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Robin
page seventeen of etiolated. text over a painted stylized portrait of three figures. it reads: at time of writing (May '25) my romantic life partners are trans and nonbinary, as am i. transgender, with a gender not included in the traditional binary man-woman. we three have previously used: gay, tomboy, lesbian, and gender non-conforming to describe ourselves. now we use: trans, bi, and pansexual, and queer. at least two of us are autistic. we all have ADHD, chronic anxiety, chronic depression, and CPTSD from living in a world unkind to itself, much less those different from itself. sometimes living here robs one of us of our libido. many times living here is scary and harms us. we three can support each other with few translation errors. we touch because we want to touch, not from sexual obligation

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