Chris Edwards
Bio
Queer
Stories (2/0)
How I Came Out to My Mom... Again
An unedited excerpt from by upcoming book—Dysphoria Diaries—coming April 2030. My second coming out I don’t think any lgbtq+ person would enjoy coming out twice. I know that some have, but I never in a million years would think that I would be the one coming out again. When I came out as a bisexual person, my personal style was evolving; at that time I wanted to wear a mixture of both “men’s” and “women’s” clothing. I wanted my style to be gender neutral. I wanted to have faux dreadlocks, and I wanted to wear them in a messy bun all the time. I wanted to wear makeup, and I wanted to have acrylic nails. At the time, I came to terms with this. I had plans on getting all of this eventually. But when I came out as bisexual, I didn’t tell my mom all of this, I felt like coming out as bisexual was enough “disappointment” for the day. So I just knew that coming out as non-binary was gonna be hard.
By Chris Edwards5 years ago in Families
How Toxic Masculinity Ruined My Relationship with My Dad
Growing up, I wasn't the most "boyish" kid you would have met. I had zero interest in playing football, watching sports, or doing anything that someone would think fits with the stereotypical "man" gender role. I took greater joy in pretending to do hair, fake cooking, and wearing things on top of my head and pretending it was hair. In my eyes, what I loved doing was normal, but in my father's eyes, it was anything but that. My father had a totally different idea of what was normal for my gender. He believed that I should be outside, playing sports with other boys. He believed that I shouldn't be putting things on my head and acting like it was hair. He believed I should be tough, and that I shouldn't cry. This is toxic masculinity. I wish I knew about that when I would cry and he would scold me and tell me that boys don't do that.
By Chris Edwards5 years ago in Families