I love watching other people find themselves in ways I find entirely unrelatable. Trans dudes loving their masculinity. Non-binary people confusing the crap out of me. Altersex folks and their body mods. Gay dudes being into other dudes. I don't get any of it, it's not for me, but it's beautiful. 🥰

I also find it profoundly healing. I thought my own needs were weird and therefore disallowed for so many years. Seeing other people fill their needs in ways I don't understand makes me feel like it's okay to fill my needs, even if other people like my family don't understand. Others understanding isn't the point. Living as whole, free people is. 💜

@faithisleaping And suddenly I am reminded of some other wisdom, so beautiful I can express it in four letters.

IDIC.

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.

@NicolaElle Wow, I had not thought of IDIC in this context, but ... yeah. 🖖

@faithisleaping

@TonyaMarie @NicolaElle @faithisleaping

Wow. IDIC. That really does sum up so much of what Faithy is talking about and I've been thinking about - things I don't understand that are beautiful. 🖖

Trans men fall under that for me. We pass each other like ships in the night, and it's an absolutely wondrous thing to witness.