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The Transmasculine Love zine is a project edited by the Trans Guy Archive, comprising of submissions from archive visitors! We asked people all over social media to define, in their own terms, what "transmasculine love" means to them, and we got so many submissions! Many of them were fantastic. They have been carefully sorted and collected into the zine below. Ever want to contribute to a zine for the Trans Guy Archive? Follow us on social media ( Tumblr , Instagram ) for the latest updates! Notice on sharing and reuploading: You CAN share this zine in its entirety; or partially; WITH attribution (aka proper credit) attached. You CANNOT share this zine WITHOUT attribution attached. You CANNOT reupload individual works in this zine without the explicit permission of each individual author/artist. If you wish to remix or transform any of the works in this zine, please contact the author first. Each author/artist's contact information is provided on their respective pages. You CANNOT feed this zine or any of its contents into any generative AI or other LLM. You CANNOT sell this zine. It was made for free and will continue to be free of charge.

Authors: Katrien Wierckx, MD, Fleur Van de Peer, Evelien Verhaeghe, MD, PhD, David Dedecker, Eva Van Caenegem, MD, Kaatje Toye, Jean Marc Kaufman, MD, PhD, and Guy T’Sjoen, MD, PhD This clinical study from the Ghent University Hospital in Belgium studies the effects of testosterone HRT (hormone replacement therapy) on trans men, specifically in regards to how it effects the health of their skin and hair. Key words: Testosterone, Gender Identity Disorder, Skin (care), Transsexualism, Gender Dysphoria, Female-to-Male Transsexual, Hair (care) Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2014;11:222–229 International Society for Sexual Medicine DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12366 ---- Language: English Resource type: clinical study, medical study, research, research paper Format: PDF Date published: January 16th, 2014 Uploaded to TGA: February 26th, 2026 Last updated: February 26th, 2026

Authors: Carla Pelusi, MD, Antonietta Costantino, PhD, Valentina Martelli, MD,† Martina Lambertini, MD, Alberto Bazzocchi, MD, PhD, Federico Ponti, MD, Giuseppe Battista, MD,§ Stefano Venturoli, MD, and Maria C. Meriggiola, MD, PhD This clinical study from the University of Bologna, Italy, follows a group of FTM (female-to-male) transsexual patients as they undergo testosterone hormone replacement therapy (HRT) over the course of a year. Overall, the study finds the results to be largely positive. Participants saw lean body mass (muscle) increasing, as well as fat decreasing. The study did not find any adverse health effects, though they recognize that the limited time frame*. *Many changes occur from use of testosterone HRT over the course of one year, though a majority of long-lasting effects occur multiple years into the treatment. Journal of Sexual Medicine 2014;11:3002–3011 Key words: Testosterone, Transsexuals, Gender Dysphoria, Bone, Body Composition, Life Satisfaction ---- Language: English Resource type: research paper, clinical study Format: PDF Date published: December 3rd, 2014(?) Uploaded to TGA: February 26th, 2026 Last updated: February 26th, 2026

Important note: this clinical study was not originally published in English -- likely in Dutch. There may be some translation errors. Authors: Katrien Wierckx1*†, Eva Van Caenegem 1 †, Guido Pennings 2 , Els Elaut 3 , David Dedecker 1 , Fleur Van de Peer 1 , Steven Weyers 4 , Petra De Sutter 4 , and Guy T’Sjoen 1 † These authors contributed equally to this work. This clinical study from 2011, published from the Department of Sexology and Gender Problems at the University Hospital Ghent in Belgium studies the reproductive wishes of fifty (50) transsexual men. Through a conducted poll, the researchers state that the majority of transsexual men are both in a relationship and also the desire to have children. However, they affirm that "our data reveal that the majority of transsexual men desire to have children" but in their actual data, that number is 54%. That is certainly over half, but nowhere close the ability to claim the majority of trans men want children, especially since they polled a small sample of only Dutch-speaking trans men. That is my only issue with the study on the surface. Human Reproduction, Vol.27, No.2 pp. 483–487, 2012 doi:10.1093/humrep/der406 Key words: gender identity disorder, transsexualism, gamete preservation, reproductive wish, transsexual, pregnancy ---- Language: English Resource type: clinical study, research paper Format: PDF Date (originally) published: October 26th, 2011 Uploaded to TGA: February 26th, 2026 Last updated: February 26th, 2026

