Jaimie Wilson is a transgender musician who’s been posting photographs of his transition to Instagram in the hopes of smashing stereotypes.
“You don’t have to pass a test to prove you’re trans,” he writes, “and you sure as hell don’t need anyone’s approval but your own.”
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“This life is about finding yourself and becoming YOU. No one’s journey is the same… so stop comparing yourself to others.”
Since opening his Instagram account, he’s picked up 100,000 followers and counting, and we suspect he’s about to pick up a whole bunch more.
Check out the extraordinary photos below:
walterhpdx
Dude is *way* hot!
BriBri
He offers no dick for you!
mhoffman953
@BriBri I agree. How can someone be a man but not have a penis and not have male genes? It’s a crazy world we live in where “men” can now have a vagina and be called men and “women” can have a penis but still be called women.
Juanjo
Well BriBri and Miss Hoffman, since the last time you had sex with another person you were paying by the hour, I doubt you will be getting anything even remotely as handsome as this man is.
BTW, your comments just show how ignorant you are about trans people. Not to mention if we determine how genuine a man is by the size of his appendage, then the two of you need to start using the women’s bathroom at the mall.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mitch-kellaway/8-myths-about-transgender-mens-genital-reconstructions_b_4510196.html
mhoffman953
@Juanjo The link you posted proves nothing. The author in that article on Huffington Post states, “I am no medical expert” within the first paragraph and says the list came from another writer at the Huffington Post named Brynn Tannehill. Clicking on Brynn Tannehill’s bio, it says her degree is in computer science. How are either of these two people qualified to biologically explain gender from a scientific or medical standpoint?
Then in your diatribe (which seems more focused at personal attacks rather than providing information), you state, “Not to mention if we determine how genuine a man is by the size of his appendage”. But how do we scientifically and medically define what a man is then? The tenants of being considered male are that you have male reproductive organs and male DNA. Are you saying that someone can be male and have none of the components or genetic makeup which makes that person male?
I’m not arguing whether someone looks like a man or not, I’m merely stating that by scientific definition, the person in this blog post is not male. She is still female. Your comments show that you are ignorant toward biology.
Bromancer7
@mhoffman953 “The tenants of being considered male are that you have male reproductive organs and male DNA. ”
No. Those are YOUR tenets, which are outdated and incorrect.
“Are you saying that someone can be male and have none of the components or genetic makeup which makes that person male?”
Yes, because gender is more than genetics and body parts. That’s the part you’re missing and do not understand.
doc and raider
@ mhoff: given that we all start out as female in the womb and then change to male (sorry, dude, but that’s how biology works), you’re gonna have to work a little harder to convince me that your “tenants” of gender and sexuality are any sort of barometer.
NOUHAVENT
@doc and raider. That is some tired bull crap that we start out as female.
http://factmyth.com/factoids/all-mammals-start-as-female/
From the article,” FACT: All humans start as a fertilized egg containing their genetic code. As the egg develops, gonads start developing as a common primordium (an organ in the earliest stage of development), in the form of gonadal ridges, and only later are differentiated to male or female sex organs. Thus all mammals are born with undeveloped gonads and is thus neither male or female physiologically, despite their genetic code. Then for the first few weeks only the X gene expresses, so in that way mammals are essentially female. Then, a complex cascade of factors occur and the result is sexual differentiation.”
So at the start of development most embryos are intersex, then the x gene expresses for a short period till the other factors like hormones and genes take over. You are spreading lies.
mhoffman953
@Bromancer7
Says who? Biology would disagree with you.
You’re trying to tell me that you can be male and not have male DNA. Do you realize how absurd that is? Can I also be a banana? I don’t have banana DNA but maybe my mind says I’m a banana. If you have 0 genetic pieces and 0 physical pieces indicative of being male then you aren’t male.
Can you find any biologist who supports what you are claiming and did a study on it from an accredited institution?
Juanjo
Hoffman – you have a number of assertions and now ask me how to refute them when in fact you have only asserted your opinion not facts. Your claims are no different than those of the classic homophobe who asserts a “natural” argument based upon the theory that humans were created male and female and thus the only natural sexual activity permitted is heterosexual sexual activity.
The fundamental issue with your claims is you assume that genetics is the sole determinant of gender. Even when it comes to the physical characteristics of what we call gender, it is not just genetic components, i.e. do you have an XX or an XY genetic variation. There are other physiological components which play a role – the most common one being hormonal.
