For Halloween this year, one young man dressed up as the character he’d always wanted to play: himself.



Growing up in a small city, John* felt he could never expressed himself fully. Looking back on family photos, he says, he can tell his smiles were faked. But after moving to Chicago for college, he started exploring other facets of his identity. In the back of his mind, he knew that Halloween would be the perfect time to debut this new part of himself: a person who identifies as male, but enjoys dressing as a woman.



That’s why this Halloween weekend, John stepped out in his new favorite outfit: a long brown wig, women’s clothing, and black eyeliner winged to the heavens.

