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Scarleteen's Linkinbio

A list of recent links posted to Scarleteen's social media platforms.
    Zeno

    Hello, I’m Zeno. I wrote to you a couple of months ago. Since then, things changed, and I need to get things of my chest. I am AFAB, and 19, and since I was 14 I have been questioning my gender. I’ve…

    Can't seem to accept myself

    Bee

    I (17-year-old trans bi dude) have a straight cis friend, who comes across as very off-putting when it comes to queer issues. He’s said that he’s turned a lesbian “straight,” though she never…

    I feel like the token 'queer friend', what should I do?

    Alexander

    I experienced a variety of sexual and physical abuse from early childhood into my teenage years. I have a strong association and bad reaction with sex (or anything sexual — being naked, being touched…

    Recovery and Sexuality after Rape

    Jane

    Hello, I’m a nineteen-year-old cis girl, and I really hate my chest. I feel very uncomfortable having boobs; I always try to dress in a way that obscures them, and when I imagine myself I like to…

    I'm a cisgender woman who is very uncomfortable having breasts

    catpaw

    I’m a 17 year old transmale and I’ve identified as male for about 2 years now. I am 100% confident that I am a boy, but I am also fine having breasts and a vagina. I don’t think of them as female…

    As a trans person, how can I navigate authentic gender expression and avoid the identity police?

    Emily

    I’m a very love-y affectionate person, and that’s a problem for me because I tend to do way more than I should for others. I’m really bad at telling someone they’ve hurt me because I don’t want them…

    How do I love someone without giving up too much of myself?

    Anony-mouse :3

    Some things: I’m 21 and in college, I’m a fat gay guy who’s trans, and I’m probably also autistic (every psychiatrist I’ve had has said “I’m not technically qualified to say this but I think you’re…

    I’m fat, gay, trans, and autistic.