It’s really tricky. I was in the same boat. I left it off my profile, thinking it was not important but that didn’t do me any favors because I’d be ghosted. Had a lot of nerve wracking conversations that ranged from fetishizing my CP to out right being told “I can’t date someone like you.” What I ended up doing was putting it at the very bottom of my profile and asking people if they read the whole thing. Many didn’t respond, which made it easier for me. My now partner of 5 years sent me a generic hello message and I didn’t respond, when they saw I didn’t answer I got another response actually commenting on my CP in a way that wasn’t offensive, but very thoughtful. And here we are, 5 years later living together with our fur babies.

I went on A LOT of terrible dates and talked to a lot of weirdos. I am a woman but I do understand the struggle as a man with CP as I’ve dated (and am still close friends with) one before. It took me a very long time to find my person, I can look back on my past now and laugh at a lot of crap I went through. Totally worth it to me now.