Gender is not only genetic. Sexual reproduction is genetics combined with some other physiological elements like hormones – one has a set of sexual organs we identify as male or female unless of course you are one of those folks born with both male and female parts or some other variation in the genetic hard wiring. The as well, by way of example, the correct levels of hormones must be maintained for reproduction to occur But gender is a combination of genetics, social constructs and psychological elements as well.
It is not merely a matter of opening one’s trousers and looking to see if one is an “innie” or an “outie”. But that is your claim. Now let’s see you prove it and then if I am so inclined, I’ll be happy to address your evidence.
Because Hoffman, and I’ll put this in caps so you can see it easily:
THE BURDEN IS ON YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR ORIGINAL OPINION WITH VERIFIABLE FACTS. Once you do then those who have challenged your opinion must come up with verifiable facts to refute your points.
BriBri
You girls can sit back and argue, I’ve said what I’m going to say. Now I’m just laughing at your participatory delusions.
doc and raider
@ nouhavent — whatever, dude. Call it a blank slate, if you want. But cut through all your crap, and we start out girls. Deal with it. LOL
NOUHAVENT
@doc and raider you sure did come back and show me you were right, I mean the best argument out there, whatever. Truly a genius.
BriBri
No thank you.
citywoof
Haha – Like you’d have a chance with him! LOL
NOUHAVENT
Is he straight or gay? Dunno seems odd to have a straight man in a gay site. Like Chaz Bono says he’s completely straight so he’s not really queer any more.
salumbre
The magazine is called Queerty, not Gayarty, and trans people, regardless of their sexual orientation, are still queer. Please educate yourself before spewing ignorance.
Prax07
Yup, no thanks. Your born a biological male or female, thinking you’re a different sex is a mental disorder, just like thinking you’re actually an alien, or an animal. Just because someone has their boobs or penis removed and takes hormones to grow hair doesn’t make you a different sex or a different species. That woman is still a woman.
If Trump suddenly decided to have surgery and become a Melania lookalike doesn’t mean he’s suddenly the first female president.
Dez
No thanks? Who asked if you wanted it?
This persons life isn’t for your taking or approval. Being trans is not a mental disorder; if it is treated properly, trans people can grow up to be perfectly normal- it’s society’s BS that makes trans people (and most people for that matter) fuvked up.
Even if it is abnormal it doesn’t mean it’s a disorder. If this person is mentally a man, who the hell are you to tell them they shouldn’t change their body so they are happy and comfortable in their skin? It’s somewhat comparable to people born with fuvked up teeth- bc they are born with bad teeth, do you think they are wrong to fix their teeth? By your logic, we should all just blindly accept what nature gave us even though 99% of people tweak what nature gave them.
SumSay
Humans are animals. Changing your actual species is not only impossible, but entirely different from changing gender. A person claiming that they’re something else other than human might be suffering from some kind of mental illness, but gender dysphoria is incomparable to that. Gender dysphoria is a condition, not a disorder. Going through a sex change is TREATMENT for this. Of course a sex change wouldn’t change one’s biological sex, it’s the gender that’s changed. If Trump wanted to LEGALLY change his identity to female, the government would have to recognize that Trump is now legally a woman, and “she” would therefore be the first woman in office.
mhoffman953
@Dez Your example of the bad teeth isn’t a good example. Some people are born with dental diseases or infections which cause bad teeth or rotted teeth. No one is saying they should accept that aspect of how they were born because it could lead to bad health and multiple other diseases.
A better example would be someone who is anorexic. That person constantly thinks they’re fat even though they’re extremely skinny. No one would encourage that person to be more bulimic just because that person mentally thinks it’s normal. That encourage destruction behavior.
You stated that “if this person is mentally a man” and there is the problem right there. She’s mentally a man. At what point do we draw the line? Can a man mentally decide to be a child? There is already a case of that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWGD4DV71pA Is that healthy? The man in that video identifies as a 6-year-old girl.
Can someone mentally decide they are a different race? What if I mentally decide I’m black, do you think I should be eligible to grants afforded to only black college students? I’m male, can I mentally decide I’m female and apply for small business loans only granted to women?
