Thomas Page McBee is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his insightful writing on masculinity, violence, and gender. His debut memoir, "Man Alive," received the Lambda Literary Award and was named a best book of 2014 by NPR Books, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, and Publisher's Weekly. McBee's follow-up memoir, "Amateur," was published in 2018 to widespread acclaim, earning nominations for the UK's Baillie-Gifford nonfiction book prize and the Wellcome Book Prize. "Amateur" explores the connection between masculinity and violence through the lens of McBee's own experience learning how to box.
McBee's writing has been published in numerous prestigious publications, including the New York Times, Playboy, The Atlantic, and the Rumpus. He has also written columns for Pacific Standard, Condé Nast's Them, and Teen Vogue. In addition to his work as a writer, McBee has taught courses at the City University of New York's graduate school of journalism and served as an advisor for the Knight Foundation/West Virginia University journalism school reporting project, 100 Days in Appalachia. He is also a passionate advocate for diversity in media and speaks on the topic regularly.
In his personal life, McBee is married and has lived in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles. He is the first transgender man to ever fight in Madison Square Garden, and has been called a "masculinity expert" by VICE. McBee's work is known for its fresh and radical perspective on gender and culture, and he continues to be a prominent voice in the conversation around masculinity and violence.