Trans-Masc Resources & Equipment

Great educational information regarding different tools for gender expression. binders, gaffs, inserts, STP, etc, PLUS low-cost preloved binders.

Founded as a worker-owned co-operative in 1997, our mandate has always been guided by our collective love of providing accessible gear and information to anyone who wanted it, since we sure weren’t finding it elsewhere! We built our collective via Come As You Are by offering sex toys, gender gear, and adult feminist videos & literature with an eye to supporting indie makers, marginalized communities, and, to make the world a more embodied place.

Link: https://gendergear.ca/

Swim friendly, four skin tone selections, up to XXL.

FLAVNT Streetwear is an Austin-based independent clothing brand for everyone within and anyone who supports the LGBTQ+ community. Started with the goal of creating clothes that promote confidence and pride, FLAVNT is all about being comfortable with who you are and flaunting that to the world. We promote this message of self-love and confidence through our designs and actions by supporting the LGBTQ community as a whole, as well as impacting individual lives through our fundraising initiatives.

Link: https://www.flavnt.com/bareskin

FtM Essentials sells packers and STPs as well as undergarments specifically designed to hold these prosthetics. Prices range from $12 to $80.

FTM Essentials is a website where folks looking for gender expression gear can shop safely. We have over 20 years experience in the field and are happy to answer your questions anytime.

Link: https://www.ftmessentials.com/

Website offering a variety of binders.

myDOUBLE DESIGN was started to solve a simple problem – we are here to provide healthy, high quality and stylish chest binders to an underserved market. With myDOUBLE Design chest binders, guys/gals discover awesome chest binders that they can finally wear all day and enjoy their daily life. We value comfort, quality, and healthy life style, and we won’t compromise. myDOUBLE DESIGN are proudly designed, manufactured, and distributed by LGBT community. We value our community and always give back.

Link: https://mydoubledesign.com/

Fashionable, size inclusive, gender affirming clothing.

Since 2014 Shapeshifters has led the way for fashionable, size-inclusive, gender affirming clothing. From its start on a shared Etsy store in a living room in Brooklyn, Shapeshifters has grown into its own studio in southern Vermont, employs four people, and has customers all over the world. We offer the largest range of skin tones available on the market, the largest size range, and the widest style range out there.

Link: https://www.shapeshifters.co/

Welcome to T-Kingdom. Since 1999 we have been making and selling clothes for tomboys, FTM and anyone else who want to flatten their chest.

While running T-Kingdom, the greatest reward is to get to know many friends from a variety of occupations and places. With their precious ideas T-Kingdom grows better and stronger, since as we really need a great binder!

Link: http://www.t-kingdom.com

Tomboy X has compression tops, swimwear (tops and unisuits) and underwear.

Link: https://tomboyx.com/collections/gender-euphoria

Gender Expression & Play: Binders, gaffs, inserts, STP

We’re an education-oriented sex shop and bookstore with something for everyone. Anyone who’s turned off by traditional sex shops will find us a welcoming and informative place to get cool and sexy stuff.

Link: https://venusenvy.ca/

A Gender Expansive Physical Therapist Gives 11 Tips for Alleviating Discomfort with Binding

Link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/12RKVGkHnZuF_E_Qq-Sh8hvHHaZcQ8NFU/edit?filetype=msword

Getting the right size is part of an important safety plan to avoid short and long term damage to your skin, rib cage and breathing.  GC2B walks you through how to measure.

Link: https://www.gc2b.co/pages/sizing

Advice for fellow plus size humans regarding what to do, what not to do, and what to expect when you set out to bind your chest. 

Chest binding is arguably one of the easiest, cheapest, and least permanently-body-affecting ways for assigned female at birth (AFAB), transgender, or gender nonconforming people to express their identities. The internet is awash with advice for purchasing, wearing, and maintaining binders. But for plus size people who want to bind their chests, helpful information can be hard to come by — much like properly-fitting binders themselves.

Link: https://www.bustle.com/style/chest-binder-binding-plus-size-large-chests

Here is a guide to taping from the makers of TransTape.

TransTape is a gender-affirming, body transformation system that’s a backless and waterproof alternative to traditional binding, packing & other self affirming uses.

Link: https://transtape.life/pages/how-to-transtape

This is an article discussing chest binding, including side effects and other statistics.

Chest binding (compressing breast tissue to give the appearance of a flat chest) is a common practice among people who do not want their chest to look feminine, such as transgender men and masculine-presenting AFAB (assigned female at birth) people.

Link: https://helloclue.com/articles/cycle-a-z/chest-binding-tips-and-tricks-for-trans-men-nonbinary-and-genderfluid

For more in-depth reading about binding, you can read the results of the Binding Health Project Results.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27300085/

Point of Pride provides free chest binders (specially-designed chest compression garments) to any trans person who needs one and cannot afford or safely obtain one.

The work we do, the heart of our mission, is to provide powerful affirmation for the people we serve. Trans people who feel seen, supported, and valid are able to live their authentic lives.

Link: http://point5cc.com/chest-binder-donation/

FtM Essentials sells packers and STPs as well as undergarments specifically designed to hold these prosthetics. Prices range from $12 to $80.

FTM Essentials is a website where folks looking for gender expression gear can shop safely. We have over 20 years experience in the field and are happy to answer your questions anytime.

Link: https://www.ftmessentials.com/

Great educational information regarding different tools for gender expression. binders, gaffs, inserts, STP, etc, PLUS low-cost preloved binders.

