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The Pressure to Stifle Anger
When I was transitioning in college, I wanted to fulfill this fantasy of boy next door kind of thing. Many years, my blackness has always come first in my life and fusing that lately with my masculinity has been interesting. It's like I'm still trying to navigate anger because there's such a pressure to stifle it when you're like a little black girl growing up. "I am very proud to show the kid off sometimes," she said.