My research question is: How do Brazilian activists and organizers in São Paulo and Campinas take up, ignore or reject gender concepts from North America. I am specifically interested in the terms “homem trans” (transman), “tansmasculinidade” (transmasculinity) and “cuir” (queer). Many have discussed what happens to queer theory when it travels,. Missing from these discussions are transmen and understandings of the everyday. The absence of transmasculinities is systematic and relevant to transmen’s lives. The city of São Paulo’s Projeto Reinserção Social Transcidadania is designed to help transgendered people enter the legalized work force. Of more than 100 beneficiaries on their website, not ten have male names. IBRAT fought back in 2015 by organizing the “First National Meeting of Transmen” under the theme “From Invisibility to Resistance.” These recent developments and debates speak to my research questions’ relevance for many Brazilians at this moment.