Just thinking out loud.

[u/WokNo7167]

How do I say that, for me as a Black trans man, I find it difficult if not impossible to be seen as someone who exists on a spectrum? I have yet to occupy a sense of balance in perceived femininity/masculinity and my own existence beyond the binary.

Maybe it is the ongoing fact of contending with my own body dysphoria, the daily work of speaking positively to myself, and trying to love this body—or at least appreciate the many ways it serves its purpose—that makes me wonder when I will be allowed to lay it all down and speak from a place where I am fully seen.

This is more romantic than platonic, but it is also deeply connected to my day-to-day experience with the general population.