Authors: Cimmiaron F. Alvarez, Kristina M. Scharp, Amanda M. Friz (from the Abstract) Although there are many ways one might start a family, the culture in the United States considers pregnancy one of a woman’s most important life achievements, privileging biological ties above all else. These cultural assumptions stigmatize seahorse dads, or transmen and nonbinary individuals who become pregnant. Using relational dialectics theory (RDT), this study examined posts on Reddit to highlight how marginalized discourses resist dominant discourses to make meaning of a semantic object. RDT’s corresponding method, contrapuntal analysis, revelated three discourses that competed to make meaning of seahorse dads: the discourse of pregnancy as a woman’s burden (DWB), the discourse of pregnancy as a woman’s privilege (DWP), and the discourse of pregnancy as an independent process (DIP). These discourses interacted through contractive practices (i.e., disqualification, naturalization, and neutralization), synchronic interplay (i.e., entertaining, countering, and negating), and dialogic transformation (i.e., hybridization and an aesthetic moment). Findings revealed theoretical implications and practical applications. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2023, Vol. 40(9) 3028–3050 DOI: 10.1177/02654075231165700 Keywords: Seahorse dads, pregnancy, transgender, gender binary, relational dialects theory --- Language: English Resource type: clinical study, research paper, medical study Format: PDF Date published: September, 2023 Uploaded to TGA: February 26th, 2026 Last updated: February 26th, 2026

FTM International held regular FTM Conferences, most often in San Francisco and other parts of California, but also sometimes in other states. FTM Conferences typically had panels of transgender/transsexual activists and authors, workshops, parties, and more. Redactions are done for personal safety. Language: English Resource type: event flyer, poster Format: image Date published: 1997 Uploaded to TGA: February 24th, 2026 Last updated: February 24th, 2026

A book review of Loren Cameron's book Body Alchemy, by Mariette Pathy Allen in the magazine Transgender Tapestry , published in 1997. Cameron's book, a 1996 photography-heavy book depicting transsexual/transgender men and their social and medical transitions during the late 1990s, is among one of the first trans-authored publications to explicitly show photos of phalloplasties and metoidioplasties post-surgery. Allen's review of Cameron's book is below. Language: English Resource type: magazine, book review Format: image Date published: 1997 Uploaded to TGA: February 24th, 2026 Last updated: February 24th, 2026

This article comes from a 1997 issue of Transgender Tapestry. Beryl Dean Kotula is a FTM artist, writer, and activist from Portland, Oregon. He has published other material, most notably his book The Phallus Palace , which documents the medical transition of FTM/F2M people in the early 2000s. Language: English Resource type: magazine Format: image(s) Date published: 1997 Uploaded to TGA: February 24th, 2026 Last updated: February 24th, 2026

This 1997 article comes from Transgender Tapestry (originally named The TV-TS Tapestry ) which began in 1995. The article below acts as a sort of FAQ (frequently asked questions) about "Female 2 (to) Male" individuals. "F2M" was a commonly found abbreviation to describe what in modern times we would call "trans men". It could also be used alongside "FTM" (Female to Male). In this article there is also the frequent use of the less-commonly used term "transgenderist", an early form of the term "transgender". The 1990s were around the time "transgender" entered popular usage, even though it had been coined as early as the 1960s. Language: English Resource type: magazine Format: image(s) Date published: 1997 Uploaded to TGA: February 24th, 2026 Last updated: February 24th, 2026

