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what is left?'s avatar

“I am left on the periphery of touch with my pals because the world tells us that masc bodies crave touch only as a precursor to sex.”

This broke my heart. Touch is so important, so healing, and it hurts me that it is so confined/reserved for sexual/romantic contexts. Thank you for always naming your heartbreak and grief so plainly and openly. This has me thinking a lot about how I can open up conversations regarding intimacy and touch with my queer loved ones. I have noticed the different ways I navigate my body and how I engage in touch/flattery with my femme friends versus my masc friends and it makes me sad that we both may be cutting ourselves off from deeper intimacy via non sexual touch because of this unspoken myth that you so accurately named above. Wishing you ever expanding love in your relationships ❤️‍🔥

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Arwyn Moore's avatar

I am also trapped inside of my body (entirely different reasons). Keep going!

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