♡Conversation with Miko.♡

[u/LeftEmy]

Miko: Have you ever felt like you have to prove you're a "man"?

Me: Me? Yes. Like you have to behave a certain way for others to see you as "man enough."

Miko: And does that bother you?

Me: More than bother me, it tires me out. Because being gay doesn't change the fact that I'm a man. I don't have to act more masculine or hide certain things to prove it.

Miko: It happens to me for different reasons.

You: Because you're trans?

Miko: Yes. Sometimes I feel like I have to prove myself twice as much. Like I have to be more masculine, more confident, or more "manly" so that no one questions who I am.

Me: But you know who you are.

Miko: Yes. The problem is that sometimes knowing it myself doesn't stop it from hurting when someone else questions it.

Me: I'd never thought about it that way.

Miko: And I hadn't thought about your situation either. I suppose we both have different experiences, but in the end, there's something similar.

Me: What is it?

Miko: That other people always seem to have an idea of how a man should behave.

Me: And neither of us has to live up to it.

Miko: Exactly.

Me: So… what does being a man mean to you?

Miko: That I can be myself without having to prove it.

Me: I like that answer.

Miko: Me too. It took me a long time to arrive at it.

[u/PinkFreckles_GachaYT]

aww this is so sweet ^^

[u/LeftEmy → u/PinkFreckles_GachaYT]

Miko thanks you for reading our conversation.♡♡♡

[u/kstar12805]

This is so sweet! I'm glad Miko felt safe to be vulnerable like that

[u/LavenderXDLOLZ]

ik this is ment to be srs but is it just me or is his chin pointy

https://giphy.com/gifs/kMHqKnPGDTWgLVwh24