TELEVISION APPEARANCES
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“Man Made” resists the urge to turn the bodybuilders’ stories into narratives of… self-actualization; instead, it offers a testament to individual moments of joy—transformative in themselves.”
“The film is, at its core, a project of empathy and compassion – and a statement.”
“I can’t tell you how many times we’ve heard, ‘Oh, we already have a trans show in development,’ ” Cooper says. “There’s room for only one, which is heartbreaking.”
RADIO APPEARANCES
The “prism of identity” in Man Made.
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T Cooper talks to Scott Turner Schofield about Man Made.
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Trans families, the YA series Changers, and authentic storytelling.
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The Beaufort Diaries on The Writers’ Block
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Transgender athletes and the Trans FitCon bodybuilding competition in Atlanta.
Man Made on Trans Day of Remembrance.
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MORE PRESS
An interview with T Cooper on trans-made stories.
Saeed Jones on the hard work of Real Man Adventures.
T Cooper and Téa Leoni talk Man Made.
Review of Man Made.
Fluid identities in YA storytelling in Changers.
The PEN Ten interview.
Trans writers in Hollywood.
Portrait of a Young Novelist
T Cooper and EP Téa Leoni on Man Made's festival debut.
T Cooper and Sigrid Nunez talk Marshall Mathers, Charles Manson, and Schopenhauer.
The Man Club.
Interview from The Beaufort Diaries premiere at SXSW