In an industry long dominated by hyper-masculinity and rigid gender norms, Trans Dudes Of LA, with their T Boy Wrestling US cross-country tour, have emerged as a bold, unapologetic alternative and avant-garde force reshaping the world of professional wrestling through a proudly trans-inclusive lens.

Wrestling entertainment, particularly via mainstream organisations like WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and AEW (All Elite Wrestling), has often leaned into exaggerated displays of machismo, frequently veiling homoerotic subtext beneath a surface of brute strength and performative aggression. Yet for years, these same spaces have marginalised or excluded LGBTQ+ talent and audiences, especially those who are trans or non-binary.

Enter T Boy Wrestling, a trailblazing event organised by Trans Dude of LA, which centres trans wrestlers and other types of queer artistry. In a scene where trans visibility is often met with hostility or tokenism, this promotion dares to offer something radically different—wrestling that is inclusive, subversive, and fiercely proud.

Trans Dudes of LA is a Los Angeles-based movement founded by Adam Bandrowski and Mich Miller. It hosts inclusive DIY events from hikes and art nights to, of course, the popular T Boy Wrestling, a political yet playful event featuring trans men wrestling one another in performance-driven matches.

T Boys of Wrestling was founded to create trans and queer inclusion whilst building community and increasing visibility. Alongside its focus on trans inclusion, it also works to blend camp camaraderie and activism into its punk-friendly delivery.

The organisation has continued to see rapid growth and expansion across multiple cities, and with this, it has found support across the United States, regularly packing out venues with enthusiastic audiences hungry for a form of wrestling that reflects their identities and challenges outdated conventions. The message is loud and clear: there is space in wrestling for everyone!  

T Boy Wrestling represents something both inspiring and urgently needed.

Underground wrestling scenes have produced many standout talents, and some have shown support to marginalised groups, but they, too, have often replicated the same old narratives that marginalise queer voices. T Boy Wrestling has the potential to show us what’s possible when trans and queer creators take the reins: not just visibility, but liberation.

This isn’t just wrestling with a rainbow flag, it’s wrestling reimagined. And in a world increasingly hostile to trans people’s existence, seeing them thrive in the middle of the squared circle is not only refreshing, it’s revolutionary.