1EqualityUSA
I get as far as, “MHoff” before I’m done reading his bullshit comments. Unenlightened. Don’t feed the troll.
mhoffman953
@1EqualityUSA Oh no, someone might have a different opinion than you which is based around biological fact, don’t you dare read it and learn both sides of a topic! Stay in your echo chamber! Don’t try to refute it with facts – instead call that person “unenlightened” while providing nothing to justify your opinion.
Hard for you to say I’m “unenlightened” when it was you on a previous post who mocked handicapped children who ride the short bus to school.
SumSay
@mhoffman953
You draw the line when people start to harm themselves because they don’t feel like they’re in the right skin. When they suffer from anxiety and depression on a day-to-day basis because they think they should’ve been born a boy instead of a girl. This is what transgender people struggle with. They didn’t choose their gender just like you didn’t choose your sexual preference. Anorexia/Bulimia is a bad analogy to use for gender dysphoria. The way they view themselves as they should be is always unhealthy.
mhoffman953
@SumSay
“You draw the line when people start to harm themselves”
So then you’ll agree that the line is drawn when the person decides to pump themselves full of hormones for the rest of their life and begin paying a doctor tens of thousands to start cutting things off?
My bulimia analogy is the perfect one because it deals with the way one perceives oneself. You even seem to state that here, “When they suffer from anxiety and depression on a day-to-day basis because they think they should’ve been born a boy instead of a girl”. That’s the issue, they THINK they should me something else NOT that THEY ARE.
If my gender can be defined by what I “think” I am, then can my race also be defined by my thinking?
thstonebooks
@mhoffman953: don’t want to necessarily take the energy to feed a troll but I do feel these transphobic comments are actually detrimental to society. drawing a parallel between transitioning and bulimia/anorexia is a totally false equivalency. Being trans has been shown in many many many studies to be correlated to higher rates of suicide, bullying, etc. compared to being straight or even gay. Trans folks are 13x more likely to commit suicide for example (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/the-truth-about-transgend_b_8564834.html). So being trans and suppressing it actually leads to more death. On the hand, being bulimic and anorexic, if encouraged, leads to more death. 100% totally different. That said, given how bull-headed you clearly have shown to be in your posts, I’m guessing this won’t sway you at all, because you probably don’t give a shit about people committing suicide because they feel uncomfortable in their own skin.
judysdad
Enough already with all this trans crap! Many (if not most) of us are sick of it.
doc and raider
Yeah, I seem to remember straight people saying the same thing about gays and lesbians not that many years ago…..
danielplainview1981
Trans people are part of our community. I am sorry you don’t like it. Have some respect and please try to be a little more tolerant. No one forced you to click on this story.
1EqualityUSA
I hope Judy can escape her father’s hatreds. It usually passes down from parent to child, unfortunately.
Jack Meoff
OMG I can’t believe the number of ignorant comments on this post.
Dac
I usually don’t comment on posts, especially after others’ ignorant and asinine comments, but I’m tired of this hateful bullshit. Having a dick doesn’t make you a man and not having a dick doesn’t make someone less of a man. It’s a mindset and an attitude. Same goes for women. Jaimie was an attractive woman and he is a very handsome man; he obviously has an inside beauty, along with a sense of self, pride and courage. I wish him the best, hope he uses his notoriety wisely and I hope others gain strength from his journey.
The previous comments do remind me of one thing, regardless of whether you have a dick or not, you can still be one.
mhoffman953
@Dac When you say, “Having a dick doesn’t make you a man”, then what biologically makes someone a man?
If what you allege is true, then someone can be a man and have breasts and a vagina. If that’s true, then why did the person in this story have their breasts removed? Per your definition, couldn’t she still be a man and have breasts?
You’re describing masculine and feminine traits which are not biological definitions of a person’s gender. No what amount of surgery is done to the outside of a body, the person’s genes are still male genes.
The person in this story still has a vagina, therefore she can get pregnant. Men can’t get pregnant, therefore that is not a biological man but instead a women who thinks she’s male.
SumSay
@mhoffman953
I would think people in the gay community would be a bit more informed on transgender issues, but by your comment it’s clear that a lot are still just as clueless as the mainstream.
