Thank you so much for sharing all this insight! Your story is beautifully written and beautifully conceptualized.

One of the things I love about editing for Prism & Pen is learning about people who are different from me. As a cisgender gay man who sometimes (especially as a child) struggled with stigmatization for GNC behavior, I'm fascinated with the spectrum of the human condition. Some of my life experiences are very similar to yours, but others are very much not similar.

I love reading about other queer people and how they experience and navigate life.

Thank you!