pegged as the correct/incorrect gender at an awkward time

[Serra]

I was visiting a friend in the paych ward recently.  You have to sign in and give your ID to the clerk at the desk, so I do so.  She looks at it, looks at me, looks at it, and says "This is your ID?"  They finally have to call in the head of security to decide wether to let me in, who is slightly rude and asks me if I have a twin.  They do eventually let me in, but I wasted time visiting and was annoyed as I had already visited once and my ID was accepted no problem.
So cannot wait for my name change and ID update to go through.     At least they called me "she" and "her" throughout, so that was nice.

[N.Chaos]

Last week I started to get into this great discussion with a clerk at the grocery store, talking about different types of rices and she said something about "my wife". Which was promptly ruined by my girlfriend accidentally "she"ing me. Poor clerk lady looked so confused. Similar thing happened in Wal-Mart a few weeks ago, me and Ben were screwing around and the clerk was laughing her ass off, said something about "You two boys must have a LOT of fun together" and then Frank (the friend I've complained about on and off) goes "Yeah, but only one of them is a real boy". Props to that clerk though, either she ignored it or knows someone trans or something, she kept calling me a guy the rest of the time.

I had a surprise-awesome moment yesterday though, when shipping something out at the post office (and paying with my bank card bearing the dreaded name), both ladies still called me "Sir" without hesitation. I was surprised but happy as hell.

Awkward times, though, seem to be a running trend with a lot of us.

[Serra]

"Yeah, but only one of them is a real boy".

WTF.  I would've smacked him as soon as we were out of sight of the cashier.

[Maddie Secutura]

WTF.  I would've smacked him as soon as we were out of sight of the cashier.

I would have smacked him right there. 

[Keroppi]

I would have smacked him right there.

That

[N.Chaos]

^ I bit his head off hard enough to scare the ->-bleeped-<- out of him once we were back in the car.
Haven't had issues with it at all yet, he just doesn't use pronouns at all when we're out in public. Calls me either Nick or Nicky or "This One Over Here" and I'm entirely cool with that.

I had a funny/annoying pass last night, I was in a wicked bad mood at Wal-Mart (for some reason it was hot as ->-bleeped-<- in there and I wore one of my heaviest hoodies, over two binders) trying to find a bathroom. I hate using the ones up front because I feel like they're right on display and EVERYONE can see me going in or out. So, I walked to the back of the massive store, all dizzy and sweaty and generally crappy-feeling. I got into the men's room, and there's this piss-wasted guy standing in front of the stall wobbling, staring at me. I'm about to go for the knife in my pants when he goes "Duuuude...I gotta crap so bad. I'm sorry man, stall's el occupied-o".

At this point I was in such a bad mood I barely registered it as a mega-pass, but later on it hit me (along with the humor of it).

[Lee]

Quick explanation about contra dancing:
You can line up with either all leads (generally guys) in one line facing the follows (generally women) in another line or set up staggered with the two lines facing each other and both alternating lead and follow.

Anyways, I was dancing with a male friend of mine, and the guy next to us looked over and said something along the lines of "We can't have two guys together here."  The woman he was with started chewing him out, and he looked confused.  Ends up he meant that he thought we were in the wrong configuration and that my partner wasn't supposed to be next to him.  We explained that I was leading, and it was all good from there. 

[Mr.Rainey]

My mom yelling me legal name and this little boy giving me the "there is no F ing way your a girl" look.

Having to use girls bathrooms at school and getting the its a boy stare. They better fix the unisex bathroom fast lol.

The first few times I passed I felt akward because I was happy but I did not know how to keep the ball rolling.

[Farm Boy]

I've been having frequent awkward moments lately, since I finally got a job.  Some customers see me as female, and some see me as male, and one couple disagreed about how to address me.  Most of the other employees I work with know me as [birth name] so it's awkward when a customer calls me "young man" right in front of them.  Some think I'm just a young guy, and I think some of them are confused because they use both he and she and look uncomfortable using either.  Thank goodness there's a handicapped bathroom available!

My favorite time was when this older man was teasing me about having to get a ride or walk home because he didn't think I was old enough to drive.  When I told him my age he stared open mouthed and I was sure that my face, voice, and age combo had ruined any chance I had of passing until he turned to his friend and said "Hey, did you hear how old this guy is?" and went on about how young I looked.  As he was leaving he said "This guy is going to be chasing women for a long time!"  This all in front of other employees who said nothing.  I had an incredibly hard time not busting up laughing until I got away from them.

[Gingertrap]

A few years back before I was even thinking about transitioning I was learning to drive and my mom made me drive her to meet some lady in a parking lot to buy something from her. (sadly nothing illegal) When she got out I waited in the car and while they were talking the other lady said "Is that your daughter?" and my mom replied "Thats my son" ~ looking back I can't help but smile

A more recent incident happened at school this semester. The past few months I have been presenting genderneutral and occasionally I will wear a bra and get really dressed up. To avoid conflict if I am not dressed up I will just use the men's room. It was just a regular day and I was washing my hands in the men's room when someone opened the door to come in but froze when he saw me. He muttered "oh sorry, wrong bathroom" the best he could then ran off. I almost died laughing when I got out of sight.

[Ruben]

I was read correctly at work, in fact its happened a few times. Problem was, I wasnt trying to pass, and, for all intents and purposes, was presenting as female, since thats how I'm known at work and such. And when I opened my mouth with my 'work' tone-of-voice [slightly more fem of pitch and tone] the customer got a bit embarrassed and apologised... @_x

I was happy to be read right in my head, but it was a little difficult for me at the time. xD

Not so awkward, but I was read correctly when buying a new black dress-shirt for an event, and was led to the male fitting rooms 8D I was over the moon then xD Coz I was actually trying that day xD

[jayboy]

i was at a wedding a few years ago sitting in a pew with my dad waiting for the church to fill up with people. an older lady came up to my dad and greeted him and asked, "oh, so is this your son?" and my dad just said, "daughter" in a loud, awkward voice and kind of nodded his head. the lady blushed and said "oh i'm sorry dear, i can't see from where i'm standing" and then scurried away. there was an heavy silence and i told my dad that "i get that a lot" and he very calmly replied, "it's how you wear your hair."

at a wedding in the fall i was waiting in line in the women's washroom and there was a door in the washroom that opened into a little laundry room where some older female staff were working. i glanced into that room and noticed this one staff member staring at me very suspiciously. i continued to wait and each time i glanced back at her i saw that she was coming closer. finally she reached the bathroom and said "you know this is the women's washroom?" and i said "yes i know" and then she asked the women waiting in line with me if "everyone was okay" like i was a rapist or something....!

so yeah, weddings are extremely gendered places and i feel supremely uncomfortable whenever i'm forced to go to one!