I'm going to the Natl. Trich Conference partly because they're offering a men's forum which should be very interesting. I'm curious who will be part of it and the conversation will go. I know for myself while much of my experience as a trichster is shared by women, there are differences in how it plays out in my own sense of male identity, my ability to be show vulnerable parts of myself and in my relationships.
As more men as diagnosed with trich, I think the re could be a benefit to the entire trich community. Too often women's medical problems are marginalized and not given the level of attention that male medical problems are given. With more men going the ranks of public suffers from trich, perhaps this could help change the perception of trich from a "women's problem to a "human problem". But perhaps, even that is wishful thinking and as a T-shirt I saw on Valencia this week, it's just confirmation that "Men are the new Women" and the only hope in getting trich more out there in the public eye is the elusive celebrity puller spokesperson ;)
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