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The Original T-Men Photo Gallery A large gallery of user-submitted photographs of real trans men from the early to mid 2000s. Includes personal bios and testimonials. Has not been updated since 2006. Go to Site The Library of Trans Alexander (LoTA) Currently the largest collection of transmasculine-authored literature. Accepts all forms of literature. Currently on hiatus until July '25. Also on Instagram: @libraryoftransalexander Go to site Trans Male Resources (Media) Consolidation of various movies and TV shows that feature canonical trans male characters or public figures, such as Boys Don't Cry (1991) and interviews with Leslie Feinberg. Also includes information on chest binding. Updated regularly. Go to site Hudson's FTM Resource Guide A guide to provide information to curious trans guys. Contains information on testosterone, presenting as male, surgery, and clothing. Last updated 2017. Go to site FTMsurgery.net Forums Forum website for people to discuss different surgeries for trans guys, such as top surgery and metoidioplasty. Updated regularly. Go to site Drag King History Drag King History "showcases the extensive history of female-born performers who donned men's attire for theatrical purposes from breeches roles to en travesti, variety to vaudeville, male impersonation to drag kings, and drag kings to the gender free." Also sells tea and offers educational lectures. Updated regularly. Go to site Other Websites for Trans Guys! While this archive is intended to primarily be an academic and historical space, this will be the one space where we can provide links to other sites around the web that were made by and/or for trans guys that aren't specifically academic/historical. Everything from resources on surgery & HRT to various activist organizations, special projects, and vintage reference blogs. If you would like to contribute your site or the site of someone else, please message us on the Contact page! Adult Sites related to the historical subcultures such as leather, pup, BDSM, and more. THIS IS NOT A SECTION FOR EXPLICIT PORNOGRAPHY. Creative/Media Sites related to creative projects and other media forms, such as photography, movies, literature, and more. Cultural Sites related to organized activities that celebrate and promote the social aspects of the trans guy community. May also intersect with ethnicity/religion. Sites related to educational content, written by and/or about trans guys. May contain medical and surgical websites. Educational Sites and accounts that host local events for trans guys. All people and sites below have been verified and checked by the TGA. Looking for events to go to on a monthly basis? Check out our Event Calendar! Local Misc. sites Sites that appear to be no longer moderated/run by their owners and/or otherwise don't fit into any of the other categories. Most are still accessible via the Wayback Machine.

Top of page Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT, for short) is a method many trans guys undertake to alleviate gender dysphoria. Typically, HRT is comprised of taking synthetic testosterone (colloquially known as "T") in either injections or a topical gel. There are many effects that happen to the body when taking synthetic testosterone, though medical research about T is still in its infancy. There is no one or "correct" way to take T. The dosage and application method are entirely up to the individual and their care provider. Below is information consolidated from medical professionals and real trans guys on their experiences taking testosterone. No one at the Trans Guy Archive is a medical professional and nothing on this page should be interpreted as explicit medical advice. If you have serious medical questions, contact your doctor or care provider.

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Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits is a collection of autobiographical portraits and writing about transition by photographer Loren Cameron. The book also features vignettes and information about other trans men and their experiences, as well as photos detailing surgical procedures, such as metoidioplasty and phalloplasty. As a note for the surgical photos: all of them are healed; though the book was published in 1996, so both surgeries have come a long way since then in terms of usability and aesthetic appeal. You can access the entire book for free by clicking here. Portrait of author Loren Cameron injecting testosterone. Accompanying caption to photo at right. Metoidioplasty: Subject 1 Accompanying caption for photo below. Metoidioplasty: Subject 2

Original Plumbing was a quarterly theme-based print publication dedicated to trans male culture. Created by Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos, Original Plumbing was published for ten years in twenty issues between 2009 and 2019. Each magazine issue covered a wide variety of topics including events and pressing issues to the transmasculine community. While Original Plumbing is no longer producing original issues, you can still purchase many of their older issues, as well as a coffee table book containing some "best of" parts of the magazine along with an introduction by activist Tiq Milan and other writing by transmasculine authors. The archived website, along with the magazines/book/stickers for purchase, can be found here by clicking this link. You can also view the majority of Original Plumbing's issues on the Internet Archive by clicking here. The cover of Issue 10 of Original Plumbing; "The Jock Issue"

Note: this book is not trans guy-specific Before We Were Trans is "A  groundbreaking  global history of gender nonconformity.  Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans people’s lives. Before We Were Trans   illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose experiences of gender have defied binary categories. Blending historical analysis with sharp cultural criticism, trans historian and activist Kit Heyam offers a new, radically inclusive  trans history, chronicling expressions of trans experience that are often overlooked, like gender-nonconforming fashion and wartime stage performance. Before We Were Trans transports us from Renaissance Venice to seventeenth-century Angola, from Edo Japan to early America, and looks to the past to uncover new horizons for possible trans futures." Click here to read on TransReads .