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Quick Links Don't want to slog through the archive to find what you want? Find what you need through the carefully sorted sections below! Last updated: March 15th, 2026 Table of Contents Hormones & Surgery Presentation Tips & Guides TGA Monthly zines Lou Sullivan's FTM newsletters FTM Scientific/Medical Studies Menu Close Hormones & Surgery Testosterone HRT Everything you wanted to know about testosterone hormone replacement therapy but were too afraid to ask. Includes a brief history of testosterone, the studied side effects/risks, how to access testosterone HRT, and a FAQ for misc. questions you may have. Link WIP. Pls check back later! FTM Surgeries Navigating surgeries for trans guys can be super daunting. Use this guide to help quell your fears and get yourself ready for big changes! Link WIP. Pls check back later! Presentation Tips & Guides Fashion Learning how to dress as a trans guy is easier than it seems! We've put together this handy guide for anyone interested how to craft their own sense of style. CLICK ME Makeup Believe it or not, makeup can be for men too! Many trans guys shy away from makeup after they come out, but in reality, makeup can actually give you an easier time passing, especially if you're pre-testosterone. CLICK ME Binding Many trans guys wear chest binders and/or tape to give themselves a flat(ter) chest and a more masculine presentation. Binding doesn't come without some risks, so check out this guide if you're interested! CLICK ME TBD TBD Link WIP Trans Guy Archive monthly zines December 2025 January 2026 February 2026 February 2026 Lou Sullivan's FTM newsletters Issue #01 (Sept. 1987) Issue #02 (Dec. 1987) Issue #03 (March 1988) Issue #04 (June 1988) Issue #05 (Sept. 1988) Issue #06 (Dec. 1988) Issue #07 (March 1989) Issue #08 (June 1989) Issue #09 (Sept. 1989) Issue #10 (Dec. 1989) Issue #11 (March 1990) Issue #12 (June 1990) Issue #13 (Sept. 1990) Issue #14 (Dec. 1990) Issue #15 (April 1991) FTM Scientific/Medical Studies Entries are sorted alphabetically by name. Effects of Three Different Testosterone Formulations in FTM Transsexual Persons Hormones reconfigure the immune cells of trans men Making Meaning of Pregnancy in Seahorse Dad Narratives Reproductive Wish in Transsexual Men Short- and Long-Term Clinical Skin Effects of Testosterone Treatment in Trans Men Thyroplasty Type III to Lower the Vocal Pitch in Trans Men

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Volunteer with the Trans Guy Archive! The Trans Guy Archive is looking for inquisitive volunteers to help make our digital and physical space welcoming and educational to all! See more information about each position below. Apply Now Writer/Researcher Close Social Media & Graphic Design Close In-Person Event Supporter Close More details: Due to the sensitive nature of some of the materials in the archive, all volunteers must be 18 years or older to apply. If you are currently in college or another program that requires a certain number of volunteer hours, please alert us during your application so we can coordinate to record your hours. All volunteers must have access to the use of Discord (the app) for communication. As this is a volunteer position, there is no financial compensation. We’re all doing this for the love of the game.

Photos Photographs (and videos) of trans guys throughout history.

Newspapers Newspaper articles covering historical trans guys and transmasculine topics.

Contemporary The year 2000 to present day. 1 2 3

Magazines/Zines Professional magazines and indie zines, written about and by trans guys. Contains academic magazine articles as well.