(from Charles Hamilton's Wikipedia page) “Henry Fielding is generally considered one of the great classic English novelists, best known for his novels Joseph Andrews (1742) and Tom Jones (1749). In 1746, Fielding anonymously published this novelette, which is a fictionalized account of the story of "Mary Hamilton", who became notorious as the female husband. Hamilton grew up in Scotland and began wearing her brother’s male clothes when she was 14 years old. On July 16, 1746, using the name Charles Hamilton, she married her niece Mary Price in Wells, Somerset. After two months, Mary Price decided she had been deceived and complained to the authorities. After a long debate about what exactly her crime was, Hamilton was tried and convicted of fraud under the Vagrancy Act of 1744. The court found that she had married fourteen wives. Fielding claimed that his information came “from the mouth” of Hamilton herself, but it is unlikely that he ever met her. The historian Louis Crompton says his story is probably “one part fact to ten parts fiction.” To make this inexpensive pamphlet appeal to a large audience, Fielding changed the story into a melodrama, describing the corruption of Hamilton’s innocence, multiple escapes from wives, and a chance encounter with a previous acquaintance, accompanied by pious commentary. This work is important to understanding Fielding’s thinking and the moralistic but prurient attitudes of his time.” The first 12 pages of this document are the transcribed text in Modern English of pages 13 to 37. Ethics disclaimer (from our comrades at TransReads): We are faced with the common ethical question about hurting the sales of trans authors. However, the largest ever study on piracy actually found that the piracy of copyrighted books, music, video games, and movies has no effect on sales. In the case of video games, piracy actually helped sales. As far back as 2002 , we can see piracy boosting sales of media. The Trans Guy Archive strongly encourages you to purchase the books that you enjoy here or find other ways to support the author. Academic authors rarely – if ever – see income from sales of their books, articles, or chapters. Most want to remove the paywalls withholding their content. The Trans Guy Archive is open to collaborating with authors, publishers, and journals on making this a possibility through our website. In this case, the text above is in the public domain anyway. Language: English Resource type: biography, news publication, news story Found on: TransReads Format: PDF Uploaded: February 21st, 2026. Last updated: February 21st, 2026.

(from Abstract) This hand out is intended for transgender and non-binary singers who transition with testosterone therapy (“T”), written by a transmasculine voice teacher with 10+ years of experience working with transitioning singers, including one-on-one sessions with 50+ students who use testosterone. The author’s own voice change occurred 15years ago, and he now sings with a tenor instrument. In this paper, he covers the following topics: frequently asked questions about testosterone therapy and the voice; a comparison of cis male voice change and trans gender vocal transition through testosterone therapy; and advice for protecting the voice as it changes as well as developing the new voice as it emerges. This handout promotes the idea that transitioning singers undergo a voice change that is experientially equivalent to cis male voice change in adolescence, and that after transition, transmasculine voices easily blend into the spectrum of cisgender male voice types. Ethics disclaimer (from our comrades at TransReads): We are faced with the common ethical question about hurting the sales of trans authors. However, the largest ever study on piracy found that the piracy of copyrighted books, music, video games, and movies has no effect on sales. In the case of video games, piracy actually helped sales. As far back as 2002 , we can see piracy boosting sales of media. The Trans Guy Archive strongly encourages you to purchase the books that you enjoy here or find other ways to support the author. Academic authors rarely – if ever – see income from sales of their books, articles, or chapters. Most want to remove the paywalls withholding their content. The Trans Guy Archive is open to collaborating with authors, publishers, and journals on making this a possibility through our website. Language: English Resource type: handout, pamphlet Format: PDF Uploaded: February 20th, 2026. Last updated: February 20th, 2026.

FTM was a quarterly newsletter started by activist and author Lou Sullivan in 1987. Sullivan, who had founded the organization FTM International, hoped to promote an understanding of transmasculine people and wanted to provide services and community to their lives. The FTM newsletter contained everything, like articles on topical FTM issues, local events, advertisements selling the latest stand-to-pee protheses, and a "classifieds" section for those looking for social connection. The FTM newsletter would run for sixty-seven issues over twenty-one years, from 1987 to 2008. After Sullivan's untimely death from AIDS-related illness, the responsibility passed on to author Jamison "James" Green. Some of the names and information in the newsletter below have been redacted for personal safety. FTM Newsletter (and redactions) are courtesy of the University of Victoria's Transgender Archives. The Trans Guy Archive shares this content for the purposes of education and historical empowerment. Language: English Resource type: newsletter Format: PDF Uploaded: February 9th, 2026. Last updated: February 17th, 2026.