Thank you so much for posting this. On The Issues Magazine features similar photographs that everyone should see. See the following links for a photography set of transmen by Ella Dreyfus, among other works.

"Trans Health Care is a Life and Death Matter:
http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2009summer/2009summer_Bader.php

"Asylum Pitfalls May Await the Transgender Applicant"
http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2009summer/2009summer_Neilson.php

Also see "The Art Perspective: Tammy Rae Carland"
http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2009summer/2009summer_art.php

Great photo essay. Shame about the unacknowledged femme-presenting representation fail.

This is wonderful. Really enlightening.

Very nice but what I worry about is that the stereotype is still out there and some feminists like myself might dress “butch” because we think no one has the right to tell us that we still aren’t feminine and if you think otherwise you need glasses. Plus there is the entire issue that across ethnic lines telling someone’s sex becomes very difficult.
Straight women who “dress butch” or even gender neutral shouldn’t be assumed to be gay not that I mind. And those of us who know from experience what sexual harassment is take issue with any one telling us how to dress.
But mostly don’t judge what looks like “trans ….” may be straight and what looks straight could be a “trans.”

You know what I mean. I have a friend who was “shocked “when she went to Eastern Europe and saw "women with mustaches like men”. I was told when I was a struggling ballet dancer that I looked like a transvestite and from a gay man. Gay men are more accepted then gay women but it goes to show you even “effeminate men” can be gender identity biased. And transgendered and gay is not the same thing.

"Who will want to date you?"

Ugh. PLENTY OF PEOPLE. Myself included.

That was a beautiful photo essay. Thanks for posting. The invasive and dehumanizing questions cis men and women routinely ask trans people is so frustrating. Cis people (myself included until last year) just don't seem to understand how transphobic those kinds of questions are. And it's definitely not any trans man or woman's responsibility to explain everything about their bodies and their lives just because we "don't get it" or we're "curious."

Great photography and choice in questions, especially 'how do you have sex?' As a partner of a man who has undergone medical transition, I've even received that question plenty of times and the thoughtless/invasive behavior of people continues to shock me.

I echo the sentiment by Jos, but even more so, since the essay is to reflect the experience of transgendered individuals and all that is represented is masculinity.

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Beautiful photo essay!

I do wonder if I've committed the sin of asking an ignorant question...I did once ask a genderqueer (who self-mentioned her/his gender identity) person what pronoun s/he wanted others to use in reference to her/him. Is that an obnoxious question?

Not trying to be a smartass here...I really don't know if it was appropriate or not.

S/he did say 'per' or 'him' or 'her' were all fine and didn't seem offended.

I don't get the "How do you have sex?" kinds of questions. Why does anyone care? There is not a single person on the planet that I'm interested in knowing how they have sex, unless I'm having sex with them. What kind of person spends time thinking about other people's sex lives? Why is it suddenly okay to ask these questions when the questioned person is transgender? Why do people suck so much?

Seriously, I want answers. Essay form will be fine; on my desk by five.