PHOTOGRAPHS by EMIL LOMBARDO
“I know a guy who would be great for TransLiving. He’s an actor and I’m shooting him on Monday,” said photographer Emil Lombardo.
We were discussing the representation of transmasculine actors in the mainstream media - or to be more precise, the lack of them. By contrast, the visibility of trans actresses have, in recent years, proliferated across multiple media forms. Many have become household names, and I know I could churn out at least ten of them off the top of my head. Conversely, my knowledge of trans male actors is pretty much restricted to only prominent ones like Ash Palmisciano, Jake Graf and of course, Elliot Page who came out a few months ago.