“I know, but here’s what I learned in therapy. I found people who loved me and made me feel comfortable enough to be more feminine and softer, because I didn’t have to spend all my time defending who I was. They accepted me all dark and cranky and morose, so I could be softer with them because they didn’t tell me there was something wrong with me constantly. They didn’t see me not being all girly and pastel as a fucking crime. It freed me up to explore the parts of being a woman that I actually liked or was willing to try.”
