Had a face to face interaction with a troon yesterday. Sadly no picture was taken, but allow me to paint a picture for you to visualize instead.
Online ordered ingredients for cooking, went with a gal pal to pick it up casue we were in the area. Even though the ingredients were de-alcoholized, still needed to be carded, and what looked to be a very effeminate young adult man comes to handle the transaction.
My painfully extroverted friend tells the Troon her ID picture is agredious, and the Troon pulls out his ID to humor her that his is worse. On the troon's ID, which is six years out of date, shows an overweight looking white man with a full, wirey beard and long hippie brown hair, complete with glasses.
Looking at the Troon, they lost weight, seem to have become a bit paler, have had their hair cut short and bleached, are wearing a black choker, a collection of pastel wrist bands and have a pin of the God awful progressive pride plag. What's worse, is their company name tag had the name "Maya", also spelled out in small plastic craft blocks/beads on a wire necklace.
Their appearance wasn't offensive, but goddamn they were trying so fucking hard to look both scene, crafty and feminine - at best this guy could have been an eboy buy had no hope of passing as a woman.
I remember all of this only because when handed my order, because I saw his ID and he was clearly male in it, I instinctively said "Thank you, Sir" while verifying the order contents. Oops. But looking up at him, I honestly don't think he realized he was misgendered, no forced professional expression or look of insult. Maybe for a moment he forgot he was trying to LARP as a woman.
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