Trans Guy Archive Origins Land Acknowledgement: Though the Trans Guy Archive is almost fully digital, we operate and gather in New York City within Lenapehoking, the ancestral land of the Lenape people. As we recognize the Lenape people, the Trans Guy Archive stands firm in our commitment to dismantling the historical and present erasure of Indigenous peoples around the world, as well as the effects of settler colonialism. Want to learn more about speaking the language of the Lenape? Trans Guy Archive began officially in May 2025. Before that, it was the pipedream of a sleep-deprived and overly-caffeinated grad student. Transmasculine history and culture is underrepresented, both in popular knowledge and within the LGBTQ+ community itself. It is our strong belief that the documents, biographies, photographs, and other relevant items must be preserved for the benefit of future generations. The Trans Guy Archive was created under the mission that knowledge should be easily accessible AND free/low in cost. By the end of 2025, the Trans Guy Archive has been able to welcome hundreds of eager learners to our website. We have also collaborated with local organizations such as the Trans Visibility Social Club of NYC to bring trans* folk together in a free or low cost third space. Thanks to the advent of social media, we have also been able to disperse a love of history to thousands of people! We will continue to add new artifacts to our digital stacks -- as well as slowly building up our physical archive for a future brick-and-mortar archival space! In the fight for trans* justice and liberation, trans men/mascs have been largely ignored, both in society at large and within the LGBTQ+ community. Trans history largely skews in favor of trans women/femmes -- for better or for worse -- leaving many along the masculine spectrum feeling lost and alienated, even in their own community. This archive aims to serve as an informational and social space for all to learn about the beauty, vitality, and strength of trans men/masculine figures throughout the centuries. This is for all transsexual and transgender men, demiboys, butches, those who are "kinda guys", lesboys, transmascs, multigender, and anyone who falls along the masculine spectrum. Trans guys have always been here, and we're not going anywhere. As historians, it's important to try and not retroactively apply modern-day labels to historical figures. Terms like "transgender " or even "transsexual " are remarkably new phrases in the vast scheme of history, and people have used a wide variety of phrases to try and define their existence. For people who lived before the coining of these terms, this archive uses "trans" as a verb, rather than a noun/adjective. Regardless of how an individual may have identified, they are still trans-ing (transitioning) their gender to a more masculine state. The identities explored on this archive will largely not fit neatly into modern-day expectations of identity and gender. Everyone is invited to keep an open mind. Furthermore, it is the goal of the Trans Guy Archive to present topics and theory that is oftentimes dense and hard to understand in an engaging and easier to understand context -- but without erasing the nuance present in topics by oversimplifying them. Too often, professional academics purposefully write in over-complicated ways that make higher education inaccessible to the average person who does not have an engaged background in historical subjects. By using a blend of formal and informal language throughout the archive, the TGA hopes to ease the fear of studying complex topics and provide the average person a casual look into the workings of historians. TLDR -- You have no excuse to say "I ain't reading all that" ;-) On top of the archive, this space also aims to act as a sort of "one stop shop" for trans guys around the country and world to find educational and academic content about themselves, written by people just like them. In the Event Calendar, you may find a party in your city to make friends; in the Trans Guy Glossary, you can learn the definition of that word you've been seeing everywhere, and so on. The primary focus of the TGA will continue to be a record of trans guy history, but given how difficult it is for trans guys to find community and information - even within the wider queer community - we thought it'd be a good idea to have a single, organized space for everything you wanted to know. About Aidrian Aidrian (he/him) is the (for now) sole admin of the Trans Guy Archive! His mission is to make a unified space for all trans male/masculine content, both modern and historical. The site consists mostly of blog posts about historical transmasculinity, plus images and anything else Aidrian thought should be cataloged and saved. When he's not running this site, Aidrian is a graduate student in New York City pursuing a Master of Arts in History. His historical specialization concerns the European Middle Ages and general queer history. He also does part-time museum work to pay the bills. He's also working on two webcomics: Instructions to Light-Keepers - When sickly Victorian author Ambrose Bloom is sent away by his wealthy parents to work at a dilapidated lighthouse, he realizes all is not what it seems when a shadowy figure begins stalking him from afar -- thrusting everything Ambrose holds dear into turmoil. Persian Knights - After a Crusader flees his King's service, he finds unlikely employment in a war-torn enemy nation, where he must protect the Prince of a nation he once fought against, leading to unexpected bonds and a quest to dethrone those whom he once served. Some of his other interests include (but aren't limited to): Star Wars, any campy 80s horror movie, Tetris, too many open-world RPGs to count, D&D (forever DM), his cat (her name is Micah), deep sea marine life, and phallic imagery. (not what Aidrian looks like, just some art of his self-insert OC) Find Aidrian on... Sign the guest book? Name (optional) I'm visiting the TGA from... (country, city, etc.) Doodle us something? Drawing mode selected. Drawing requires a mouse or touchpad. For keyboard accessibility, select Type or Upload. Leave us a comment! Sign the guestbook

Early Modern Around the start of the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment, approx. 1600s to early 1800s.

Antiquity Pre-history up until the (first) Fall of Rome, approx. 476 AD. Includes Biblical/Mythological history. Check back soon Once posts are published, you’ll see them here.

Medieval Typically referring to the European "Dark Ages", approx. 477 AD to mid 1400s. Check back soon Once posts are published, you’ll see them here.

Trans Resources Miscellaneous resources for trans guys -- everything from scientific studies to guides on HRT and binding.