I have no problem with folks feeling sexy, and doing stuff that makes them feel good. For some people that’s going to the gym and building muscle, for other people it’s eating hella nice food, it’s all good. I do really struggle with the curve/fat = bad stuff that happens within trans guy scenes, so that’s really what I’m drawing/writing about here… it’s not a particularly well articulated comic, but there it is.
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Tell me about it. As a gay man I’m bombarded with images of flat tummies and pecs for Africa, and toned legs and arms. It’s insidious.
argh, yes! Trans and cis gay men spaces alike have some pretty horrific body policing cultures!
You are super sexy! Your curves, tummy and hands are all sexy man to me! 🙂 xxx
Kinda makes you wonder if the problem is that these guys are trying way too hard to emulate what they perceive to be the socially accepted standard of masculinity, which opens up a can of worms about how our society has fucked-up standards of masculinity it’s (deliberately or not) teaching our boys.
Big hands, small hands, Pah! It’s passon, energy, sideways glances, &, what you do with hands that is sexy. IMHO.
The last panel just made me smile – you are sexy in a dinosaur onesie kind of way.
Ugh. I know that article! And what I hate the most is people in the comments discussing abour wether the top surgery scars are visible, or stuff like that. It’s hard for people with “alternative beauty”.
yes and trans people are sexy even when you can believe they are trans – in all the variations! Just keep working on showing us the better and more diverse representations of trans people so that we get to keep seeing the alternatives which are far healthier and more real. Invisible trans guys who are trying to fit a false cis stereotype don’t make me feel good – but your cartoons and wisdom do 🙂
Pretty terrible norms I reckon. It’s like some people think you’re ‘not trans enough’ unless you’re ‘passing’ or ‘hot’. And the subcultural ideas around bodybuilding- gross. Gym freaks are a scene full of really unhealthy ideas(physically and psychologically). I think the basic ‘idea’ is that secondary sexual characteristics are what make you ‘a guy’. Fuck that shit.