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being outed, boundaries, confidentiality, discussions, friends, gender diversity, outed, privacy, school, secrets, siblings, stealth, transgender
“Children should be seen and not heard.”
How many times did I hear this when I was little? After a while I didn’t need it whispered into my ear anymore, I embodied it. I knew there were things I was never expected to say, at home or out in public, like they never happened. Off limits for good, like a dangerous abandoned mine.