Originally from North Carolina, Soper told BuzzFeed News he was inspired to start the project after the passing of HB2 — a piece of legislation that impacted his life directly as a trans man.

"The law also publicized a surge of trans stories written from the cis gaze everywhere I looked," Soper said.

"With this project, we really wanted to find a way of having the trans community represent its self in its own words," Case added.

Soper and Case found participants mostly through social media — searching Twitter hashtags and chatting with trans-specific Facebook groups. Once an individual was confirmed, they were added to the trip's itinerary.