/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>draw under pen name, it's a cutesy ambiguously female name with a cute cat avatar
>only posted sketches on my blog at first
>gained a few hardcore followers who always retweet and support me
>grow to about 100 followers (probably closer to 70 non-bots), start posting colored works
>one really good (compared to me) artist starts following me and shares resources with me, helps redline for free
>he taught me a bunch of neat tricks with PS and has improved my art tremendously
>everyone is so supportive that I end up drawing every day since I get a dopamine rush from everyone encouraging me every time I post
>twitter has over 500 followers now, but everyone assumes I'm a girl
I'm kind of alarmed by how fast my social media is growing, I feel like I might get exposed. Or even if I don't, what do I do further down the line? Do I just pretend to be a girl forever?