I was sitting in the break room at work during lunch today, sharing a table with some of my coworkers in my training class. One woman asks another if she had seen the Facebook post of a mutual acquaintance of theirs. Apparently this acquaintance had posted a coming out statement announcing that they were transitioning from male to female accompanied with a picture dressed in woman's clothing. I tensed up, fearing the worst, having no clue where this conversation was going to land. They chatted, saying things that to them seem supportive and open minded, but were just clumsy. Things like "I support people like that" and "what ever makes him happy". I think they definitely had good intentions but were clueless on how to express them. As I sat there, my eyes shifting back and forth between them, the heat raising up the back of my neck, thinking "don't these two realize that there is a transexual woman sitting between them?"
This was a very odd situation. I was sure that if I had said anything at all I would have outed myself to those who didn't know I was transexual. Then I thought "how could they not know?" I'm not very feminine looking and I have a very deep voice, like James Earl Jones deep. I have this very strange mixture of emotions right now, I'm worried that I will be outed, amazed that they don't realize, and satisfied that I have managed to properly socialize myself as a woman despite being raised as a male.