But don’t get me wrong; I’m not giving up; I’m very much she/her, but that’s more in a sense of “I’m just not gonna dress like the women around me, I got my own style to maintain,” and that style simultaneously filters out most cis folk, and gives queers something to compliment, an easy in to start talking with me.
With a look like that, you strike me as the last person to give up tbh.
Whatever the case, I appreciate people with the… whatever it is to express themselves like you - even if I’m a vanilla cishet black T and jeans everyday kinda guy - selfishly, the fact that you are who you are and do what you do gives me hope that we’re (painfully slowly) creeping forward toward better things as a society… the kind of nonsense you endure notwithstanding.
But don’t get me wrong; I’m not giving up; I’m very much she/her, but that’s more in a sense of “I’m just not gonna dress like the women around me, I got my own style to maintain,” and that style simultaneously filters out most cis folk, and gives queers something to compliment, an easy in to start talking with me.
Self-selection at work!
With a look like that, you strike me as the last person to give up tbh.
Whatever the case, I appreciate people with the… whatever it is to express themselves like you - even if I’m a vanilla cishet black T and jeans everyday kinda guy - selfishly, the fact that you are who you are and do what you do gives me hope that we’re (painfully slowly) creeping forward toward better things as a society… the kind of nonsense you endure notwithstanding.
Don’t change for anyone - you seem rad as-is.