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What Real Men Talk About

May 20, 2013 By Justin Cascio 4 Comments

T Cooper interview, T Cooper writer, transgender men, FTM, transmen, Real Man Adventures, gender transition

Justin Cascio talks to T Cooper, author of Real Man Adventures, about writing, crying, and being a real man.

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Filed Under: Featured Content, Men and Masculinity, The Good Life Tagged With: American exceptionalism, American Idol, American masculinity, Backdoor Boys, barry white, berlin, bildungsroman, boy bands, Cheshire CT home invasion, Chris Broussard, Clay Aiken, creative nonfiction, daughters, Dynasty Handbag, ESPN, Esquire, family history, fatherhood, feminist men, FTM, gender performance, gender theory, gender transition, Geo Wyeth, Germany, hero's journey, history, homophobia, how I figured out I was trans, how to be a man, Internet culture, interviews, Jason Collins, Jewish history, Judith Butler, Kate Bornstein, Kathleen Hanna, Kishinev, Literaturhaus, Louis CK, machismo, male erotic dancers, male privilege, male role models, Man Club, man code, mcsweeney's, men cry, men in porn, men raising girls, men read, men write, murder, Nostalgia, passing, pogroms, printed books, privacy, private lives, pulp novels, rape, Real Man Adventures, Real Men Cry, ReDickulous, Rick Moody, soundtrack to the book, soundtracks, stepfatherhood, Stone Butch Blues, T Cooper interview, T Cooper writer, testosterone, The Julie Ruin, transgender men, transition novels, transmen, transphobia, violence, voice, whiteness, writers

Real Man Adventures [Book Review]

May 16, 2013 By Justin Cascio 1 Comment

T Cooper, coming out, book review, Real Man Adventures, McSweeney's, masculinity, trans men, FTM, gender performance

A testosterone fueled adventure through sex and gender, unlike any you’ve seen before featuring a man battling a shark on the cover.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Good Reads, Men and Masculinity, The Good Life Tagged With: adolescence, book review, coming out, delayed adolescence, FTM, gender, gender performance, gender transition, masculinity, mcsweeney's, Real Man Adventures, T Cooper, testosterone, Trans men, transgender, transgender memoir, transman

The Illuminated Lives of Gay Trans Men

December 23, 2012 By Justin Cascio 2 Comments

The Good Men Project sits down with Dylan Edwards, graphic novelist, to talk about his book, “Transposes,” which tells the stories of seven gay transgender men.

Filed Under: A&E, Featured Content, Gay Pride, The Good Life Tagged With: Alison Bechdel, allies to women, book reviews, comic book artist, coming out, coming out of the closet, defining manhood, drawing cartoons, Dykes to Watch Out For, Dylan Edwards, Ed Luce, feminist men, FTM, gay men, gay trans men, genderqueer, graphic novels, interviews with artists, Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets, male artists, manhood, masculinity, Memoir, Prism Comics, queer allies, queer cartoonist, queer men, representations of queer men in media, Steve MacIsaac, Trans men, transgender men, transgender stories, Transposes

The Vagina Dialogues

November 10, 2012 By Markus Beyer 14 Comments

What does it take to be an ally to women?

Filed Under: Featured Content, Gender & Sexuality Tagged With: activism, adult film stars, college life, Eve Ensler, exploitation, feminism, feminists, FTM, Hustler, hypocrisy, Kate Millett, objectification of women, Porn Stars, pornography, power, pussy, reproductive rights, sex, Trans men, transgender, Vagina Monologues, vaginas, Valentine's Day, women's rights, women's studies

Behold the Pregnant Man

October 6, 2012 By Justin Cascio 2 Comments

A man of mythical proportions, Thomas Beatie has undergone extreme bodily transformation.

Filed Under: Body Modification, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: activism, art, body modification, celebrity bodies, Classic, cyborg, family, FTM, gender confirming surgery, Marc Quinn, marriage rights, Michelangelo, pregnancy, Pregnant Man, Renaissance, reproductive rights, scars, sculpture, Stockholm Pride, Sweden, The Good Life, Thomas Beatie, trans man, transgender

Walking Around Shirtless

October 3, 2012 By Justin Cascio 9 Comments

Justin Cascio wants to know: Is it okay to show my scars?

