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A school institution referred this teenager to our unit. His case was deemed of concern due to a drop in academic performance, insubordination, and depressive symptoms. His mother, who raised this only child without his father, was absolutely distraught. In his life story, Dorante appears to play a role on the school stage and in the online video game arena, where he posts his livestreams. The virile parade seemed to characterize his attitude, which we compared, with Lacan, to the feminine masquerade. These symptomatic manifestations function as a mask for the neurotic structure—obsessive in the case of Dorante—while at the same time revealing them.