kyrvyy
Hello.
It's been a while. I've been so busy dealing with real life problems for quite some time yet I must admit this side of mine who writes to escape still lingers in my mind from time to time. I just can't forget- will never ever, if it gets to that.
Hence, now that I am kinda free now, I think it's time to come back here and not just visit... but for good, I hope. The point of this open letter is that even if I know there's not a lot of you who's reading Intercrossed at the moment, but I witnessed some. And I appreciate them. And this I think is where I owe them an explanation before I finally move forward.
I have been debating this a lot in my head for quite some time now and it quite tackles about my identity as a person, as an individual myself. To be honest, I intended to write all of my stories with transgender main characters. Yet as time goes on, I came to a point where I thought of abandoning the idea and resort to boy's love with feminine MCs instead as I thought it would best represent me as a writer, as an individual. To support, I am also scared that I might be questioned and hated in the long run as to why I am writing transgender stories when I am not a transgender myself.
I am confused and saddened by the idea that I have to sacrifice one to maintain one. But when I read Babel and discovered Rebecca F. Kuang's majestic storytelling, I stumbled upon one of her interview's talking about her other work called Yellowface and how writers question themselves if they are worthy enough to write something about they don't represent, to write about a character they do not represent themselves. And I was enlightened and felt grateful, for my questions were finally answered.
kyrvyy
I realized... I don't have to give up one for the other. I love the transgender community and my heart softly supports and stands for them. It might be scary for I don't wanna mess up and make them feel misrepresented, but I am willing to take my part, do research, and educate myself. As a gay writer, I wanna represent them and raise my flag for them as well. So yeah, the point here is that, I will now focus both on writing stories for my feminine gay girlies out there and for my transgender queens. Because this is where my heart belongs to. This is where I wanted to use my voice and amplify it, make it resonate with others to raise concerns and spread... love.
With that, for those who have started to read Intercrossed, I am in deep sorry to inform that I have edited it and made the MC a fem gay from trans. For this I believe what suited the character more and for the story's progression as well. However, it's accompaniment story for the duology, stars a transgender MC. Moreover, the upcoming series and duology will see the same pattern. Each story of each series and duology will encompass both fem gay and transgender main characters with diclaimer put on tags and before the story starts.
And so to anyone who's reading this, if there's any, I hope this clears all things out. If I offended anyone, I am deeply sorry for it but I stand with what I believe in and this is it. I stand for both feminine gay and transgender girlies out there and hence I will write and tell stories for them.
I really really hope for your understanding and thank you so much if you do. I guess it's time to start the ride... again? See you.
