Cis-male here (please reserve your torches and pitchforks till the end), I just wanted to say that this was absolutely brilliant. Your talent for writing is incredible. I wish I had a little bit of that talent to properly be able to respond to this beautiful piece but sadly I do not. Hopefully it will suffice to say that your story impacted me deeply, and while I don’t pretend to understand what you’ve gone through and are going through, the window you’ve opened onto your life has given me a glimpse of something very genuine, which as I know you know is difficult to find these days. Your honesty is refreshing and unexpected, in a time where gender identity is wielded almost like a weapon, you give a fantastic insight from a side of this ever-changing landscape that people rarely see. You probably won’t see or remember this comment, but I registered an account on this website to write this so that if you do see it I want you to know that your work is incredible, and no matter what part of your identity the world attempts to rob you of, I hope that you continue to find some kind of peace in creating art with a keyboard. Lovely piece.