Exactly Like Myself

This is just how magic works, honestly.

Being in my thirties in a space with an overwhelming majority of Gen Z-ers has its drawbacks for sure, but I do have to say that it is incredibly heartening to see profiles of queers in their teens and early twenties with alternate pronouns. He/him butch dykes are incredible enough, but you’re a he/him butch dyke AND you’re 18 years old?? You’re the future. Did you know that? Do you know how powerful that is? Even if you change your mind along the way! Even if you’re not always a he/him butch dyke. The fact that you’re so freshly yourself, and you’re already aware that you can do whatever the fuck you want with your pronouns, it’s powerful. It’s genuinely inspiring to me. We’ve got a fighting fucking chance and I know because the kids are figuring shit out that took me 30 years to come across and embrace in myself.