Thomas Page McBee
Thomas Page McBee’s Amateur was shortlisted for the Baillie-Gifford Prize and the Wellcome Book Prize, named a best book of the year by many publications, and translated into multiple languages. In the course of reporting the book, Thomas became the first transgender man to ever fight in Madison Square Garden. His essays and reportage appear in the New York Times, Atlantic, GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair and many other outlets. He is also a television writer/producer, and his recent work architecting the transition story for Elliot Page’s character on The Umbrella Academy was nominated for a GLAAD award. He lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and dogs.
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Thomas Page McBee talked to The Observer on his new book Amateur, covering transitioning, sexuality and the fight organised by Haymakers for Hope that altered his life.
Aaron Hicklin
The Observer
“I was a man, that much was clear. But, years after I became one, I still wondered what, exactly, that meant.”
Thomas Page McBee, author of Amateur, was the first transgender man ever to box at Madison Square Garden. This is the story of how that happened.
