From the Reddit forum r/mypartneristrans, a tale of romantic complication:
The feeling of being, shall we say, misled can do that, I suppose.
Twist incoming.
Oh my, a spotlight shared. Awkward. Or, “Woman who wants to pretend she’s a gay man is thwarted by male partner now wanting to pretend he’s a woman, resulting in something not unlike straightness, albeit with extra steps.”
As I said, complications.
Readers are welcome to speculate as to whose feelings are more, er, valid in the scenario above.
And before you ask, the outlook isn’t great:
Update, via the comments:
Regarding this,
Mags adds,
Indeed. A notable omission. One that results in finger-wagging from fellow forum regulars:
It’s a bold claim. And despite which, the person being scolded, a woman who expects to be taken seriously as a man, can’t bring herself to take seriously as a woman her own male partner. There’s no she or her, just a grudging them. Which does rather cast some doubt on the broader enterprise.
Readers who poke through the subsequent replies will note how almost any kind of questioning – even expressions of surprise and concern from an intimate partner – is promptly dismissed as “hurtful,” “transphobic,” and “pretty shitty,” something to apologise for. As if anything short of immediate and gushing affirmation – pretty much any hesitation at all – were an act of wickedness.
Also, this caught my eye:
Which is something of a drawback, given the odds on that matter.
One of the commenters then replies that “drag queen is a look,” by which they mean valid, a possible aspiration, and that one should “interrogate those feelings” that looking like a drag queen is probably not ideal.
Via Rafi.
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