As a transgender activist and educator, I feel it's important to portray trans bodies as beautiful, rather than disgusting or comedic, as is so much more common in the current cultural zeitgeist. I love rope or boudoir/pinup shoots; anything that lets me feel sexy and seen. In my spare time I'm also a blacksmith, gardener, and ocean lover, so a lot of my the pictures I take of myself have one or more of those elements involved.

NOTE: Although I'm sure you mean well, when someone starts their message to me with compliments about my personal appearance, it plays into the (debunked) cultural narrative of the autogynephyllic trans woman, i.e., that trans women primarily transition for their own sexual and aesthetic gratification. This misconception has pushed back transfeminism significantly, to the point where it is still considered culturally acceptable and even flattering to objectify trans women based on their physical attributes. All this is to say, that if you start a message to me with "hey beautiful," or "I just wanted to say I think you're gorgeous I love girls like you you pass so well!" it comes off as creepy or fetishistic rather than endearing. Would you feel the need to tell a cis women all the parts of her body that you found attractive before getting to the invitation to shoot with her? No? Then please don't here.

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