Well, like many cis gay men, I've never felt overly secure in my masculine gender presentation, and I did go to some extreme lengths to "prove" myself. Like joining the Marine Corps and crawling under barbed wire with live rounds racing over my head. Lol

And when I used to help my dad out on weekends with his contracting work, I'd strut around Lowe's buying masonry supplies like nobody's business. 🤣

I mean, I hate to say this, but sometimes I literally thought to myself, "who's the fa**got now?" as I paid for cartloads of stuff at the contractors window.