(~) Symbolism & metaphors / Trans / Visible handicaps 

Imagine suffering a visible handicap, to be unable to exist without being tied to visible aids every day and how it is to always be looked at, to always be viewed as your sickness or handicap before being viewed as a person. Then imagine having something that adds to that, but which you could hide away to save yourself additional looks... would you?

Yes, this is a metaphor for being trans and passing. Symbolism is an important tool for me.

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