Founded as a worker-owned co-operative in 1997, our mandate has always been guided by our collective love of providing accessible gear and information to anyone who wanted it, since we sure weren’t finding it elsewhere! We built our collective via Come As You Are by offering sex toys, gender gear, and adult feminist videos & literature with an eye to supporting indie makers, marginalized communities, and, to make the world a more embodied place.

Link: https://gendergear.ca/

Handmade silicone dildos, packers & STPs + accessories. Reviews for this pee, pack and play say the strap keeps it from leaking. An insert for play, and a natural look for packing.

Our goal is to create high quality toys and gender expression products while fostering a sex positive and inclusive culture. We specialize in self-affirming products for all forms of gender expression.

Link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/599480614/silicone-stp-packer-sam?ref=shop_home_feat_5&frs=1

Personal Urination Device (PUD)

The pStyle is a plastic device that allows women, nonbinary folks, and trans men to pee standing up without undressing. It is a simple design that works exceptionally well. Because it is made of rigid plastic, the pStyle is easily maneuvered through clothing and properly positioned. The rounded back edge is used to wipe with so there are no drips! The pStyle can be cleaned with soap and water, wet wipes, or shaken vigorously and washed at the next convenient time. It is also dishwasher safe.

Link: https://www.thepstyle.com/pstyle-stand-to-pee-personal-urination-device-for-women-non-binary-and-trans-men/?sku=PTQ&gclid=CjwKCAjwm7mEBhBsEiwA_of-TBdO78w3nFapHQbEQD5qhcIuicvKawyrPsstFCTON6qpksj5HTe5UBoCeqwQAvD_BwE

Rodeoh is a vendor that sells underwear specifically to be worn with packers. Prices range from $25 to $100.

In 2012, we started RodeoH to disrupt the outdated and uncomfortable “buckles and straps” harness models on the market. Empowered by our community, our original underwear harness line set us apart by bringing you quality, minimalist designs at radically fair prices. Through social media we were inspired to keep going. To continue this journey, together. Our designs embody our shared passion to experiencing a closer connection with ourselves, and with each other. Above all else, we create with a single dream – to inspire you to live life on your own terms.

Link: https://rodeoh.com/

No leaks, no mess, no worries. First Line is here to keep you dry and on the go (or on the couch).

With built-in leak protection for light days and incontinence, you’ll be able to rest, move, and breathe easy. Our trunks feature a floating gusset that can fit a pad with wings for some extra coverage when you need it. And hey — they’re antibacterial and odor-repellent, all while looking and feeling just like your favorite Tomboys.  Plus, the outside fabric is also leak resistant for even more protection.

Link: https://tomboyx.com/products/9boxerfl-plumrb?variant=32712295317585 

Gender Expression & Play: Binders, gaffs, inserts, STP

We’re an education-oriented sex shop and bookstore with something for everyone. Anyone who’s turned off by traditional sex shops will find us a welcoming and informative place to get cool and sexy stuff.

Link: https://venusenvy.ca/

Article from Folx Health;

https://folxhealth.com/library/how-to-maximize-bottom-growth-on-or-off-testosterone-hrt

Trans Masc Pump;

https://newyorktoycollective.com/product/trans-masc-pump/

Here is an article discussing some of the best packers and STPs currently on the market.

Interested in packing, but don’t know where to start? Or maybe you’ve been packing for a while and want to invest in something more realistic? If you want to learn about the best FTM packers out there, you’ve come to the right place.

Link: https://transguysupply.com/blogs/news/top-packers-for-beginners

Ash Hardell (any pronoun), a nonbinary masc trans activist, describes how to make a DIY packer using nylons and discusses commercially available packing and STP products.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PRAx7SuNgk&t=250s

For more in-depth reading about binding, you can read the results of the Binding Health Project Results.

Link: https://queerdoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Binding-Health-Project-Results.pdf

FTM International Leaders focus on Strong Rights, human rights, multiple oppressions, immigrant rights and anti-oppression work with all our members, families, friends, allies, donors, volunteers, chapter members and leaders.

Link: http://www.ftmi.org/ 

This Guide is intended to provide information on topics of interest to female-to-male (FTM, F2M) trans men, and their friends and loved ones. Non-trans men have also found the pages on men’s grooming and clothing to be helpful. Transgender, cisgender, intersex, non-binary, genderqueer, questioning, and “just plain folks” are all welcome.

Link: http://www.ftmguide.org/ 

This is a resource page dedicated to explaining different tools for gender expression.

QueerDoc wants you to feel great as YOU. Certain products help achieve specific gender expressions. GenderGear has great educational information regarding different tools for gender expression. To be clear, QueerDoc believes there is no one way to be trans or non-binary, no one way to be a woman or a man, no one way to present in our bodies or in our gender. We just want you to have access to whatever resources you need to support your own unique gender expression and presentation!

Link: https://queerdoc.com/resources/gender-expression/

Original Plumbing magazine was born in San Francisco in 2009 and expanded to include apparel and events for the trans masculine community and beyond.

Link: https://originalplumbing.bigcartel.com/ 

Pros and cons of a variety of STPs, packers and packing gear from DIY solutions to commercially available models, and links to vendors. Prices range from $10 to more than $100.

For a lot of trans guys being able to stand to pee (STP) is an important rite of passage that can help relieve some of the emotional and physical discomfort of being trans. Adopting this socialized male behavior can be liberating, alleviating anxiety around bathrooms, and make one feel more whole and complete.

Link: https://transguys.com/features/stp

TransGuys is the Internet’s Magazine for Trans Men. Launched in February 2009, TransGuys.com has garnered a loyal readership with in-depth and often groundbreaking articles and consumer reviews. TransGuys.com’s focus on providing practical information has helped make it one of the top online destinations for trans men from around the world.

Link: https://transguys.com/