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Thomas Page McBee

Thomas Page McBee (born 1981)[1] is an American transgender journalist, television writer, and amateur boxer. He was the first transgender man to box in Madison Square Garden,[1] which he discusses in Amateur. His first book, Man Alive, won a Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction.[2][3]

Thomas Page McBee
In a 2019 interview
Born1981 (age 44–45)
Hickory, North Carolina, US
OccupationsWriter, boxer
SpouseJessica Bloom
Websitewww.thomaspagemcbee.com

Personal life

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McBee was born in Hickory, North Carolina, in 1981[1] and grew up outside of Pittsburgh.[4]

McBee has noted that he "knew [he] wasn't a girl before [he] knew much of anything."[5] However, he also did not resonate with men's "jockeying power dynamics or aversion to hugs."[5] In his late-twenties, he realized that although he "didn't connect with the cultural expectations of Being a Man, [he] knew that [he]'d grown up and become one."[5] He began hormone replacement therapy when he was 30 years old and at 31, he received a new birth certificate from North Carolina Vital Records, an experience he described as feeling like he had been "born again".[5]

As of 2022, McBee lived in Los Angeles with his wife, Jessica Bloom.[6][7]

Career

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Aside from writing, McBee was a senior editor at Quartz and taught at City University of New York.[8] He has also served as an advisor at West Virginia University's Graduate School of Journalism.[8][7]

Writing

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McBee has written regular columns in The Rumpus ("Self-Made Man"),[9] Them ("Amateur"),[10] Bitch,[11] Pacific Standard ("The American Man"),[12] and Teen Vogue.[13] His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, T Magazine,[14] Esquire,[15] GQ,[16] Glamour, Playboy, The Atlantic, VICE,[17] and other publications.

Television

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In 2019 and 2020, McBee wrote episodes for Netflix's Tales of the City and Showtime's The L Word: Generation Q.[18] He has also appeared on the documentary film No Ordinary Man and the mini-series The Art of Intersection.[18]

In 2021, McBee was a supervising producer on The Umbrella Academy, where he architected a storyline in which Elliot Page's character transitions to male, mirroring the actor's real-world transition.[19] In 2022, he served as a writer and co-producer on the fourth season of The Umbrella Academy. He is currently developing several film and television projects, including a television adaptation for Amateur.[6]

Man Alive (2014)

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Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man was published September 9, 2014, by City Lights Publishers. The book received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly,[20] Kirkus Reviews,[21] Lambda Literary Foundation,[22] and Library Journal.[23] Man Alive won a Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction.[2][3]

Amateur (2018)

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Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man was published August 14, 2018, by Scribner. The book received a starred review from Publishers Weekly,[24] as well as positive reviews from Kirkus,[25] The New Republic,[26] BuzzFeed,[27] Booklist,[28] The Rumpus,[29] The Guardian,[30] Los Angeles Review of Books,[31] and Shelf Awareness.[32][33] Amateur was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction,[34] nominated for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction,[35] and shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.

Awards

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Thomas Page McBee". centre de cultura contemporània de barcelona. April 5, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Winners of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced". Lambda Literary. June 3, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  3. 1 2 bent (June 3, 2014). "Full List of 2014 Lambda Literary Award Winners". IndieWire. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ McBee, Page (March 15, 2011). "I want to be more than just a man or a woman". Salon. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 McBee, Thomas Page (August 7, 2012). "Trans, but not like you think". Salon. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Thomas Page McBee". Thomas Page McBee. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Media Innovation Center | Thomas McBee". West Virginia University. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Thomas Page McBee". Catalyst. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Thomas Page McBee". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Page McBee". them. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Thomas Page McBee". Bitch Media. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Articles by Thomas Page McBee". Pacific Standard. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  13. ↑ Page McBee, Thomas (March 26, 2019). "What Kendrick Sampson Had to Unlearn in Order to Be a Man". Teen Vogue. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  14. ↑ McBee, Thomas Page (May 12, 2022). "A Writer Returns to the Grand Canyon, This Time With His Mother's Ashes". T. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Thomas Page McBee". Esquire. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  16. ↑ McBee, Thomas Page (February 2, 2021). "Among the Spiritual Bros". GQ. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Thomas Page McBee". VICE. April 2, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  18. 1 2 "Thomas Page McBee". IMDb. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  19. ↑ Geall, Lauren (June 23, 2022). "Netflix's The Umbrella Academy S3: fans are praising the show for its handling of Elliot Page's storyline". Stylist. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man by Thomas Page McBee. City Lights, $15.95 trade paper (172p) ISBN 978-0-87286-624-9". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Man Alive". Kirkus Reviews. September 28, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  22. ↑ Kellaway, Mitch (September 15, 2014). "'Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man' by Thomas Page McBee". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  23. ↑ Roberto, K. R. (June 1, 2016). "Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man". Library Journal. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas Page McBee. Scribner, $24 (224p) ISBN 978-1-5011-6874-1". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  25. ↑ "Amateur". Kirkus Reviews. June 18, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  26. ↑ Livingstone, Jo (August 28, 2018). "A Trans Memoir Explores Masculinity In Extremis". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  27. ↑ Rebolini, Arianna (August 31, 2018). "35 New Books To Get Excited About This Fall". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  28. ↑ Amateur. July 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Booklist.
  29. ↑ "What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Pride". The Rumpus.net. June 21, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  30. ↑ Guest, Katy (October 26, 2018). "Amateur by Thomas Page McBee review – a trans boxer's life lessons". The Guardian. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  31. ↑ Glazner, Greg (January 4, 2015). "Becoming a Man: A Memoir of Sex, Gender, Trauma, and Transformation". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  32. ↑ Wheeler, Dave (August 14, 2018). "Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  33. ↑ Wheeler, Dave (July 13, 2018). "Review: Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  34. 1 2 Boureau, Ella (March 6, 2018). "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  35. ↑ "The Baillie Gifford Prize 2018 announces shortlist". Baillie Gifford Prize. October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  36. ↑ "Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man (City Lights/Sister Spit)". IndieBound.org. September 9, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  37. ↑ "Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness, and Becoming a Man | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. November 10, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  38. ↑ "The Baillie Gifford Prize 2018 announces shortlist". Baillie Gifford Prize. October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  39. ↑ Flood, Alison (March 19, 2019). "Wellcome prize shortlist celebrates books about masculinity and mental illness". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  40. ↑ Filgate, Michele (March 19, 2019). "Awards: Wellcome Shortlist; Blue Peter Winners". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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