Why I Bought Myself Some Pepper Spray as a Trans Person

For whom does the cat call, if not for thee?

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Ever since high school, I’ve hated teenage boys.

That’s not exactly true given the number of times my cheeks would flush involuntarily around some of them, even if I found them just a tad insufferable. However, hearing about how they…