I’m Proud of You
Life is all the sweeter for the core of you
Where do I fit?
As a teenager on the internet, I was often mistaken for female. “No, I’m a boy / a man / a male,” I protested without thought. I had learned - from parents, family, friends - that femininity was a bad thing. Yet I still flirted with it. Was I bad? The role I was assigned at birth never fit me like it did other boys. At that age, I didn’t have the terminology to explain why it felt wrong when my father proudly called me a young man.
Advocating for Change
As many of us know, identifying as gender and/or sexuality diverse has, and always will be, associated with a wide variety of issues that must be addressed in order for us to live as our authentic selves.
Divine Dyke
There’s an unspoken code they are breaking, when men hit me up, co-workers, friends of friends. When they suggest my body should rub on theirs, when they proffer their lips, when they corner me in the breakroom.
