During the summer I changed my name on my class rosters via my schools preferred name change policy. Throughout this semester my Italian teacher has been correctly gendering me even in the last few weeks when I've been presenting as male. It feels so good to be just treated as a normal person. At least in one small aspect someone, even if it's a teacher I just met is respecting my gender.
Ciao Julie,
Congrats on getting correctly gendered and for taking up a worthy study!