What Learning to Box Taught a Trans Author About Masculinity

After Thomas Page McBee’s transition, men kept trying to fight him, and he didn’t know why. When a particularly aggressive man confronted him outside his apartment in 2014, he decided he needed an answer to a burning question: what causes men to fight? Working with what he calls a “beginner’s mind," McBee headed to the place men willingly go to get punched: the boxing ring. In his new book [tempo-ecommerce src="https://www.amazon.