there are some folks that think I'm a trans woman instead of a guy, and have been very aggressively supportive of me in the completely wrong direction.
recently chopped off most of my hair, and had one older man very fervently tell me I could grow my hair to whatever length I wanted and that was okay. another 30s-ish guy that used to be a marine just glared furiously at my head for a couple seconds, looked me deadass in the eyes and went "Your haircut looks cute." in the angriest tone I have ever been complimented in
The problem is I have a voice that clocks me as male, and I've gotten top surgery, but I also like makeup and earrings. so a lot of people just think that male indicators + any sign of femininity = trans woman
The older guy mentioned above that he absolutely supports trans folks, and wishes he could do more, and it's nobody else's business if your trans or not "but also sometimes, you know. you really don't have to - you can use your imagination." while not directly looking at me.
Not going to stop this because I'm very clearly the only trans person some folks know of or interact with, and I would like to reinforce what they've got going on and have very clearly been waiting for the chance to do, so they can maintain that energy for actual trans women.
I'm also going to let this carry on as long as possible so we can all have an educational time about why you shouldn't make assumptions.