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7/15/2025, 7:29:37 PM
>be me
>mid-20s transwoman
>always loved metal
>not poser shit either, grew up on Death, Candlemass, and Maiden
>finally get the guts to go to a local metal show post-transition
>nervousAF.jpg
>wear patched jacket, eyeliner smudged from reapplying it 3 times because I can’t stop shaking
>walk in, immediate wall of sound and testosterone
>guy in leather vest looks at me
>ohnoherewego.tiff
>he just nods and says “sick patch” (it's a vintage Kreator one)
>heart does that anime thing where it beats so loud it echoes
>try to blend in, mosh a bit, hold my own despite being smol
>someone knocks me down, big dude lifts me up like I weigh nothing
>“you good, sis?”
>mfw someone called me sis in a pit
>mfw I felt safer at this crusty metal show than I ever did in my hometown church
>start going to more shows
>people start remembering me
>one dude always brings me a bottle of water after the pit
>another teaches me how to scream without killing my throat
>I bring cookies once as a joke
>they start calling me “Metal Mom”
>even get invited to join a local band as backing vocals
>scream like a banshee, get head pats after gigs
>they even switched the band’s logo to pink for pride month
>cried in the venue bathroom that night
>tfw I thought I'd never belong anywhere
>tfw the metalheads, of all people, gave me a home
Thanks, you beer-stinking riff goblins. I love you weirdos.
>mid-20s transwoman
>always loved metal
>not poser shit either, grew up on Death, Candlemass, and Maiden
>finally get the guts to go to a local metal show post-transition
>nervousAF.jpg
>wear patched jacket, eyeliner smudged from reapplying it 3 times because I can’t stop shaking
>walk in, immediate wall of sound and testosterone
>guy in leather vest looks at me
>ohnoherewego.tiff
>he just nods and says “sick patch” (it's a vintage Kreator one)
>heart does that anime thing where it beats so loud it echoes
>try to blend in, mosh a bit, hold my own despite being smol
>someone knocks me down, big dude lifts me up like I weigh nothing
>“you good, sis?”
>mfw someone called me sis in a pit
>mfw I felt safer at this crusty metal show than I ever did in my hometown church
>start going to more shows
>people start remembering me
>one dude always brings me a bottle of water after the pit
>another teaches me how to scream without killing my throat
>I bring cookies once as a joke
>they start calling me “Metal Mom”
>even get invited to join a local band as backing vocals
>scream like a banshee, get head pats after gigs
>they even switched the band’s logo to pink for pride month
>cried in the venue bathroom that night
>tfw I thought I'd never belong anywhere
>tfw the metalheads, of all people, gave me a home
Thanks, you beer-stinking riff goblins. I love you weirdos.
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