Shaun T, Thundering Black Trans Boy From Bishop County

short fiction

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Here’s what I know for sure: it was an accident. I left class sobbing, as one is wont to do after being publicly, soullessly outed by his P.E. teacher. I changed out of my cobalt blue gym shorts and my white t-shirt that both had ‘Shaun T.’ printed on them in bold…I don’t know why he ignored that. I tossed the tear-soaked uniform into my locker and…