“OMG, they believe it when they say gender is just a performance and they will respect reported identity no matter how badly you pass!”
Was he expecting to be mocked like a white man in blackface? Only something like 25% of trans women are on HRT; the rest make do with clothing and makeup and being deeply closeted.
If you want to lie that’s on you. We’re just accountable for our own actions, and it’d be better to believe a thousand transphobic tourists than misgender one t-folk stepping out for the first time.
“OMG, they believe it when they say gender is just a performance and they will respect reported identity no matter how badly you pass!”
Was he expecting to be mocked like a white man in blackface? Only something like 25% of trans women are on HRT; the rest make do with clothing and makeup and being deeply closeted.
If you want to lie that’s on you. We’re just accountable for our own actions, and it’d be better to believe a thousand transphobic tourists than misgender one t-folk stepping out for the first time.
Anyone who thinks the level of attractiveness has anything to do with this…
He has no idea how hard we’ve worked to make people who look like plain old men in dresses feel beautiful.