I had an interesting experience today. At the bus station some random woman asked if she could bum a smoke, my lighter had stopped working so I was happy to offer one up in return for a light

There was some small talk while we smoked and then she came out with "sooo I'm just gonna go ahead and ask, are you a lesbian? Straight? ....trans?"
It totally knocked me sideways for someone to be so forward and I could tell she wasn't asking in a nasty way, I think she wanted to ask me out and wanted to be sure she wasn't barking up the wrong tree

so I just told her I'm trans, recently started hormones, and in a happy relationship with a man.
She just said "oh! Well good for you! It crosses my mind at times but I think I'm happy just being butch. It shouldn't be too long now until you start seeing changes from the hormones, are you excited?" and we had a little chat about the changes, when she finished the smoke, she wished me the best of luck with my transition, told me I could keep the lighter and went on her way.
It felt so nice to have a casual conversation with a stranger about being trans, made me wonder if being stealth would be such a big thing if that kind of attitude was more widespread.