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 @rysiek Filmmaker Marlon Riggs talked about straight white boys telling him how much they loved his movie Tongues Untied.

He made a movie about his own experience of being gay and black. What was there for us straight white boys? Riggs’ conclusion, which resonated with me, is there is something universal about struggle and watching others overcome struggle is inherently satisfying.

I guess that’s a long way for me to say “Hell yes.”