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"Whenever transness comes up with cis people it always goes to 'wow you're so strong. I could never' but I don't want to be strong. I want to sleep peacefully and exist safely.

"Saying I'm 'strong' isn't praise. It's an admission of failure to challenge the system hurting me.

"All I want is to be able to just exist and not need to constantly be on edge and to be able to go swimming again without it being deemed political. I just want to be able to exist for myself for a little while.

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"Nobody should need to be strong all the time. It fucks you up and changes you. Now I'm constantly on guard to make sure I and so many people around me are safe. Sometimes people think that's cool but being hypervigilant constantly changes you and you can never go back and relax."

-- Max has Nightmare Eyes (chaoticgaythey), 2022-03-25