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of and about (FTM 10 Years Later) is an homage to the hidden corners of the late 2000s & early 2010s female-to-male transgender YouTube community that supported me and countless others during the early days of our transitions.

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Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “My name’s Brett, I’m 20, and I’m an FTM.”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “I’m transitioning from female to male.”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “...try and figure out what was going on with me and why…”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “...that you always know in the back of your mind…”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “I’m just going to stick through it right now.”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “It takes a leap of faith and often years of feeling…”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “I had the impulse and need to do it.”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “I have come out to everybody.”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “I did it quite publicly, I came out on Facebook.”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “...but she doesn’t know anything about transexuals, so…”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “But I know they still love me.”
Webcam still image of a boy facing the camera. Subtitles: “It sucks big-time.”

October 2023 marked ten years since I came out to my mom as trans. I passed her a crumpled note one morning as she dropped me off at my middle school, and the grueling process of socially transitioning ensued. of and about (FTM 10 Years Later) is an homage to the hidden corners of the late 2000s & early 2010s female-to-male transgender YouTube community that supported me and countless others during the early days of our transitions.

August Ackley (BA ’23) originally created “of and about (FTM 10 Years Later)” in David Brooks’ Fall 2023 Arts Workshop “Traces: The Event, Intent, and Its Document.”

Thumbnail image courtesy of author.

 
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