@bri_seven @siege well, I mean you write what you know, and that tends to be trans metaphor without realizing it if you're trans and don't realize it
I know that once I finally came out as trans, I looked over all the things I've written over the years (particularly NaNoWriMo stories where I'm just freewriting without stopping to think) and it all REEKED of trans metaphors
AND, since I write science fantasy, there's a lot of Matrix influence in turn, no less!