Jack Meoff
@SumSay don’t waste your time. mhoffman953 posts negative comments on every thread purely to get people to react and respond to him. He seems to like conflict but everyone ignores him and does not reply to his posts he has nobody to argue with. Trolls crave attention.
mhoffman953
@SumSay I am informed and I am aware of biology. Rather than replying in a condescending fashion, you could reply in an educated matter and present your side with facts, statistics, and thought provoking questions but instead you’ll deliver the typical, “you’re not informed” response
Bromancer7
@mhoffman953 It’s clear that no amount of fact, statistics, and thought-provoking questions are going to stop you from being an ignorant troll.
If you want to understand transgenderism there is this wonderful thing called Google. It’d start there. Shut your mouth, open your mind, and you might just learn something. Tho somehow I doubt it. People like you never learn.
mhoffman953
@Bromance7 But that’s the thing, you aren’t providing any facts. You’re telling me to shut my mouth without even entertaining the thought that this could be the result of mental illness. I’m open minded and have Googled both sides of the issue and have come to the conclusion that this is the result of mental illness.
The only person out of all of these comments to actually post a link was an earlier comment which posted a link from HuffingtonPost from a woman who has a degree in computer science. That article gave a lot of opinion and no facts.
Do you have a Harvard study that is accredited proving that being transgender isn’t a mental illness? If so, I’ll read it.
citywoof
He looks amazing! Very sexy!
Hussain-TheCanadian
The former male is extremely handsome, but what’s the point if you hate, don’t recognize and don’t want what’s looking back at you in the mirror?
A beautiful human being none the less!
As for some of you hateful and ignorant lot, shame on you.
thealexofevil
The former picture is on the left, not on the right.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@thealexofevil
You know what, you are absolutely correct; colour me embarrassed!
thebro
To add more context to this article before someone does in a negative way, he’s a really chill dude, who’s talented, and tries hard to bridge the gap between issues, and trans misconceptions. I don’t know him personally, but he does shows on Chaturbate to show case his music and raise money because his family doesn’t talk to him and/or cut him off. He uses the show to educate people coming in to watch. The more people of our community out there, the more education there is. I don’t understand the logic of the posts on here or what there’s not to get. The whole bi/str8/gay/trans label camps need to stop, and is a waste of time and energy.
Ksb1978
Last I checked we are the LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY. That is what we should be. And the T is in there. He is gorgeous. Be there for our trans and nonbinary people. So many bigots in the gay/lesbian part of the community.
jtroi
Guy is hot. Can’t believe some of the comments around here.
Prax07
Sorry, but it’s a mental illness, and should be treated as such, not having body parts removed as treatment.
A woman believing she’s really a man is a mental illness just like a woman believing she’s a cat, there’s no difference. Having surgery instead of psychiatric treatment doesn’t change the fact she’s still a she with mental issues.
Jonathonz
You’re the one that sounds mentally ill to me Prax. People that feel the need to tear others down for being themselves are the ones with the real issues.. There’s something wrong with intolerance for diversity and many of the world’s problems can be traced to to it. There is NOTHING wrong with expressing your gender in the way that makes you comfortable. There is SERIOUSLY something wrong with those that can’t or won’t tolerate it in others.
mhoffman953
@Jonathonz No one is tearing this person down. The person in this article clearly has body dysmorphia issues which isn’t healthy. There is something wrong with that because now that person must live on anti-depressants, hormones, steroids, and other medications for the rest of their entire life. Even after they have gender reassignment surgery (something John Hopkins hospital says they refuse to perform because they believe this is mental illness) they still need to be pumped full of drugs and still aren’t happy.
thstonebooks
@prax07 Honestly why do you give a shit what people do with their own bodies? This is what confuses me about the trans issue with people. You’re imposing your life view on other folks of how you ought to think things should be, when whether or not that person transitions has no relevancy on you.
scotty
do not want.
JessPH
If gender is not determined by one’s genitals then are doctors wrong to determine the gender of a fetus or a newborn child by looking at its genitals? So instead of writing M or F in the Sex/Gender portion of a birth certificate, would writing TBD (to be determined) be the politically correct thing to do?
tanner23
He does shows on chaturbate almost every night as tranzboy
Here is an example: http://texuallyactive.tumblr.com/post/156115608180
NateOcean
I see the results of a lot of testosterone therapy there. How much extra did the top-surgery cost?
pscheck2
Now my question is : whose ‘camp’ is he in or does he consider himself ‘fluid?’
da90027
Hot before and hot after…whatever makes you happy!
