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I usually stop when reading long articles, however I could not put this one down. You're a really amazing writer.

Reading this really hit me hard. I have a straight friend who became an Aiden. In college she used to fetishize gay men, posting on Facebook about how she desperately needed "catty bitchy gay friends", going to gay clubs with her straight friends, etc. Then one day she had a rainbow crew cut and identified as "queer". Her straight male fiancé seemed supportive and still is.

I Feel like I'm taking crazy pills watching this as everyone pretends it's normal. I feel horrible for even thinking that this is just a bunch of Pop Culture bullshit.

Thank you for writing this!