Part of why I have mixed feelings about posting on this platform is that it seems my most popular and most promoted stories are those where I express the pain I've experienced living as a Black trans person in the U.S. I'm not sure "trauma porn" is the right term for it, especially as other marginalized folks have experienced far worse pain and oppression than I have. But it does make me somewhat reluctant to continue posting personal narratives.

(I did not enter this or any other Medium contest, for the record.)