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YOU ARE ENOUGH EXACTLY AS YOU ARE
From the time were born a litany of dos and donts are placed on us by our families our communities and society Were required to fit into boxes based on our race gender sexuality and other parts of our identities being told by others how we should behave who we should date or what we should be interested in For so many of us those boxes begin to feel like shackles when we realize they dont fit our unique shape yet we keep trying because we crave acceptance and validation But is fitting in worth the time energy and suffering Actor writer and activist Brandon Kyle Goodman saysHell no it aint As a Black nonbinary queer person in a darkskinned 61 180pound male bodyborn into a religious immigrant householdBrandon knows the pain of having to hide ones true self the work of learning to love that true self and the freedom of finallybeingyour true selfIn You Gotta Be You Brandon affectionately challenges you to consider Who would I be if society never got its hands on me This question set Brandon on a mission to dropkick societal shackles by unlearning all the things he was told he should be in order to step intowho he really is It required him to reexamine messy but ultimately defining moments in his lifehis first time being followed in a store navigating his mothers bornagain Christian faith and regretfully using soap as lube yes you read that rightto find the lessons that would guide him to his most authentic self Compassionate and soulful funny and revealingYou Gotta Be Youis an unapologetic call to selffreedom Its about turning rejection from others and yourself into a roadmap to selflove Its a guide to setting boundaries and fostering selfgrowth And most importantly its an affirmation that we are enough exactly as we are