For people who identify as transgender or gender-nonconforming and were assigned female at birth, binding can be essential to appearing more masculine — or simply feeling more comfortable in their own ...

Chest binding, or wearing anything to flatten the chest in order to appear masculine or androgynous, is one of many ways that transmasculine and nonbinary people can affirm their gender identity and ...

Bella Ramsey says she wore a chest binder 90% of the time while filming 'The Last of Us.' Some trans and nonbinary people bind to appear more typically masculine or androgynous. If not worn properly, ...

Frances Reed became an expert in healthy chest binding practices so no one else would have to endure what they did to feel like themselves. The following is an excerpt from “Healthy Chest Binding for ...

Chest binding (also known as breast binding) is designed to minimize the appearance of a person’s breasts and create the appearance of a flatter chest. Binding is used by transgender, non-binary, and ...

Binding your chest can be a way to manage gender dysphoria, feel more comfortable in your skin, or stay safer in an increasingly transphobic world. For those unfamiliar, binding refers to flattening ...