*thinking*

Not feeling safe in public is a big reason my fashion style is so plain

@vahnj @Ulfra_Wolfe That can be a hard feeling to fight. I've struggled with it most of my life. Sympathies.

@literorrery @Ulfra_Wolfe I'm even saying all this as a cis guy so I'm real sorry you struggle with this T_T

@Ulfra_Wolfe @vahnj Mark Twain's quotation about the child's toy and the king's crown seems appropriate here. Pain doesn't compare in any absolute sense; the scopes are too different, the meanings too vast. What matters is that you hurt, and you shouldn't hurt. I see your hurt, and I acknowledge both its existence and its wrongness. You shouldn't feel bad, or be made to feel bad, over wanting to dig up the garden and replant. You're allowed to be you.

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