I actually didn’t like this story and I can’t quite figure out why? I especially had a distaste for the main character and his portrayal because I don’t understand what was happening with him? Like the internalized transphobia was never quite addressed except for the other teen who was a huge asshole. Like I understand having internalized transphobia because I had it for years before I came out but just because I was struggling I still had to hold myself accountable for the beliefs I held. It seemed like his was just never addressed because “he’s not trans just a cross dresser” which is a shit reason sorry there’s a strong history of cross dressing and queer culture and maybe this rubbed me the wrong way because I’m use to transphobia in bls or transphobia within the cross dressing community in modern times but the subject of transphobia was not my favorite and I feel wasn’t completely appropriate to include into the story
I actually didn’t like this story and I can’t quite figure out why? I especially had a distaste for the main character and his portrayal because I don’t understand what was happening with him? Like the internalized transphobia was never quite addressed except for the other teen who was a huge asshole. Like I understand having internalized transphobia because I had it for years before I came out but just because I was struggling I still had to hold myself accountable for the beliefs I held. It seemed like his was just never addressed because “he’s not trans just a cross dresser” which is a shit reason sorry there’s a strong history of cross dressing and queer culture and maybe this rubbed me the wrong way because I’m use to transphobia in bls or transphobia within the cross dressing community in modern times but the subject of transphobia was not my favorite and I feel wasn’t completely appropriate to include into the story