From ebea9947d6d3eccbfae405444445576ce1ae6adb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:00:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/post-self/marsh/001.html | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/marsh/001.html b/writing/post-self/marsh/001.html index 0e3f4bb6f..357cb7fcf 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/marsh/001.html +++ b/writing/post-self/marsh/001.html @@ -59,13 +59,13 @@

“You know that already.”

Hanne shook her head. “You said to transition, sure, but didn’t you already do that back phys-side?”

He stayed silent, picking apart his thoughts on the matter. “I– Marsh got sick of being trans. They wanted to just be a man, not a trans man.”

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“You’re a trans man, though.”

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“You’re a trans man, though.”

“Sure, but that’s not what they wanted at the time. They started to miss it by the time they forked.”

“Why?”

He laughed. “So many questions tonight.”

She grinned, shrugged.

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“Well, I think half of it was that there was just too much pressure at the time. Like I said, the WF was swinging conservative, so there was this push to assimilate, and we internalized that pretty hard. We felt pushed to just be a man, and always felt that we fell short, despite all we did to try, but on Lagrange, we could do that right off the bat.”

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“So you went back to being trans–“

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“Well, I think half of it was that there was just too much pressure at the time. Like I said, the WF was swinging conservative, so there was this push to assimilate, and we internalized that pretty hard. We felt pushed to just shut up and be a man, just disappear, and always felt that we fell short despite all we did to try, but on Lagrange, we could do that right off the bat.”

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“So they went back to being trans–“

Reed shook his head, cutting her off. “They’ve given up on gender. I became the way they experienced that again.”

“Sorry, Reed.”

“No, it’s okay,” he said, feeling a rush of warmth to his cheeks. “Didn’t mean to get too pushy. It’s still a little tender, I guess.”

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He laughed. “Got it in one.”