Эйдиан Даулинг — первый трансгендер на обложке Men’s Health

Впервые в истории на обложке журнала Men’s Health появился мужчина-трансгендер. Однако лишь половина его тела и лишь в специальном коллекционном издании.

Ранее в этом году журнал заявил, что его ежегодный конкурс Ulti­mate Men’s Health Guy, победитель которого публикуется на обложке, будет открыт для «всех мужчин».

Эйдиан Даулинг, 27-летний трансгендер и энтузиаст фитнеса и здорового образа жизни, выиграл голосование среди читателей онлайн, получив 72 672 голоса. Однако издатели решили выбрать общего победителя, и им стал пожарный из Кентукки Тим Бонифейс, который и появился на стандартной обложке журнала.

На специальной обложке у Даулинга утешительный приз — слева видно половину его тела. Бонифейс и два других победителя включены целиком. «Цветной» победитель, учитель Омари Грей, отрезан с правой стороны. Сам трансгендер не считает, что их отрезали сознательно. 

Внутри журнала есть целый разворот с Даулингом, есть там и его фотография с женой. 

(Всего 20 фото + 4 видео)

Фото: Insta­gram

Spot­ted this late last night with @readingsbyjenilee ! It real­ly hit me like «Whoa! You’re on @menshealthmag Bro!» Haha! WE DID IT!! Final­ly some Trans­male rep­re­sen­ta­tion!! Let’s keep it rolling!! Btw- this SCE will be avail­able in the five states the guys live in (Ken­tucky, Vir­ginia, Col­orado, Ore­gon, and Mary­land) oth­er­wise you can buy em online! Shop.menshealth.com #giveusavoice #weare­men #trans­man #ftm #trans­gen­der #lgbt #aydiandowl­ing #mhguy­con­test #feel­likeaw­in­ner #wedid­it #tran­sis­beau­ti­ful

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Окт 17 2015 в 9:42 PDT

“Life is chal­leng­ing. Find ways in which you can begin to give more of your­self, ways in which you can begin to help oth­ers. Help some­body and help your­self because what you give is what you get.” – Les Brown @lesbrownspeaks I have got­ten so much love these last 24 hours it would be impos­si­ble for me to not feel hum­bled and grate­ful for the worlds sup­port. Life gives you chal­lenges and it is how you han­dle those chal­lenges that make you who you are. There are no losers here- only win­ners. We all won for our com­mu­ni­ties and we all are more deter­mined and empow­ered then every before! #les­brown #tran­sis­beau­ti­ful #weare­men #mhguy­con­test #broth­er­hood #ftm #lgbt #transpride #trans­gen­der #aydiandowl­ing #les­brown

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Окт 13 2015 в 8:55 PDT

Get­ting to vis­it my fam­i­ly in New York this week! My broth­er @hiding.fr0m.stud3nts and I got in a nice work­out today! Miss train­ing with him dai­ly #broth­ers #putin­werk #ftm #trans #trans­fam­i­ly #aydiandowl­ing

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Окт 8 2015 в 7:06 PDT

You only have one life and every­day goes by faster then the last. I have this the­o­ry that every­day, since you were born, goes by quick­er then the day before. When you are first born a day feels like a week. As you grow every­day feels a few min­utes faster – until you are much old­er and you feel like ten years ago was yes­ter­day. Don’t waste a minute. Don’t waste a day. Get up- Get out- And LIVE YOUR DREAM! #believeiny­our­dreams #believeiny­our­self #ify­oudon­t­why­woul­dothers #liveau­then­tic #livey­our­dreams #putin­werk #ftm #aydiandowl­ing #trans

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Окт 7 2015 в 7:38 PDT

Just in time for Fall @point5cc got ALL our bean­ies back in stock! Includ­ing this new gem! ☺️ #alions­fears #youtube #ftm #point5cc #trans­man #transpride #aydiandowl­ing #beanie #keep­y­ournog­gin­warm

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Сен 3 2015 в 4:56 PDT

One of the Youth from yes­ter­day asked me about being Trans and dat­ing. They were very scared no one would under­stand them, or more impor­tant­ly love them. My wife @magickal_lens Jenilee has been with me since my 3^rd shot of hor­mones and we have grown in our rela­tion­ship as we both have grown into the humans we are today. It IS pos­si­ble to find love and be loved. I hear sto­ries all the time of Trans Love being spread between lov­ing indi­vid­u­als. Don’t set­tle for any­thing less then your own worth! #translove #sof­fa #aydiandowl­ing #lgbt #trans #ftm #tran­sy­outh

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Июл 30 2015 в 10:08 PDT

This post from @zxchdaddy means a lot to me. The strug­gle grow­ing up Trans and not hav­ing any sup­port sys­tems out there is why we have 41% of Trans Teens attempt­ing sui­cide each year- NOT includ­ing those who were suc­cess­ful at doing so. Be a role mod­el- Be a friend- Be a sup­port sys­tem for those in need. Love can spread like but­ter in the heat so let’s get to spreadin!! #Tran­sIs­Beau­ti­ful #aydiandowl­ing #ftm #pro­tect­tran­skids #youare­wor­thit #com­mu­ni­ty #lgbt #trans #mtf This is to address the image I was tagged in and repost­ed today «Pro­tect Trans Kids» – I respond­ed to a com­ment and I think this is my clear­est state­ment to sum up the intent of the image- «I agree that nudi­ty should not be geared towards chil­dren- I think this youth was more teenage then child. As a teenag­er who hat­ed his body to the point of try­ing to break my arms, legs, cut­ting, wrap­ping my hips, cov­er­ing myself in heavy black cloth­ing, nev­er enjoy­ing myself bc of my body image- I think this youth saw me stand­ing proud and found that inspi­ra­tional.» I can under­stand the points made about this image, and I respect those points enough to make a state­ment try­ing to clear up rather then defend this image. This teenag­er who post­ed it/made it has expressed how he found courage and pos­i­tiv­i­ty in this image and was hop­ing oth­ers would find it too.

