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Amos Mac
Born
Augusta, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materThe New School
Known forPhotographer, writer, and publisher
Notable work"Original Plumbing"
Websitehttps://www.amosmac.com/

Amos Mac (born 1981)[citation needed] is an American writer, photographer and a publisher from Augusta, Georgia. Mac is based in Los Angeles as a writer for television and film .[1]

Early life

He grew up in Philadelphia, PA.[2]

Original Plumbing

As a trans man, he co-founded and became editor in chief of Original Plumbing,[3] a magazine that focuses on the culture of female-to-male trans men and sexuality.[4] Mac chose Original Plumbing's title as a playful take on the obsession the media has with the genitalia of trans people.[5] To express and explore his culture of being a trans man in the United States, he and his friend Rocco Kayiatos started the magazine Original Plumbing in 2009 while they were both living in San Francisco.[6]

Photography and other notable work

As a visual artist, Mac's photography have appeared in The New York Times, Vogue Italia, BUTT Magazine, and OUT.

In 2011, he went on a national tour with feminist art group Sister Spit where he showcased photographs, read his writing and spoke candidly about trans representation in the media.[7]

In 2015 Amos Mac photographed a campaign for H&M's sister brand, & Other Stories, which became the first fashion campaign created by an all-transgender cast and crew.[8] The campaign featured models Hari Nef and Valentijn De Hingh.[9]

In June 2016, it was announced that Mac would be featured in The Trans List[10] an HBO documentary film produced by Janet Mock along with director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Mock also interviews the cast, which features ten prominent transgender figures besides Mac: Laverne Cox, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Buck Angel, Kylar Broadus, Caroline Cossey, Shane Ortega, Alok Vaid-Menon, Nicole Maines, Bamby Salcedo and Caitlyn Jenner.

In The Trans List, Mac describes his life before transitioning genders. "I really don't know why I was waiting for so long," Mac says. "It seemed like it was no longer an option for my sanity or for my health. I had to stop spending so much time trying to cover up my emotions and my problems, and I had to deal with myself."[11]

Amos Mac sat for photographer Mark Seliger for his 2016 book of photographs On Christopher Street: Transgender Stories.[12]

In 2018, after being named a Lambda Literary Writers' Retreat Fellow for Emerging LGBT Voices,[13] it was announced that Amos Mac was writing a young adult novel.

Film and television

Mac currently works in Los Angeles, California on television shows and films. It was announced in October 2019 that Amos would be a writer for the Gossip Girl reboot for HBO Max.[14]

With Aisling Chin-Yee, Mac co-wrote No Ordinary Man, a Canadian documentary that premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[15] The film is a portrait of Billy Tipton, the influential jazz musician who was revealed after his death to have been transgender.[16]

References

  1. ^ Mac, Amos. "Amos Mac Official".
  2. ^ Sharkey, M (2015-07-24). "Amos Mac: Trans Heartthrob". OUT Magazine. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  3. ^ Trebay, Guy (2010-08-11). "Original Plumbing Magazine Finds Its Audience". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  4. ^ "Original Plumbing official website".
  5. ^ Teeman, Tim (2016-12-03). "The Truth About Being Trans: Caitlyn Jenner and Others Open Up in HBO's 'The Trans List'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  6. ^ Jones, Laneia (2010-02-20). "Trans Photographer Amos Mac: The Autostraddle Interview". Autostraddle. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  7. ^ "Sister Spit readies their new spring tour - AfterEllen". AfterEllen. 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  8. ^ Garcia, Patricia (2015-08-14). "The Transgender Gaze in the New & Other Stories Campaign". Vogue. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  9. ^ Peoples, Landon (2015-08-14). "& Other Stories' Transgender Fashion Campaign Is A Major First". Refinery29. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  10. ^ Rooney, David (2016-06-22). "'The Trans List': Provincetown Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  11. ^ Zurawik, David. "HBO's 'The Trans List' a powerful, personal exploration of transgender identity". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  12. ^ "On Christopher Street: Transgender Stories". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  13. ^ Gentes, Brian (2018-09-06). "Introducing Lambda Literary's 2018 Emerging Writers Retreat Fellows". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  14. ^ Mac, Amos (2019-10-01). "HEY UPPER EAST SIDERS – Excited to announce I'm a writer for the new GOSSIP GIRL series, truly honored to bring all the hot goss on the Manhattan elite to your viewing-screen-machines soon! XOXO..." @theamosmac. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  15. ^ "No Ordinary Man". TIFF. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  16. ^ Tallerico, Brian. "TIFF 2020: No Ordinary Man, MLK/FBI, The Boy from Medellin | Festivals & Awards". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
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