Not only did I come out as trans but I just became more queer in general. When I was younger it was easier for me to mask both because I was more resilient and also because life was pretty easy. However, after a while repeated masking became like a repetitive strain injury and now I feel like I've permanently degraded my ability to mask.
I can still mask, but only for short periods of time and I need frequent breaks now where I can recover by being my fully queer self as flagrantly and publicly as possible.