i cant believe i have to post this but @boys [cis, trans, nonbinary boys inclusive] listen up!!
u dont gotta look like a model
u dont gotta have abs
u dont gotta try to look light skinned if youre not
u dont gotta try to look dark skinned if youre not
u dont gotta be masculine
u dont gotta have light eyes
u dont gotta have thinner eyebrows
u dont gotta be skinny
u dont gotta keep your fingernails short
u dont gotta be muscular
u dont gotta wear “boy clothes”
u dont gotta have short hair
u dont gotta be “handsome”
u dont gotta have a beard
u dont gotta have a flat chest
u dont gotta have small lips
u dont gotta have short eyelashed
u dont gotta hide your emotions!!
u dont gotta look like a stereotypical boy
but!!
u are allowed to be "ugly” in the eyes of the media
u are allowed to be feminine
u are allowed to be beautiful in your dark skin
u are allowed to be beautiful in your light skin
u are allowed to shave your body hair
u are allowed to be chubby or fat
u are allowed to have bushy eyebrows
u are allowed to have long eyelashes
u are allowed to grow your fingernails
u are allowed to like makeup and nail polish
u are allowed to have big lips
u are allowed to be comfortable with a female body if youre trans or afab nonbinary
u are allowed to wear “girl clothes”
u are allowed to be pretty
u are allowed to have beautiful dark eyes
u are allowed to be expressive and creative and emotional!!
there is no wrong way to be a boy and i cant believe were so bad about letting boys know that no matter what youre still valid
this has been a psa