Justin Adkins
Transgender activist
Hot Trans Guys
Posted: 01/27/2012 4:36 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justin-adkins/hot-trans-guys_b_1237439.htmlLast week I saw a link to a website that listed "10 Handsome Men (Who Were Born Female)." I reposted it to Facebook with the commentary, "Of course trans guys are hot." I was just excited that we, trans males, were being seen as attractive. However, the longer I thought about the list, the more troubled I became.
This list favors specific types of trans men: well-known trans guys (including Chaz Bono), white trans men, "passing" trans men, and those who display a very stereotypical type of masculinity, the kind seen in magazines such as GQ. What does this mean? It means that the type of trans male being seen as good-looking is a famous, white, masculine, passing trans guy.
