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Title: ‘Mom, I Just Can’t Take the Crying’
Post by: Shana A on December 01, 2011, 10:54:51 AM
'Mom, I Just Can't Take the Crying'

December 1, 2011 by Matt Kailey

http://tranifesto.com/2011/12/01/mom-i-just-cant-take-the-crying/ (http://tranifesto.com/2011/12/01/mom-i-just-cant-take-the-crying/)

He said, "Mom, I just can't take the crying."

You can call it socialization, and I believe that has something to do with it, but I think it's more than that. I've written about crying and testosterone before, but the subject continues to come up. Just a couple of weeks ago, a newly minted trans man who had a passel of hassles going on said to me, "I'd cry if I could. Maybe I should just stop T for a while so I can."