.
That would be hilarious! “HERE ARE SOME COMPLETELY RANDOM POSTS FROM ELSEWHERE ON OUR WEBSITE!”
or more precisely “HERE ARE POSTS THAT ARE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THIS POST!” like at the bottom of our interview with tila tequila it would be like BUT LOOK ALSO, DAN CHOI! etc.
Actually i feel this is slightly brilliant, Emma you are a muse of genius.
I’m pretty sure there would be a Random Posts plugin somewhere
I wholeheartedly second this idea.
I bet I can make this happen. Give me a few days and we’ll find out.
but i also like related posts. one column for related posts, one column for totally unrelated posts. let’s make this as complicated as possible
what about a feeling lucky button a la big bro google… who knows where one could end up.
Ahh how’s it going Turtle, on a completely unrelated note, do I know you from another gay website? Hello! If not and I have the wrong person then my apologies!
howya missus…
[is that even cork slang] anyways yes, it is indeed me.
I think that’s Dublin slang but i’ll allow it! Tis a small gay world like, you can never escape the Irish gays no matter where you are, it’s great!
Anyway, sorry for the digression!
Ok i remember seeing this as a thread on AE and i have a question. Do you guys think that now a days femme girls are way more sought after than butch girls? Or do you think its an even split?
i think people who want to find a trend, will.
for every femme-loving queer, there’s probably a butch-loving queer. or an androgyny-loving queer. or a bear-loving queer.
mostly i just think it’s best to focus on yourself and how you can make that better. maybe not worry so much about who others are attracted to.
but that’s just me.
See I am defo one of those people who wants to find sex/relationship trends cause I find them fascinating…
so I will entertain the question and say actually… i don’t know. i actually think that it’s true what laneia says… “for every femme-loving queer, there’s probably a butch-loving queer. or an androgyny-loving queer. or a bear-loving queer.”
Wait, so this list doesn’t include ANY trans women?
Good point – let’s have another gallery of them
I swear, trans men have the best VOICES. Maybe it’s because the ones I know of are involved with the performing arts in some way, but when they talk…laskdjlas;dac;sdf’SWOON
This. Come on, Autostraddle, I want to keep loving you! Please don’t fall into the trap where you say trans guys and ftm-spectrum genderqueer folks are hawt, but trans women and mtf-spectrum genderqueer folks are gross! Don’t do it!
Where do they say that? This comment doesn’t make sense. This isn’t an “all the hot people in the world and everyone not in the gallery is not hot” gallery
Yeah, they haven’t said it yet – but it’s something I’ve seen lots of places that should know better, and I really don’t want Autostraddle to do it too!
Your’re right, this isn’t an “all the hot people in the world gallery” – but it _is_ a gallery of hot genderfuckery and transness – and it’s super problematic that it completely omits half of that population.
Have you come across any other images that you could point AS in the direction of? I know fo shiz that you can google and tumblr and flikr for hours and come up with the same images sometimes.So be a pal and link them if you think they’re missing something.
I feel like the gallery is very specific as to who it includes and your comments suggest that Autostraddle has willfully and maliciously decided to not include transwomen or folks along the transfeminine spectrum in this gallery, which is misfired conjecture at best. I’d be really careful with that. Your eagerness is cute, but it’s really misguided.
Oh for the love of crap.
thank you.
No prob’s. You can’t win sometimes eh.
I second this.
Wait, did someone say that? I’m confused. I didn’t see that anywhere.
Or maybs I should’ve read the whole comment thread before posting? Yeah, that would’ve been a good idea…
*high five*
@emily i’m pretty sure you are the only one putting those words & that thought out there.
the title of this post is not “people who are transgender” and then full of only transmen. that would be something to complain about.
when the post says is titled, “Transmen, genderqueers, and-Studs” i’d kinda-really-only expect to see people who fall into those categories. right?
although i always expect boyshorts to appear in every autostraddle galleries. ALWAYS.
Actually, since nobody has mentioned this yet, I’m pretty sure the original title said “transpeople.” Then it was narrowed down to transmen. Not like it matters.
You’re right, the original headline said transpeople! Like we said in the intro, we aren’t 100% confident on the proper terminology, so we were hoping people would guide us in the right direction if we were wrong. I guess the ambiguity of “people” threw some readers off, so we changed it to “men” to make the masculine theme a bit more blatant.
Personally, I think transpeople is more appropriate? Because who knows if all of these people identify as men. But we’d rather change the term than misrepresent our intentions.
Actually, Riese tells me that she wanted to just say trans, but that’s really hard to make plural. Soooo, foiled by the English language, once again!
Thanks for clarifying this. The original title was what bothered me- it clearly said trans people, but that wasn’t reflected by the images.
You are being a C-word!
No, but seriously, read this comment, particularly ‘c)’. (It takes a little extra time for it to load and take you to the specific comment, but your patience will pay off
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OMG this doesn’t contain any special needs people, any red-haired chinese people, and it doesn’t advertise any person as an adopted individual.
I am very offended!
however given the chance i would like to adopt Sawyer
Hi Collie,
I think you’re super well-intentioned here, but you’re missing the mark.
