Guilty by association??

[xACEx]

i dont know about anyone else...but i did a "stint" in the lesbian community an i still have several lesbian friends and im an entertainer to boot...but i was wondering...do any of you find yourselves getting "mam, she, her etc" when you are out and about with your lesbian friends? 

i do, and i never know how to quite deal with this...it's annoying...but at the same time, i feel like i have it coming....

[LordKAT]

Lack of lesbian friends but about 1/3 the time I get ma'am and 2/3 sir. That is from just going about my normal day.

[CodyJess]

I think you're more likely to be read as a butchy female if that's what the faces around you look like. The differences become less obvious when there's people near you who already blurr the lines.

[Renate]

During the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, there are thousands of (presumed) lesbians wandering the streets and frequenting the restaurants of the town of Hart, Michigan. There is also a sprinkling of campers from Camp Trans. Anybody who doesn't actually look like Hulk Hogan gets addressed as "ma'am".

[myles]

Yeah my lesbian friends (the community I also came from) do have a hard time with pronouns, and call me girlfriend all the time. At this point it's only a few friends and they then correct themselves once they realize what they have done. I think they are just so in touch with the female community which I was a part of.
Andrew

[Kurzar]

Hmm can't say as I don't have any lesbian friends.  I get the she/her/ma'am thing everyday no matter what still >.<

[Evan]

  I hate being ma'md.. I found even out with the girls, having facial hair has helped. I still get the pause, but not a ma'm since.

[JonasCarminis]

i used to get read as female more when i was with queer appearing people.  im not unambiguous enough any more to cause much confusion.  (a nice "excuse me?" in my tay zonday voice solves the problem) i just get funny looks when i tell people im not a man. >_<  hahahaha

[kestin]

I've had that a few times when I was in lesbian spaces and there were alot of butch women around >_< didn't care so much, it was just something I didn't expect cause I'd gotten used to being read as male.