our impact

We are collaborating with GLAAD on an impact campaign that creates a dialogue about public health, trans-men, and HIV/AIDS. When the film is complete, we will create educational materials and host screenings, discussions, and community-building events nationwide with an emphasis on engaging BIPOC communities.

Our Objectives

  • Create spaces for dialog between trans and non-trans men about their changing bodies, sexual health needs, and social realities of dating and/or hooking up

  • Empower gay and queer trans men to form or strengthen community ties with one another

  • Support more gay men’s institutions to be more trans-inclusive (ie. Interviewee, Niko Kowell may use it to help train bathhouse staff)

  • Influence public health officials and healthcare providers to create institutional change to improve HIV prevention and treatment efforts for gay, bi, and queer trans men

our community

25 trans masculine people participated in being interviewed for the film and many have expressed an interest in helping engage their communities. We’re working with several well-known organizers including:

  • Niko Kowell, creator of TM4M and Free Play, a trans for trans sex party (San Francisco, CA)

  • Lee Dewey, Community Cave founder and Genderqueer Chicago organizer (Chicago, IL)

  • Jack Thompson, first trans-BIPOC winner of Mr. International Leather (Baltimore, MD)

  • Hale Thompson, Director of Social & Behavioral Research at Howard Brown Health (Chicago, IL)

  • Scott Turner Schofield, the first out trans man to earn an Emmy (Los Angeles, CA)

This film was made possible, in part, through the generous support of these organizations