You can call me… BoyCub.

I identify as… genderqueer trans-masculine boy.

As far as third-person pronouns go, … he, they.

I’m attracted to… intelligence, dominance, perversion, honesty, openness, and depth of character.

When people talk about me, I want them to… talk about me as the fluid, ever-changing adventurer that I am. Rather than as a projection of something they agree or disagree with.

I want people to understand… remember that I’m a complex human being whose gender shifts, try to stop putting me in the Trans-Man box.

About BoyCub
I’m 19-years-old living in the UK. My life’s ambition is to live as freely as possible and continue to create spaces where deeper connections can be made between people and the world around us.

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Submitted by Max, the model.

“Posing, just colored my hair.”

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Someone wrote…

I’m questioning my identity right now. I’m biologically female but I’d be more comfortable in a male body. Here’s the problem, I don’t see clothes and make-up as “gendered.” I’d like a male body but I’d still like to wear make-up and skirts. I feel like I’m neither gender, or a third gender. Does anyone else feel this way? I cant seem to find all that many people like this. When I look up what it takes to get surgery, hormone treatments and therapy they really do reinforce gender roles, I don’t want that. I want a male body, but I’d like to be androgynous and wear make-up sometimes too.

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And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Submitted by Lagrima de Luna, the model.

“I am a tiny pansexual creature. I am a free spirit pansexual in a serious relationship with a cis-male. Art is my joy, and I try every branch of it just out of love. I am a photographer and artist active in my community.”

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Submitted via Ramses Rodstein, model.

Someone wrote…

I’m so tired. I’m tired of pretending to be something I’m not. I’m tired of holding my tongue and being understanding when people refuse to recognize my identity. I’m tired of trying to etch out a place where I belong. I’m tired of trying to be true to myself when no one else sees me for me. I’m tired of struggling to connect with people who don’t see me. I’m tired of trying.

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And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Submitted by Em, the model.

“The first time I really felt like I matched the inside of me.”

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Submitted by Kai, the model and photographer.

“Today I learned how to tie a tie and wore one for the first time. I also received my first binder in the mail. Today was a good day! Finally I am seeing the outside me become closer to the trans* being named Kai that I feel inside.”

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Someone wrote…

I plucked all of my eyebrows, completely bare, expecting to just look hideous. I look a little alien, a little younger, a little older and somehow more androgynous. It’s perfect.

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Submitted by Rhiannon, the model and photographer.

“Taking a self portrait before a wedding.”

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Submitted by Itziko (link NSFW), the model and photographer.

“It’s not exactly a Chelsea Cut, but not quite a bob either. I first shaved my temples and back at 16. I felt I was shedding centuries of societal conventions about femaleness, femininity, beauty, compliance… all the gratuitious norms impossed over my assigned gender. I’ve shaved or cropped my head, in many fashions and styles for the last 30 years. Each time I reach for the hair clippers, I reinvent a new, more feral, femme.”

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Someone wrote…

It feels silly to be scared by not knowing who I am. But I can’t even give myself the space to figure it out. I’m a freshman at uni, I have gay friends, I’m out to most of them about my sexuality and this is probably THE best place to be when I’m trying to figure out how I identify. But I won’t even let myself think about it too much.

Maybe because if I ever do figure it out, I’ll have to act on it. And I don’t know if I can.

(I just want to walk into a room and say “hi. call me jack” and have people do it. But I didn’t have the courage to do it when I got here and now I’m afraid it’s too late)

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Submitted by Asher, the model and photographer.

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You can call me… Claude

I identify as… a neutrois androgyne, a twinky kid, gender neutral and above all, WHATEVER.

As far as third-person pronouns go, … singular “they” makes me swoon– the thrill of being a “they” hasn’t left me yet.

I’m attracted to… female drummers in noise rock bands, people who love cats, and my best friend Natalie.

When people talk about me, I want them to… laugh about me but not at me.

I want people to understand… I’m a complex human being whose gender happens to be as complex as the rest of them. I can make my own choices, and even if you don’t like them, I’m happy.

About Claude
I’m a 21-year-old English major who loves noise, my cats, soda, t-shirts, and changing my haircut a lot. I’m a writer and a big-time music nerd. I’ve had a hard time coming to terms with myself, but at this point, I’ve never been more secure.

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Submitted by Jordan, the model and photographer.

“Me having a moment of confidence. Trying to act like a sexy fräulein!”

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Someone wrote…

I am terrified. I live in constant fear of my own gender, and this isn’t how I want to live. I’ve pretty recently come out as trans to my entire extended family, and changed my name officially. But now I notice tendencies in myself that are more like the girl I used to be, not the boy I am. I think of myself as an old lady in the future, my children calling me ‘mum’.
I am now facing the fact that my gender might be completely fluid and that I might have to ‘detransition’ socially, something that provokes emotions strong enough to make me want to throw up. At the same time, I feel the familiar feelings of body dysphoria mixed in with all this. My confusion knows no bounds.

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And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Submitted by Marisa “Mayonnaise” Jane, the model.

“As a female bodied androgyne, I just love to ‘crossplay’ at conventions. People are never quite sure if I’m a (female) crossplayer or just a male cosplayer, and I like it that way.”

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You can call me… Sabrina.

I identify as… as a girl. I’m transgender, I’m mtf.

I’m attracted to… women.

About Sabrina
I am a mtf transgender. I always knew I was a girl, had dreams about it. I’m with my gf who is now my fiancée. I told her I wanted to change to a woman. She is scared, I’m tired of blocking my feelings.

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Submitted by Justin, the model and photographer.

“Just trying to show the beauty of the human body. Everybody can be beautiful, doesn’t matter if you’re a man or woman. This person is just thinking about life.”

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Someone wrote…

I’m a ‘female’ who is almost exclusively attracted to gay men (not on purpose), and when I like a guy, I don’t want to be his girlfriend – I want to be his boyfriend. I am much too girly to identify as a man, but when I see two men kissing, my heart aches. Thinking I’m an effeminate gay guy in a woman’s body seems much too far fetched. What am I?

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?