MEET SHAWN STINSON…
Once a soldier in the Prime Marine Corps from 1998 – 2005, Shawn Stinson is a 35 year old transgender male who is originally from Peoria, IL but resides in Atlanta, GA. He is a personal trainer and health fitness coach and, in 2014, he won the 1st annual FTM Body Building Competition.
For Shawn, being transgender means being yourself and living exactly how you feel inside and out.
His contribution to the transgender community, according to him, “grew on accident”. According to him, he “transitioned without knowing he was transitioning”. In 2008, after feeling weird and knowing something wasn’t right and still being unaware of what a transman was, he went to a surgeon who had never done FTM Top surgery before and said, “This is what I want. I have the money. Just do it.” Then in 2010, while watching a special on TV about a transgender man, he realized that he was not the only one. It was at that point, he came to understand and was able to put a name to what he was, a transgender man. Once he realized this, he began medically transitioning by starting hormone therapy.
Currently, Stinson’s number one focus is training for the 2nd Annual FTM Body Building Competition, taking place in October 2015 in Atlanta, GA. The event will be the first of its kind to take place in Atlanta. He is trying to maintain his title. Stinson also has his Free Fit Camp for anyone who lives in or is visiting the Atlanta, GA area.
When asked what he would say to his cisgender counterparts if given the opportunity, he responded, “We’re all the same. At the end of the day, everyone has something, whether you make it public or not, that people shun you for in your life. It could be that you had sex before marriage, married outside of your race… The list goes on and on and on. So be considerate of things that other people are going through. We’re no different than anybody else. We’re all the same. We’re human beings. It’s all about respect. That’s all we want at the end of the day – equality, right? To sum it up, try to put yourself in other people’s shoes. Think about struggles or whatever that you’ve gone through and compare.”
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20 Comments
pete
July 17, 06:02did he do gender reassignment surgery?
Pink Panther
July 17, 06:09Very impressive one, it would seem. He looks gorgeous.
kacee
July 17, 08:09PP that’s not the word for him he looks yummy*faints in his arms*
shuga chocolata
July 17, 06:08All I see is BOOBS!!!!!
Masked Man
July 17, 07:52Biko, I don’t understand one thing.
Was he a female before?
A transman, was once a lady, yes?
A transwoman was once a dude, yes?
What is Caitlyn? A transwoman or a transman.
Pink Panther
July 17, 08:04Caitlyn Jenner is a trans woman.
Shawn Stinson is a trans man.
Got it now?
Masked Man
July 17, 08:27Yes dear,
I’m trying to imagine some things.
Peak
July 17, 08:07Transwoman
Peak
July 17, 08:02This brother is foine. Is it me or do people kick up less dust when a woman transitions into man compared to when a man transitions into woman? Or should we just say dust is dust?
Francis
July 18, 09:31@Peak you are so right about that. The comments on LIB dey there to back am up sef. There’s this phobia with men dumping their masculinity for femininity
kacee
July 17, 08:15Daummmmm his body is so hmmmmm, his arms are so hmmmmmmm, his chest is hmmmmm God i’m closer to heaven, and his face…it feels like he is looking into my soul. Hhhha *hides behind PP*
Diablo
July 17, 08:15This is alll very conflicting, cause this is a very attractive looking man, that i might consider shagging then i remember, oh he used to be a woman, and i’m like on second thought maybe not. This must be how straight guys feel abt transwomen lol.
I saw on a doc that gender reassignment surgery for female to male is much more complicated and still hasn’t been perfected. It’s much harder to create the glorious form of a penis( of course) than it is to carve a hole in the groin and call it a vagina. Most trans men end up not doing it, notably chaz bono.
Ps took me 15mins to type this, almost gave up. Patiently waiting for mobile version of site
kacee
July 17, 09:04U need to see the doc on gender reassignment
surgery for male to female, my Gawd slicing the guy D and sack was so…….. I don’t have the word to explain it, i wouldn’t wish that on any guy i know.
#TeamKizito
July 17, 08:23So he used to be a woman shey? :s
But he isn’t fine still..
Tobby
July 17, 09:06It’s hard to believe he was once female
Pink Panther
July 17, 16:52Aswear! He looks incredibly buff.
bobby
July 17, 09:47Jisos lord..as long as he got the d and ass am in o..anytime anywhere.
Sinnex
July 17, 10:23Oh my! This is one fine brotha…
Django
July 17, 13:00This guy ehn, I’m just so unlucky to be this ugly jare… Some people are just toooooo beautiful to behold
Frankعnstein
July 18, 02:23And that’s how I fell In love….