Hi there, I am going thru a bit of a down patch in my transition. I've had chest surgery (1 month post op) i am finally starting to lose my hips and butt and have a relatively deep voice after nearly 5 months on T. But apparently this is isn't enough. Sure i am getting sir'd more often now, but i am stil getting maa'med too, and it's starting to get me down. I dont know whether to coreect people or not, because i am afraid it will just make it worse, does that make sense? this is really just a rant, I wish that people saw me as i see me, it sucks. I thought after chest srgery that my problems would somewhat dissapate but it seems not. Is this the same for anyone else and if so, when did you sart consistently being read, and what did you do to help this along? :(
I agree with Kvall, go ahead and correct them if you are already well on your way with transitioning.
From what I've seen with my friends/family, being called the wrong gender is a pretty common slip-up even for people who are non-trans.
I know guys that get called girls occasionally just because of their long hair (even when they had facial hair).
I'm not sure it's all that uncommon for people to assume that they just made a mistake, instead of assuming that you might be trans.
Quote from: Kvall on January 13, 2010, 01:06:28 AM
Of course, then some people will try to apologize way too much and make a huge deal about it.
Ya, that would happen every time my mom would 'correct' someone who called me a boy when I was younger. I never really understood why they apologized since being called a boy never really bothered me...
Try studying body-language.