Inside the World’s Only All-Trans Bodybuilding Contest

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T Cooper, director of ‘Man Made,’ which follows contestants at the Trans FitCon competition, says, ‘For some of these guys, I think bodybuilding literally saved their lives.’

Published Apr. 19 2018 5:04AM EDT

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It’s rare to see transgender stories told by transgender people—and rarer still to see thoughtful portrayals of transgender men in the media, because creators seem to more interested in stories about the abdication of masculinity than the embrace of it.

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Inside the World’s Only All-Trans Bodybuilding Contest

T Cooper, director of ‘Man Made,’ which follows contestants at the Trans FitCon competition, says, ‘For some of these guys, I think bodybuilding literally saved their lives.’

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Samantha Allen