Embodied

Embodied explores Samuel’s transgender experience of having a body in transition, anticipating a future body, while continuously being on this journey of self-discovery. 

This mini series was created after Samuel started his medical transition of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) of testosterone in April 2018. This work is a direct response to his previous comic books How to be a Gender Explorer, where Samuel was still waiting to start his medical transition, was unable to pursue “top surgery” and felt like his medical transition would never start. 

Embodied (Vessel, Elsewhere and Supplies) engages in a new dialogue about Samuel’s gender transition; using the metaphor of the space shuttle to represent the body itself as a vessel in transition, while also showing the intense amount of anticipation and preparation it can take to undergo gender affirmation procedures.