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Internalized Homophobia, Catfishing & (Eventual) Self-Love with Liz Tracy

Made It Out

CHAPTER

Strap-On Naming and Familial Banter

A candid and humorous discussion between the speaker and their mother about the speaker's ownership of a strap-on dildo, including the amusing revelation of its flamboyant name and comedic exchanges about hiding it from their father. The chapter highlights vulnerability, humor, and familial dynamics in the context of personal exploration and self-acceptance.

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like on the phone with my mom and my mom's like I tell my mom everything and so I ended up telling I was like I'm just gonna exposure therapy myself with you on the phone I just need to to get it out of the closet I need to get all the packaging I just need to look at it I just gotta look at it you know like this is mine it's it's my piece now like she she didn't buy it I did this is Liz's cock this is I wish that was the name we can rename it but I'm looking at the packaging and I just like burst out laughing like uncomfortable laugh though like my spit thick and I'm like mom there's a name there's literally a name on the box like there's a name for what was just attached to my body and my mom's like oh like what's the name it's blue and like the harnesses sparkly glitter like silver the name of this strap on is literally the regal duchess and I'm like oh my god the regal duchess like it had to be so extra right because it's just like oh like my strap on like Jane my strap on Jane you know like just give me one name one syllable no it was the regal duchess like and I'm like of course I'm a fucking Leo and like I have this regal unit you know like and then I'm changing your contact in my phone to regal this yeah maybe I'd like my new insta-handle and then it's like I ended up leaving it in Seattle because I was like if I ever dabble again we'll just have to get a new duchess because yeah you don't want to you don't want to share whatever but my mom was like okay so you're gonna leave this in our house in Seattle and I'm like yeah like I'm gonna hide it somewhere where dad will never find it and she goes okay but I'm just giving you a heads up if your father ever comes across this I am not taking ownership of the regal duchess she is not mine I'm like okay that's fine you can blame grandma like my dad knows I'm a lesbian it certainly wouldn't cross his mind that it was the lesbian in the family strap on it's no it's grandma's you know bless her you're never too old um but yeah like now like our Wi-Fi in sandy I goes literally the regal duchess so like when people come over they're like what's your Wi-Fi password and like me and my roommate have to be like oh it's regal duchess no caps and they're like what's what's the regal duchess and I'm like well how much do you want to know how much time do you have yeah like it's it's a unit it's just a piece you know so yeah that's that's a way that internalized homophobia for me is still in the world still I think there will be a point in my life where it's just hot yeah I have friends who are like Liz like I was the same as you like that's it makes lesbian sex feel more lesbian like so we're introducing like this new side and my friends are like I used to be like that now my I make my friends call me the strap queen I'm like okay I don't know that I'm ever gonna be you know the the strap queen but I do think like I'll be able to be smooth with it someday yeah I believe in you I think so too I think so you've overcome so much I think you can get there with the strap I'm sorry hero I uh I'll get there okay we play a game okay it's called you holler you ghost okay she calls her dad daddy I'm gonna have to say I don't think it's fair to ghost but it's gonna be conflicting when like I also don't mind being called daddy so like we might need to like be okay with it up until like we get to a point where you're gonna call me that and then we're gonna need to call your dad something else Frank or whatever his name is maybe like father john I don't know but he we can't both be daddy like and if we can't make that transition there may be a switch that we make us we might we might ghost okay yeah got it yeah just to clarify um but for the most part I would say I could get past that okay yeah okay she religiously goes to burning man I'm gonna go ghost on that one ghost I think so I mean don't get me wrong I would love to hit burning man but there's such a specific vibe of like the person who's committed to burning man do you know what I mean like that's a commitment it's like a steampunk vibe it is and it's it's not like it's not your Coachella right you're not frolicking around you know glitzy glam smelling good every day like it's

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