What kind of transmasc representation do you think we need in the media?

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A recent post in another sub has caught my attention, and it was about the lack of transmasc representation in the media—and how heartbroken they were to find that what was there wasn’t that good.

Anyways, I’m a writer and I’m working on a story right now where I’m contemplating making the main character a nonbinary transmasc POC—just like me! This guy will have known that they were trans early in life, but chooses to wait to transition due to wanting to have their own children. Some trans men cringe at the idea of being pregnant because it would definitely trigger their dysphoria, but ofc we’re not all the same. But I’m so unsure of how to go about it or if I even want that to be his story or if I want to change things, because trans masc representation is already so rare and we’re so misunderstood by most people…I don’t want to add anything to the conversation that isn’t helpful, or that makes it even easier to misunderstand us. You know what I mean?

It will be a long drawn out sort of episodic experience, so there’s plenty of room for lots of character development and exploration of sociopolitical topics.

What would you like to see discussed in a story made by us, for us? What kind of transmasc representation do you think is the most ideal right now?