Keebler ILF
Those Chaturbate shows are pretty hot; I’ve seen several. He seems nice, open, willing to answer all types of questions. I wish him happiness.
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pudman56
First, it really saddens me that gay people are discriminating against, and ignorant of what makes a man a man, and a woman a woman. It isn’t a dick or a hoo-hoo. It’s something intangible, kind of like being gay, wouldn’t you say. No one other than a Republican is going to deny that a gay person is gay. Well, you don’t know what it’s like to be a person born one sex but are trapped in that body because your whole life, with no outside influence, felt you did not belong to that physical sex. Kind of like being gay, hey? It must all be in your head. Maybe all you need is a good dose of conversion therapy. Those of you who are ignorant on this subject, dimwits, all of you. And for the record, I am not a trans, just a gay man with not only an open mind, but one who understands that biology isn’t the be all end all of the human condition.
isxios
I think we just need to make a distinction between being a man and being male. He is a man, but he is not male. I think to ignore the biological realities is fantasy, but as far as I am concerned, he should be treated like any other man, male or not.
Prax07
She is Not a male nor is She a man. She is a Woman with mental problems that had her breasts removed and went on hormones. Lopping off her breasts doesn’t change her gender, hormone therapy doesn’t change her gender. The fact that she thinks she’s male doesn’t change her gender, it just shows she needs mental help. It’s not ephemeral, it’s not whishful thinking, it’s the biological fact that She will Always be a She no matter how many surgeries She has.
No wonder straight people think gay people need mental help when the trans nutjobs are lumped in with us.
mhoffman953
@Prax07
I never understood why trans people are lumped in with us either. Gay, lesbian, and bisexual all deal with sexual orientation and sexual preference. Transgender, and now all the other letters they’re throwing on LGB, deals with gender identity and not sexual orientation. They should have their own group.
Just imagine if Black Lives Matter starting adding tons of other races to their group, it would become diluted and eventually not make any sense.
Also back to the point of her thinking she’s male, no matter what she does to the outside, she’ll always be female. If I have a banana and paint it red and write “Apple” all over it, its still a banana. It doesn’t become an apple because I think it’s an apple
thstonebooks
Trans folks DO have their own identification, it’s being trans. Oftentimes LGBTQ is lumped together because much of it has to do with sexual/sex identity which is not always visible when you first meet someone. Again false equivalency to race issues where someone can visibly tell by looking at someone generally what their race is. And by the way, if you look at events like the women’s march, you can see what unified intersectionality can do in terms of making a stand and a point. Arguably it led to a ton of action (and inactivity) from the white house because it showed govt how unhappy a large portion of folks in the general population are with this administration.
tommiej
I wasn’t going to comment – but some people’s ignorance and stubbornness is enough to make me irritable. Science is advancing at such a rate that we now have the option to change our bodies to be whatever we like. We can dye our hair, change our color, and even the shapes of our noses. And yes even re-assign our outward gender.
The cat is out of the bag and it’s not going back in.
The science for this only getting better and better. It’s will possible someday the necessary genital organs from the patients on tissue. Even now an artificial penis or vagina can be constructed for the transgender patient. Also, penis and uterus transplants procedures are being researched. At some point we will be able to re-write a person’s genetic code (maybe not in our lifetime) to switch their gender at a cellular level.
This isn’t science fiction, it’s all happening right now. Get over it. Biology isn’t destiny and humans are a unique animal that can learn adapt and change our bodies. If you want to stay in the dark ages – you are welcome to. But the rest of us are ready to move on to an amazing future.
tommiej
Correction: the first sentence should read “change… our eye color”.
StacysMusings
I expect this talk from the religious right, not from the community. You realize every time we have this discussion, each time we show a lack of solidarity, the ultra-right forces gain headway, right? Trans-men are men. Trans-women are women. Do any of you need people saying, ‘you don’t look gay, how can you be gay?” Or: “How can you be a lesbian, you’re beautiful!” or: “You can’t like both guys and gals. You have to pick one.” It’s no difference. It’s all a form of erasure.
Get it together, people! Jamie looks amazing! Congratulations to HIM for being visible and true to HIMSELF!
radiooutmike
I’d totally date and marry him. He. is. gorgeous.