From adoption and homelessness to navigating relationships and overcoming self-harm,
the four transmen in MAN MADE all have something else in common: they are all bodybuilders.
Through the lens of FTMFitCon, the world’s only FTM bodybuilding competition, we delve
into the lives of Dominic, Rese, Mason, and Kennie as they define what it means to
be a man while contextualizing that definition through the social, racial, and economic
realities of their lives. For the men of MAN MADE, it’s not about winning—it’s about
stepping on stage and being seen for everything they are.
Sam Berliner. “Translations 2018 Program Final.” 2018. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a86d494b1ffb6251b62962f/t/5ed2e4ffbdbbdb299cca987b/1590879522466/Translations18_Program_final.pdf.
