Two-dad family telling authentic stories
Trystan Reese
Content featuring @jcrtny
“Who will ever love you?”
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In so many ways, I was told that I was unworthy of love. And you do stupid things when you believe you are not worthy of love. I dated many people who were mean to me. Who wouldn’t be seen in public with me. Who were abusive towards me. I dated even more who were simply not in good working order, and I took too long to end things because I always thought that maybe, imperfect though they were, that person might be my last chance at love.
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Once I got a message from someone on a dating platform. I asked him why he thought I should go out with him, and he said, “I’m willing to go out with you.” As if I should be grateful for whatever I got and had no right to ask my own questions about what I might want out of a relationship.
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Sometimes I wonder why the existence of my family elicits such a strong negative response in others. And I can’t help but remember those people who had so much to gain by keeping me small, begging for their scraps. Small people have much to gain when their conquests are also small. How dare I ask for more? How dare we, as queer people, ask for more? How dare we ask for more than tacit acceptance? How dare we ask for equality, equity, and even liberation from our culture’s ideas about what all men, women, and others can access? Our story shows that the limitations that have been set on us, about gender and masculinity and parenthood and even trans identity, are made up. They’re not real! Men can create life. Trans people can build families. Everyone is worthy of love, and when we find it, nothing is taken away from other people.
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Our liberation brings freedom for everyone, which may mean that some people lose power. But if your power depends upon other humans remaining small... maybe it was too fragile to survive in the first place.
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Happy pride, everyone. 🌈 ❤️ 😊
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