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Frank ColosimoApr 04No Comments

Meet Tony: Director of “I Am the T: A Trans Documentary”

We asked one of our m.bassadors Tony what it means to have an ‘ideal body’ in queer culture, and other questions about popular representation. What does the ‘ideal body’ look like in queer culture? I think that in queer culture,...

Meet Liam, Our Newest m.bassador

Frank ColosimoFeb 12No Comments

Meet Liam, Our Newest m.bassador

We asked one of our m.bassadors Liam what it means to have an ‘ideal body’ in queer culture, and other questions about popular representation. Q. What does the ‘ideal body’ look like in queer culture? A. I think it can vary in...

4 Things to Know About Eating Disorders

Frank ColosimoFeb 01No Comments

4 Things to Know About Eating Disorders

The first week of February is National Eating Disorder Awareness week—a time to address a growing crisis in North America, and reduce the stigma and shame around a spectrum of eating disorders. m.Bodiment recognizes the prevalence of eating disorder...

Watch Omega Access for a Beautiful Lesson in Self-Defined Masculinity

Identity, Movember

Frank ColosimoJan 151 Comment

Identity, Movember

Watch Omega Access for a Beautiful Lesson in Self-Defined Masculinity

As our m.bodiment project continues to emphasize, masculinity is not the rigid norm that it is modelled out to be. We see this in each of our m.bassadors, and in the stories they’ve told in their profiles and in our video series. Fellow Movember...

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 5: Various men take part in a photo shoot aimed at showing that men can suffer from body image issues in New York on Wednesday August 5, 2015. (Photo by Damon Dahlen, Huffington Post) *** Local Caption ***

HuffPo Photographs 19 Topless Men to Combat Men’s Body Insecurity

Frank ColosimoDec 11No Comments

HuffPo Photographs 19 Topless Men to Combat Men’s Body Insecurity

Guided by similar themes as our own project here at m.bodiment, Huffington Post recently photographed 19 men of various size, shape, race, and age with their shirts off in the name of combatting men’s body insecurity. “The fruitless quest...

“Hot By Any Standard”: Sex and Dating for Self-Identified Gay Little People

Frank ColosimoDec 04No Comments

“Hot By Any Standard”: Sex and Dating for Self-Identified Gay Little People

This week Gawker profiled two self-identified gay little people living in New York, shedding light on the unique body politics of being gay and having a physical disability that has “more of a chance of being laughed at than any other disability.”...

Preference or Racism? Watch Gay guys react to race preferences in Grindr profiles

Identity, Race

Frank ColosimoNov 27No Comments

Identity, Race

Preference or Racism? Watch Gay guys react to race preferences in Grindr profiles

If you think “Vanilla or Spice, no chocolate nor rice” crosses the line from playful taste-labelling to racist discrimination, then you’ll probably agree with the five gay men who comment on similar such racist Grindr profile disclaimers in the...

We Pay Respect on Transgender Day of Remembrance

Frank ColosimoNov 20No Comments

We Pay Respect on Transgender Day of Remembrance

November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day where we remember those who have suffered and died as a result of transphobic violence. We also want to think about those who continue to suffer and experience violence and harassment. it is our...

Eating Disorder an Unchecked Crisis for GBTQ Men