The Naked Truth: Jim Howley

Jim Howley, 33 Hilliard, Ohio Likes: heart, eyes Dislikes: "I love all of myself"

"Before I transitioned, my physical self was such a burden to me," says 33-year-old Jim Howley. "I tried to kill myself seven or eight times." In the seven years since Howley decided to live his life as a man, he's moved from Ohio to Los Angeles, fallen in love with a woman, and earned a little notoriety (thanks to his appearance on the Logo reality show Transamerican Love Story). One of eight men competing for Calpernia Addams's attention [see page TK], Howley's affable charm and good looks carried him through to the finals.