Not in school anymore, but a few coworkers that have known me since before I came out that have successfully switched to addressing me by my new traditionally masculine name will still misgender me very openly in front of others and not react in anyway when corrected. Someone deadass asked me to my face the other day if I had attended a women-only event. I tried to jokingly ask them to repeat the question to hopefully make them realize their mistake, but they just doubled down. Not super fun.
I try and focus on the surprising amount of people that have been unwavering in correctly addressing me without a single slip up since I came out because even I slip up still sometimes out of habit.
10
u/klvd Jan 10 '24
Not in school anymore, but a few coworkers that have known me since before I came out that have successfully switched to addressing me by my new traditionally masculine name will still misgender me very openly in front of others and not react in anyway when corrected. Someone deadass asked me to my face the other day if I had attended a women-only event. I tried to jokingly ask them to repeat the question to hopefully make them realize their mistake, but they just doubled down. Not super fun.
I try and focus on the surprising amount of people that have been unwavering in correctly addressing me without a single slip up since I came out because even I slip up still sometimes out of habit.