Filed Under: Body Modification, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: body image, body modification, FTM, gender confirmation surgery, gender dysphoria, gender identity disorder, Gynecomastia, male privilege, manhood, masculinity, naked, nude beaches, nudists, nudity, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, scars, skin, taking up space, tattoos, testosterone, transgender, White Privilege, writer's block

Invasive Testing

August 25, 2012 By Tobias 13 Comments

A trans man’s first pap smear is a traumatizing experience.

Filed Under: Cancer, Health, Psych, & Addiction, The Good Life Tagged With: biopsy, doctor's office, fear, FTM, Gynecologist, invasive procedures, medical, pain, pap smear, shame, trans man, trauma

Indecisive, Slutty, and Closeted: Bisexual Men in 3 Stereotypes

August 10, 2012 By Tobias 2 Comments

Tobias is everything you expect bi men to be, and then some.

Filed Under: Bisexual Men, Featured Content, Sex & Relationships, Smashing Male Stereotypes, The Good Life Tagged With: bi men, bi men are closeted, bi men are sluts, biphobia, bisexual men, Casino Royale, closeted, daniel craig, dating, disclosing, flirting, FTM, Gender Identity, hetero privilege, heteronormativity, heterosexuality, identity, indecisive, myths, nonmonogamy, polyamory, promiscuity, relationships, sex, sexual orientation, Stereotypes, straight privilege, The Good Life, Trans men, transgender

Gay Pride 2012 on The Good Life

June 24, 2012 By The Good Life @ GMP 1 Comment

Gay Pride on The Good Life

Filed Under: Featured Content, Gay & Bisexual Men, Gay Pride, Gay Pride Special Section, The Good Life Tagged With: AIDS, allies, bear culture, Boston, children's books, christianity, civil rights, coming out, courage, FTM, gay, gay bullying, gay culture, gay families, gay history, gay pride, gay rights, gay suicide, Gender Identity, history, LGBT, LGBT allies, movies, New York, politics, PostSecret, pride parades, sacrifice, same sex marriage, San Francisco, Sex and Relationships, SONDA, teen suicide, The Good Life, Transformers, transgender, transsexuality, Washington DC

Half Court: An FTM Story

June 20, 2012 By Eli Walker 5 Comments

After a long journey, Eli Walker finally has a body that matches his heart’s desire.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Gay Pride, Gay Pride Special Section, The Good Life Tagged With: childhood, Community, Doctors, Eli Walker, friends, FTM, gay pride, gender, Gender Identity, gender pronouns, gynasium, identity, lesbian, LGBTQ, school, testosterone, The Good Life, trans man, transgender, transition, YouTube

Editors’ Picks: The Top 10 Stories of 2010

December 31, 2010 By the Editors Leave a Comment

Looking for something to read? The GMPM editors share their favorite stories of the year.

Filed Under: A&E, Best of A&E, Best of Good Men Project Magazine, Featured Content Tagged With: Aaron Gouveia, abortion, Andrew Sullivan, Charlotte Shane, Christian, Confronting Life, facebook, Faith, fatherhood, Fidelity, FTM, gay, Iceland, James Franco, Junot Diaz, Katie Baker, marriage, prostitution, Robert Pinsky, Sebastian Junger, social media, softball, Ted Cox, Todd Mauldin, Tom Forrister, Top 10, Twitter

Sir, Can You Help Me With This?

September 29, 2010 By Tom Forrister 47 Comments

Before Tom Forrister transitioned to male, no one asked him to fix a broken car or a jammed printer. Now he’s the go-to guy.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Best of Advice & Confessions, Best of Good Men Project Magazine, Editors' Picks, Featured Content, Gender & Sexuality, Random Tagged With: FTM, gender roles, identity, owner's manual, Tom Forrister, transgender

What Image of Masculinity Are They Trying to Sell?

September 28, 2010 By Henry P. Belanger 3 Comments

Are we the Vagina Monologues for Men? The Scrotum Soliloquies? Over at Metafilter.com they’re trying to figure us out.

Filed Under: Gender & Sexuality, Good Feed Blog, Newsroom Tagged With: discussion, FTM, gender, good feed, language, masculinity, men, modern manhood, Vagina Monologues

In Honor of My Dad, Who Didn’t Know He Had a Son

June 15, 2010 By Tom Forrister 4 Comments

Tom Forrister celebrates his dad—and wonders how, as a transgender man, he can put his fathering instinct to use.

Filed Under: Best of Families, Best of Good Men Project Magazine, Families, Father's Day, Gender & Sexuality Tagged With: dad, Father's Day, FTM, Tom Forrister, transgender

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