There are two sides to the coin of dysphoria, the second one being happy when people actually get your gender right, be it random strangers or friends. Really happy, like your day can go from meh to awesome in just a few seconds.
Anyone have stories they would like to share that stood out?
For me its everytime I get 'sir' at a cafe/restaurant when a waiter is taking my order. When my friends use my chosen name and male pronouns/idioms (like man, lad, son, etc...xD) I start talking more and more freely and the longer I get addressed correctly, the more me I act in public.
When I was feeling sad and a bit under the weather at a cosplay meetup, a guy told me 'come on, man, Reno will not let things get him down' and patted me on the back. Then I wasn't sad anymore :)
I present myself as male online, and at one point someone unknowingly poked fun at trans people, which made me pause in playing that game for a while. Then when I got back a day later my friends that only know me through the game asked me what was the matter, and I told them that I am trans but asked to not be treated differently since sometimes knowing changes things. They had no problem with that, and said that I am always their bro. And in fact continued treating me like they always have, a guy that could rely on.
Once I was in a chat, with my face as profile picture. And someone thought I was a dude and someone else defended me saying I'm obviously a girl :3
Unfortunately I have not had the pleasure of being gendered properly by a stranger.. But a very close friend of mine always gendering me properly has made me feel more safe and secure, before I knew him I'd often misgender myself in my head and feel insecure about my gender even for myself. I really like it when my mother corrects my grandmother, and when even my brother gets stuff right! Family used to be very bad but they're slowly getting there. One of my best friend's friends also knows me as "that one weird Norwegian girl", it makes me very happy knowing people don't just put up a show for me but that they actually truly respect me and validates me!