You can’t assume all trans women identify as genderqueer, or even trans for that matter. Plenty of trans women identify as women, not trans. Since this gallery focuses on masculine-identified folks, it’d be really offensive to have a femme trans women in the gallery. She’d much better fit into the usual hot girls gallery.
However, any butch or stud trans women would fit right into this gallery. Gender is a complicated, layered intimate thing, and I think AS handled this one well.
THIS.
Thanks Rachel! <3 I'm glad I was able to articulate my point well.
Initially I was going to wholeheartedly agree with this because honestly I didn’t even bother reading the intro…i like me some pictures. It’s completely clear from the gallery what they were aiming for. And yeah it probably would be a bit frustrating to anyone feminine-identified to be found amongst these chappies. but the intro is actually pretty ambiguous. It’s talking about people who fuck with the gender binary to whatever extent…not just the masculine ones.
So basically I love the gallery the way it is…i think its really cool to see all the different personal takes on masculinity…and i would guess the people featured would be happy with the company too, since its not about being trans or whatever [that really doesn't matter] its just about masculinity.
eugh…so off track. what im saying is maybe change the intro paragraph.
ooookay, just read the actual gallery title, which is fairly clear that this time their theme is the spectrum of masculinity “Transmen, Genderqueers & Studs: Hot Human Gallery!” In which case maybe their opening paragraph was their way of avoiding a pronoun soup? …
but i notice still no black headless torso’s…for shame.
Yeah, I think the intro is trying to avoid problematic pronouns. It’s worth remembering that some of the people pictured probs identify as gender neutral, or at least that’s a distinct possibility. Not knowing each person’s own gender identity can make it tough to accurately describe this gallery in specifics.
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Yeah i’ve just erased my initial really long and aimless meandering flood of thoughts. Your point about gender neutral, had me sitting back a tad redfaced, hope my assumptions haven’t offended anyone.
“A picture speaks a thousand words” and ye had to try and explain 56 of them in 20 lines. Fair play, and I can’t wait to read/see what ye will have me pondering next. Seriously college doesn’t make me question anything half as much as AS.
Oh also, props to laneia/green, reread some of her interviews today…amazing.
Here’s my problem: originally, the title of this gallery referred to trans people, not specifically trans men. There was no reference to a theme of masculinity, only talk about genderfuck. This has since been changed, which is good, because it makes what AS is trying to do with this gallery a lot more apparent.
You know, when I saw this comment earlier today, I thought it was a funny joke.
T_T
I love Sophia Wallace! Her photo essay Truer is gorgeous.
I love love love her work too.
This makes me happy in my pants.
Well, other places too. But the pants come to mind first.
Love your work Autostraddle team. The thing I love about these galleries (apart from the hot peeps) is that I’ll come back tomorrow or something and there’ll be someone new there! It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Love the disversity in the AS galleries! Hot pics as always!
Thanks for making this rainy Friday a whole lot better.
NOM NOM NOM
Thank you for this.
I love Gaypril!
Gaypril! Awesome.
Great feature AS! Is Heather Cassils a transsexual? Please educate me.
No, she is not transsexual — she talks a bit about her gender identity in this out magazine interview.
I decided to stop being a creepy creeper and actually sign up to tell you how fantastic of a job you all are doing. Not to stir the fiery pot of lesbian rage, but it really grinds my internet gears when I read a post saying that you’re not including this and that and their grandma. That you’re not being inclusive enough. I’ve maybe been a super fan of Autostraddle for only about five months, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that one of the reasons this website exists is to promote unity among our community. (You’re doing a lovely job btw!) This is still a relatively new website and it’s completely understandable that every body/sex/identity/fashion/nationality/ethnicity/thought/feeling in the whole entire universe isn’t posted for viewing pleasure. Or at least it should be.
That is all.
Thank you for reading and commenting and saying lovely things!
My fave is Elijah because he’s happy and smiley and holding a NES controller.
EWWWW!
Real respectful.
I have been loving autostraddle more and more (winning out over afterellen) but this takes the cake. You are officially made of WIN.
In the ever continuing process of me understanding my sexuality i’d been having a hard time relating to the desire for fem bodies adn what that means for me as queer. Admittedly wondering if I fit here or not and then BAM you answer my unasked questions via delicious eye-candy of the queer persusasion.
SO thank-you for (unintentionally) making little old me feel like there’s a place to just like what I like in this big crazy homosexy world/site.
And as far as “oh noes there are no transwomen etc” I just assumed that there would be a continuation in the future of this gallery but in the feminine leaning. Autostraddle has not dissapointed me yet, and i’m sure that this new demand will be met. (It’s true ’cause it rhymes!)
Keep up the awesome work autostraddle!
You are my new favorite person. I’m right there with you on the figuring out how/where/why you fit on the queer spectrum. And you’re right in that we can’t represent everything, all the time, right away. But we try.
Elizabeth,
If i’m your new fave person then you most certainly are mine. Yay replies!
Glad to know i’m not the only one that isn’t fitting into black and white labels but playing/studying the spectrum. Anything in particular been bothering you lately as far as how/where/why?
