This is a more personal piece for me. I've always struggled as a trans man with being perceived as feminine. Until now, I'd make sure any character I drew that represented myself had a completely flat chest, if not concave. But I do have female anatomy, and it's not going to be easy to get surgery to change that. I'm not even on testosterone.

But just because I have this appearance, I am no less of a man. I won't listen to transphobes... Is what I hope I can say someday. I still take their words to heart. I still cry when I am called a girl, if only on the inside.

If only I could be who I know I should be.

To any younger trans men who see this... I see you. It does get better, but those inner demons are brutal.