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Июл 27 2015 в 11:22 PDT

It takes more courage then most to be told «you do not exist» – and KNOW that you DO exist. I exist. #Tran­sIs­Beau­ti­ful #hateisug­ly #ftm #mhguy­con­test #mhul­ti­mateguy #con­fi­den­cenot­cock­i­ness #pride #self­love #authen­tic­i­ty #aydiandowl­ing #trans #trans­man #translove

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Июл 22 2015 в 1:10 PDT

Har­vey Milk has been some­one who has showed me a lot of courage this year. Today is the LAST DAY to cast your vote on the @menshealthmag Guy Con­test, where we could land the FIRST EVER Trans­man on the cov­er! Please cast YOUR vote today by click­ing the link in my Bio! #ftm #trans #mtf #lgbt #female­toma­le #mhguy­con­test #aydiandowl­ing #har­veymilk @harveymilk #inspi­ra­tion

Видео опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Июл 6 2015 в 1:52 PDT

It’s Flex Fri­day!! Show em what you got! #ftm #lat­er­gram #doesthat­count #aydiandowl­ing #trans

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Июл 3 2015 в 2:56 PDT

«The secret of change is to focus all your ener­gy, not on fight­ing the old, but on build­ing the new.»-Socrates #ftm #female­toma­le #tran­si­tion #11mnthsont #5yrsont #tbt #throw­back­thurs­day #AydianDowl­ing #bhf @beefheadsfitness #trans #trans*

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Июн 25 2015 в 9:00 PDT

Last work­out before PTHC! Stoked to have spent it train­ing with my bud­dy @voorheesrobbie on his Birth­day! Hap­py Birh­day Rob!! #ftm #trans #fit­fam @barbellsandftms #gym­bud­dies #hap­py­birth­day

Видео опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Июн 2 2015 в 10:42 PDT

When you wake up all sinus headache con­gest­ed.…. Must.….Prep.…for.…Philly.….. #PTHC #sinus #headache #ugh #goget­ter #hus­tler #nev­er­stop #moti­va­tion #ineeda­long­nap

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Май 24 2015 в 10:59 PDT

PTHC is just around the block! Thanks to @djtailzfacezent for this graph­ic! Make sure you come down to the 12^th St Gym in Philly Fri­day June 5^th at 7am to get in a badass work­out with ME and Coach Shawn (FTM Fit­Con win­ner!)! Plan to work hard, push one anoth­er and of course make some new friends! Shawn will have tons of info on his coach­ing and I will have tons of @beefheadsfitness gear to sell!! Very excit­ed for this event- we gonna take over that gym!! All iden­ti­ties wel­come! Also- we will both be sign­ing our copies of @ftmmagazine dur­ing PTHC so make sure to grab BOTH your copies and come see us! #ftm #mtf #com­mu­ni­ty #putin­work #ftm­fit­con #pthc @point5cc @ftmmagazine #ftm­magazine #coachshawn

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Май 22 2015 в 9:39 PDT

«The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.» Rafi­ki So many ways to reflect on your past- I pre­fer the Rafi­ki method. #FTM #throw­back #TBT #ftmtbt #pret #female­toma­le #trans­form #learn­fromit #thep­ast #trans #trans­man #trans­male #aydiandowl­ing #alions­fears

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Апр 9 2015 в 6:32 PDT

There is NOTHING like a fresh cut! Whether you get it done or do it your­self!! #ftm #notabar­ber #tran­shair #cuty­ourown #mohawk #trans­man

Видео опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Мар 26 2015 в 2:24 PDT

Lots of ener­gies today!! #ftm #trans

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Мар 21 2015 в 11:50 PDT

I know it’s not win­ter but I love this beanie!!! I look way cool­er then I actu­al­ly am! Haha #ftm #trans #coolkid #iwish #point5cc @point5cc

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Мар 17 2015 в 6:21 PDT

THROW BACK!!! 2007 vs 2015 I had so much dark­ness in that lit­tle girl in the left pic­ture. Now I work dai­ly on fill­ing myself with #light. #nofil­ter #TBT #trans #ftm

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Мар 5 2015 в 6:54 PST

I’m dig­ging all the pho­tos from @ftmmagazine com­ing out! It’s cool to do a shoot and then see what came out of it! Lol it was a blast hon­est­ly! Order your sub­scrip­tion today! www.ftmmagazine.com #ftm­magazine #ftm #trans­man

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Фев 15 2015 в 2:37 PST

Super excit­ed for these new bean­ies!! Avail­able in this «Sin­gle Pan­el» style and the «Flip Up» Tra­di­tion­al beanie style!! This will def be a sta­ple in my win­ter out­fits!! @point5cc www.Point5cc.com #ftm #trans #tran­swag #point5cc

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Янв 19 2015 в 5:19 PST

We love our new state!! @magickal_lens

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Янв 12 2015 в 8:34 PST

Long days. Longer nights.

Фото опубликовано Aydi­an Dowl­ing (@alionsfear) Ноя 11 2014 в 8:20 PST

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