Exploring Masculinity: A Support Group

As a masculine embodied/presenting individual I’ve struggled with the concept of masculinity for so long. As a child the only representation I had of masculinity was an absent father & an abusive step-father. Masculinity for me was thus defined by it’s aggression and absent-ness. In my early adulthood I set out to re-define it for myself: what it is to be a healthy and balanced representation of masculinity. But I ran into wall after wall, it just never felt authentic no matter which way I approached it. In my 30’s I finally started cultivating the awareness & language of queer-ness finally finding the words to describe my inner experience. This gave me space to explore the meaning of masculinity more objectively without feeling the responsibility to align myself with any of my discoveries. Still, I remain curious.

Recently after a mini instagram-story dissertation on my avoidant relationship with masculinity my…