So a thing that has always irked me as i’ve explored my gender in the trans masculine sense is when people discover I have a very strong preference in real life for women and joke “Oh so you’re straight now!” Or anything to that effect. It instantly loses that person points with me, it instantly makes me bristle. I hate it. Because my queerness has always been and always will be a defining aspect of who i am. Both in sexuality and gender. I never had a choice for it to be otherwise if i wanted to be true to myself where i grew up.
My queerness is something I have fought and cried for. A thing i have been followed through the night for with threats of violence at my back.
My love will always be queer, loving me and whoever i love will never be something I could ever call “straight”.
