Femininity and masculinity co-exist, like two sides of the same coin.

Aubrey identifies as non-binary trans masculine. His preferred pronouns are he/him. He also readily accepts they/them. It took the first thirty-seven years of his life to find and embrace a suitable expression of his gender, and it’s still not set in stone. Aubrey received a life-saving gender-affirming double mastectomy in 2018, but has only recently begun testosterone hormone therapy to further his transition. He doesn’t think of himself as a man or woman. Instead Aubrey leaves room for both masculinity and femininity in himself, always allowing space for change. His work focuses on the politics and profundities of gender and sexuality with an emphasis on humor, humility, and mental health.

Aubrey has spent the last twenty odd years in New York City, but grew up on the great plains of South Dakota. In short, he’s an urbanized redneck. A virtuoso of labor, Aubrey has worked as a bike messenger, dog walker, housekeeper, mover, babysitter, dominatrix, and a bartender among many other jobs that firmly establish him among the proletariat. He proudly served in the Army National Guard as a medic while simultaneously working as a production assistant for film and television after being certified by the Made In New York Production Assistant Training Program.

He has written and performed spoken word, acted in plays, and appeared in short films.

Aubrey graduated in May 2021 with a bachelor of science in media studies from The New School, majoring in film production with minors in screenwriting and creative writing. During Aubrey’s time at The New School he produced a number of short films, and the pilot episode of Just Right!, a developing web series about a dating app for people with mental illness, was a finalist in the school’s spring 2019 Voice Over screenwriting competition. He also served as the non-fiction editor for 12th Street, an award winning undergraduate journal. Aubrey currently lives in New York City.