Autostraddle, I know that your only goal in life is to win my approval, but really, you got it a long time ago, you don’t have to keep showing me every exact thing I want just to keep me happy.
…but seriously, I love this so much I might die.
Great pics! Another place for some great photos – Butch Voices has a flickr group on our website as well. http://www.butchvoices.com/
I’m a long time lurker who is de-lurking for the first time to tell you how fabulous this photo gallery is.
My only previous semi-disappointment (because this site is amazing) as far as visual representation went was the lack of more masculine presenting people and I love how now, especially in the light of all the complaints of the site “lacking in diversity” you guys are definitely stepping it up and showing us that all forms of gender presentation can co-exist. I think this is especially hi-lighted by the fact that not only did you post this wonderful batch of photos but that it was also posted on the same day that you posted a style article full of dresses/floral/heels/etc.
Thanks for being awesome and diverse autostraddle!
STILL WAITING FOR A HOT ROBOT GALLERY
Great idea. It should feature the lesbian robots in Bjork’s All Is Full Of Love music video. You know the ones I’m talking about.
Get on it, Autostraddle.
Would Summer Glau count?
I AM TOO. I just hope they don’t leave out hot androids. I’ve seen that happen one too many times.
Oh, I was hoping that you’d linked what you linked!
HOT!
I enjoyed the album, but found it slightly funny that the boy from Never Shout Never and Alex Evans were on this album. Both are completely male and completely straight.
Cisgender privilege sucks, and unfortunately it’s blatant in the rubbernecking done throughout this post to ‘celebrate’ the “jaw-dropping beauty of those who choose to transcend traditional gender roles in some way to identify as trans or to present as something outside of the gender binary.”
Read some Julia Serano to understand why your fetishizing crossgender expression in the name of “celebrating diversity’ is effed up
i’ve read quite a bit of Julia Serano. could you direct me specifically to the passages which could illuminate this so-called “fetishizing”?
and could you also explain how you would’ve presented the gallery differently.
cisgender privilege is the exact opposite of what i see happening in this post. i can totally send you my nephew’s Big Dog, Little Dog book because it helps one to understand opposites. seriously, it helps.
the guy with “love is my weapon” tattooed on him shouldnt be here. It’s christopher drew, unless theres something about him that some one knows that everyone else doesn’t
Christopher Drew = great representation of genderfuck.
Not all trans men are masculine and not all trans women are feminine. But here are female-assigned trans people all grouped together as if we’re all “fucking with gender” and “trans masculine”. I’m a gay nelly queer trans man and if you included me in your stud gallery, I’d laugh in your face, because I’m not masculine. Oh, wait, I get it, they all have vaginas… that’s why we’re all grouped together. (sarcasm)
Well, all of these photos came from tumblrs dedicated to genderfuckers, genderqueers or transmen or from photography sets of transpeople (defined as such by the photographers), and sure some mislabeling happens, but it’s an innocent mistake, and really though, who cares?!
I’m a girl who likes girls and sometimes boys too and doesn’t really fit into any prescribed gender identities but if you found a photo of me in male drag and included me in your gay nelly queer trans man gallery, i would laugh, because it would be funny, because i am not those things, and also just FYI i don’t have a penis (just a strap-on!) but i wouldn’t laugh in your face, because that would be rude. people shouldn’t laugh in other people’s faces! i would just think it was cute that you thought i was cute and liked my photo. i probably wouldn’t even correct you. i’d just think, “oh, what a wonderful world” and then go make a sandwich with lady gaga
I don’t think you understood my point. I would laugh at the preposterous notion that trans men are inherently masculine, because a good portion are not masculine. Our maleness defines us, not our masculinity. And yet, I am assumed to be masculine by many in the queer community because I was assigned female at birth. This list only serves to reinforce this notion that masculinity plus female = trans. Its misleading, and I often get the feeling that lesbians only like trans men because of this erroneous assumption that we’re some variant of female masculinity. I mean, let’s face it, this list was put here to ogle and fantasize about masculine female-assigned trans people, was it not?
Communities respect other people in it, but I don’t feel respected at all by lists like this. In fact, I feel more oppressed by having to defend my position and educate you. When every negative comment is met with “it’s all in good fun”, one gets the feeling that it doesn’t matter what objections you hear. Ogle away, but expect to be criticized when your good intentions accidently erase people’s identities.
Let’s assume we’re all part of the same community.
Let’s assume we’re open to learning and growing.
Let’s also assume we mean no harm or ill will.
That said, I’m a big fan of snark and all, but it’s fairly useless in honest discussions where people are genuinely trying to understand and be understood. I don’t think anyone wants hand-holding or coddling, but a little benefit of the doubt can build bridges where they might otherwise be burned.
/ Miss Pollyanna Blah-Blah
I really enjoy what you’ve said here.
I know its easy to point the finger and wiggle away but there’s also something in constructive criticism that is much more..well constructive.
Wonderful pics. Don’t forget all the incredible guys who are part of Trannywood Pictures and our Dolores Park Studios all genders/queer production.
Cheers!
GREAT photos…don’t forget about TransQueer Nation
LOTS of hotties on there!!! 
Holy shit, I went to high school with the guy in Image 50.
O__O