NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Aydian Dowling could help redefine masculinity this year if he becomes the first transgender man to appear on the cover of a leading men's health and fitness magazine.
Dowling, 27, who lives in Eugene, Oregon, is the favorite candidate in a Men's Health magazine contest seeking to crown a man who embodies the publication's ideals of fitness and healthy living.
The winner will be featured on the cover of the U.S. fitness magazine in November and Dowling, with more than 70,000 votes, is in the quarter finals, hoping to win the judges' vote.