“Some people seem so confident in reclaiming everything that’s ever been thrown at them.” Kieran shrugs, a little uncomfortable when he thinks about some of the things he’s had to reclaim. Like having a voice that most people associate with mean cheerleaders in high school, not bitchy trans boys who ditched the cheering but kept the persona. Like his long hair, which he loves, but which does a great job of convincing strangers that he’s a girl. Like having a roster of experiences that mean he’ll never relate to guys—most guys—in the way he relates to girls, and having to wonder if that means
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