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18, HE/THEY, JAMAICA

18, HE/THEY, JAMAICA

Sometimes people will call me a fake or say that I am not allowed to read BL because of how I identify and my gender assigned at birth. Most people are okay with how I ID though.

— 18, He/They, Jamaica


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