![]() I see my body and my soul linked together directly. Jordan Hope Miller, He/Him, Yoga Instructor When asked to describe his gender identity, Jordan responded: “I would describe my identity as a two-spirit being of the masculine experience. Their stories are ones of love and self acceptance, of true body positivity and the importance of mental fitness above physique. My list features trans guys who I look to for fitness inspiration because they do things that are inspiring. These bodies are not “what trans looks like.” These are a few trans people among the bright, shining array of beautiful trans bodies. I have nothing against the folx in these posts– what I have an issue with is the cisgender mainstream media using only these folx as representations of what trans-masculine bodies should strive to be. And even if we trans folx realize how fucked up that expectation is, it doesn’t change the reality that we know this is what cisgender people expect to see. The article above was written by a cis guy, for a mainstream gay publication, using photos from Instagram and it sets a mainstream expectation for trans bodies that is dangerous. And because these pictures are nothing but half-naked shots, the idea that these men are judged “fit” because of their resting appearance is disturbing and is really dangerous for a community of people with dysphoria. It’s bad.įit does not equal skinny/super lean. ![]() These two things are not synonymous, and our society’s conflation of these ideas does nothing but drive us to body image problems, unreasonable expectations for what exercise can or should do for us, leading to disdain for exercise and elevation of crash diets, plastic surgery, etc. You can be really fit and not have a cut physique. There is no “fitness” context (or even evidence of exercise, aside from the bodies) to any of the photos. ![]() Based on the fact that this list contains the usual suspects representing the transmale community, it’s no wonder there are only three men of color– that’s all you ever see in 99% of representations in the media of trans men. This list contains 12 white guys, and 3 men of color. Behold, 15 Trans Men Who Are Our 2017 Fitness Goals as judged by some cisgender, gay, white dude.įirst of all. With the dawning of a new year, the inevitable deluge of listicles (article-list hybrid pieces common to media outlets like Buzzfeed) has not disappointed. ![]()
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