Anybody else ever wonder if people know you're trans?  I work online, and our company has what is basically a private Facebook to discuss our work with one another.  I was on it before my transition, and once I transitioned I created a new account under my new name.  Most people have no idea that these seemingly different people are at all related, but I sometimes wonder if people know.  I meet with some of my coworkers (who live all over the country) on Skype weekly.  No one has ever given me a reason to think they suspect I am trans, and yet I still wonder.  After all, my voice is changing and I keep getting more and more masculine as months go on.  I'm not really bothered by it or anything, it just makes me curious--I guess I sometimes wonder how I am perceived by people with no experience with trans people.

Oh, definetly. But then again, since I apparently pass about all the time people just think I'm way younger than I really am rather than think I'm trans. I mean, a summer worker at my workplace was awfully confused when I said I was in adult education and even more so when I told I'm 26 (he's 21 himself so... kek). But I digress.

I don't think people really assume me being trans solely because they really don't think they'd ever meet one in real life. I'm sure they're aware of them (although how much they actually know is a mystery) but it's just one of those things you don't expect to happen in your life, you know?
I live in relatively small town (which likes to play it's a big town but it's not) so I'd say people think only the big cities have trans people. One of those "not in my hometown" cases.

I wonder this all the time. I'm getting to that stage where I basically look male not female; but when I walk down the street or talk to a cashier I can't help but think are they seeing me as male (most likely a teenager); female; trans or neither and just are completely confused as to what I am. I live in a small town so there are nobody else who looks like me around; so I probably stick out a bit; although I'm hoping less so thanks to the T. I'm assuming the people at the pharmacy think I'm trans because it's probably not likely a cis 22 yr old guy will need an extra dose of T. Thankfully they haven't said anything and just treat me like a normal customer.

Btw; you're looking good man; the T is working well for you

I know people know. At least, they do once I open my mouth. So long as I don't talk, I pass. But as soon as I talk, I can see them reassessing me - 'either this is a bearded woman from a sideshow, or the gayest man on earth'. Just got to wait a little longer, it will get easier.

I know that some have figured it out.  I go to the same places with my client and the people who have seen me repeatedly have figured it out from seeing my ID and then looking at me. But I don't mind and they don't  give me a hard time.  As for if the public knows, I don't much care. As long as they leave me alone, I don't really mind what they think of me.

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Sometimes, I wonder if I pass. 

All the time. I still have a very feminine babyface but with big bushy sideburns. So I definitely get a lot of looks. Fat redistribution hasn't really done a whole lot for me yet either. Not sure if peoples' first instinct is to think transgender, but it's definitely what I always end up telling myself. Actually, it's a pretty big issue that I have that I'm constantly telling myself that people know. I definitely feel out of place.

These days the awareness of the condition has grown among cis people, I think they don't look puzzled now so much as they leap to the conclusion someone is trans if they can't 'place' them.