3rd annual FTM COMPETITION Hosted by Murray Hill transmen compete for the title with and unbelievably diverse line-up!
Queer jock gym teacher * Cat obsessed social worker * Trans taxidermist * YouTube sensation *
Butch sissy tenderqueer • various pro-nouns!!
THURSDAY, DEC. 5th at 8pm
The Knitting Factory Brooklyn
Tickets: $15.00 adv / $18.00 dos
Nightlife impresario and gender-bending entertainment legend MURRAY HILL and trans culture magazine ORIGNIAL PLUMBING presents and hosts the 3rd annual MR. TRANSMAN 2013 FTM (female-to-male) competition at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. 2011 was the 2nd MR. TRANSMAN, while 2010 marked the first documented FTM competition in NY and possibly the world. Not only was this competition a historic nightlife event, it has been an unabashed sold-out success that created a media-storm and drew an incredibly diverse audience.
This year, we’ve curated some incredible trans talent such as: ATHENS BOYS CHOIR, the “Jewish Transsexual Weird Al” word artist and homo-hop performer; JULIANA HUXTABLE, artist in the collective House of Ladosha and nightlife trans priestess; MERRIE CHERRY, Drag Superstar, KIT YAN, winner of the first ever Mr. Transman; GLENN MARLA, performance artist pageant queen, plus TEDDIE B GLAZE, the reigning MR. TRANSMAN who will pass off his sash to the 2013 winner.
The evening will feature a competition of five diverse transmen contestants from the local community who will compete for the MR. TRANSMAN 2013 title in the following categories: PLATFORM, SWIMSUIT, INTERVIEW, TALENT, and EVENING WEAR. They will be judged by a panel of celebrated trans and queer personalities. The winner will receive a cash prize, a photo spread in ORIGINAL PLUMBING (the premier magazine dedicated to the culture of FTM trans guys, sex toys from Good Vibrations, Stoli gift bag, and an enormous Trophy custom made in Queens.
After several years producing the infamous MISS LEZ PAGEANT and with the growing spectrum of gender expression, Murray wanted to create an inclusive trans -focused evening of entertainment to create a positive space and raise the visibility of this slice of the queer community.
* INTRODUCING THE CONTESTANTS:
JESSE B – Queer youth fitness instructor and occasional house boy!
WINTER LAIKE – Self-proclaimed butch sissy tenderqueer, writer, baker, animal meme-maker!
ADYIAN “THE LION” DOWLING – YouTube sensation, owner of Stealth clothing line “Point5cc.”
JUDE – Social worker in slacks by day, cat nudist by night!
BRANT – A butcher, taxidermist AND an amateur doctor!
ESTEEMED GENDER QUEER JUDGES:
MICHAEL MUSTO, a judge of all judges and columnist for OUT magazine; JULIANA HUXTABLE, artist in the House of Ladosha collective and nightlife trans priestess; MERRIE CHERRY, Bushwick Drag Superstar and creator of Bushwig, KIT YAN, winner of the first ever Mr. Transman; GLENN MARLA, downtown performance artist and pageant queen, CASEY LEGLER, the first woman to be signed to the men’s board at Ford models, and WORLD FAMOUS BOB, burlesque legend F to F superstar!
MORE ENTERTAINMENT:
ATHENS BOY CHOIR- Harvey Katz, the solo member of this multimedia word-centric experience, speaking “the good word”; throws down hard-hitting spoken word poetry and homo-hop to eager queers and allies everywhere. His heart-on-the-sleeve linguistic exploration is matched by his enthusiastic, potent performances!
THE DETAILS:
What: MURRAY HILL’S 3RD ANNUAL MR. TRANSMAN 2013 competition
When: TURSDAY, DEC. 5, 8:30PM pm, doors at 7:00PM
Where: Knitting Factory – Brooklyn, 361 Metropolitan Avenue (at Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY 11211
Cost: $15 Advance / $18 at the door
PRODUCED AND HOSTED BY: MURRAY HILL
CO-PRODUCED BY: ORIGINAL PLUMBING
SPONSORED BY : STOLI
PARTNERS:
ORIGINAL PLUMBING (originalplumbing.com) is an award-winning magazine on trans male culture launched in 2009 by Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos. Original Plumbing has since expanded beyond the print magazine to an online community that features writers and experiences from across the trans male, trans female and non-binary trans spectrum, and is a cultural movement that produces global events and apparel for trans people.
MURRAY HILL (mistershowbiz.com) is an entertainer, comedian, and m.c. He hosts the MTV (other) series “Showbiz,” was a correspondent on the Channel 4 (UK) series “That’s Showbiz with Murray Hill,” and has appeared on television in “Bored to Death” and “Taxi Cab Confessions.”
He has produced and starred in the live comedy series “The Murray Hill Show” and “Murray Little Christmas.” He recently toured the country with Dita Von Teese, and has hosted burlesque shows in London, Venice, and Montreal. He was named in New York Magazine’s list of “Top Fifty Gender-Bending Icons Of All Time.”