Trans Men: Identity, Sexuality and

Community

“how can we make a sexual health resource dealing explicitly with

fucking, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Hepatitis and HIV while at

the same time, using language that is clear and respectful to the wide range

of trans men who will read it”?

- Primed: A Back Pocket Guide, Ontario, 2010

Identity• Gender identity and beyond the binary.• Trans refers to transgender, transsexual, FTM/MTF and

more.• Trans men are assigned female at birth.• Trans men may identity as male, trans or a combination• Transitioning is not exclusively a medicalised process.• The diverse spectrum of gender expression and bodies.• Visibility / Invisibility and the concept of ‘passing’.

“I’d say passing to me isn’t essential, the piece that’s essential to me is, if I come out

to you and you continue to treat me as male. Can I play in my body as a guy and be perceived and responded to as a guy? That

matters. If someone is going to make me into a girl in their mind with their behaviour,

it’s not happening.”

- Primed: A Back Pocket Guide, Ontario, 2010

“I don’t view my transition as rebellious or revolutionary. But there is

something potentially edgy about being a stealth trans man in the

bowels of a heaving, roving orgy of cocks and ass and mouths.”

- The Oral Cub, Dude Magazine #1, 2010

Sexuality• Diverse sexual identities of trans men. • Sexuality is not about gender identity• Multiple partners/relationships with various genders.• Body image.• Disclosure.• Negotiating play.• Rejection.• Sexual health knowledge

Community

• The number of transgender people can range anywhere from 0.03% to about 5% of the population.

• Issues with data collection.• Lack of sexual health education specific to TMSM.• Lack of dedicated funded peer led services.