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u/stickkkkky
4 hours ago
misgendered at work 3 times. I thought I was passing here.
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I'm pre-t and everything but I manage to pass most of the time. I started a new job about 4 months ago. I've felt really comfortable here, I loved how seamless they handled me being trans. It was never brought up explicitly. We have locker rooms so all the guys see me in there and know I'm a dude. Whether or not outside of the workplace they would be supportive I'm not sure, but most of them seem decent and are friendly to my face which is all I want. I usually have more trouble passing to women, but I've been here 4 months. I figured they would've picked up on it or noticed they've never seen me in the change room. I haven't heard any misgendering since I've been here until today. And it happened 3 times from 3 different people, all women who I work with.
Luckily I have a really great coworker and friend. She ran after and corrected one of them when it happened. She brought it up after our shift and she let me totally vent to her about my trans feelings. I felt a lot better. I really appreciate her as well as my boss, who I get the sense really sees me as a guy as well and is always giving me nicknames (exactly why I chose my specific name!)
I'm really disappointed and hurt though. I just bought a packer this week because I've been feeling extremely dysphoric, especially at work. The weight of being in such a cishetero environment is a lot. I'm the only trans person there, the only other queer people are 2 cis gay men. I've been kinda anti social because of it. But this week, I felt super confident with my packer. I absolutely love it, I've been feeling so so happy since I bought it and I've been wearing it confidently at work and socializing a lot more with everyone. Today especially I was having such a good day, chatting with everyone. I felt really happy and comfortable. And then I get misgendered 3 times by different people. One of them said "ladies" about me. Like what the fuck about me makes them think I'm a lady. My name is gender neutral too which sucks.
I genuinely thought I was stealth to like half these people too. I feel like my entire world has crashed in. Like I want people to see me as a dude not just to pretend for my sake. Even when I correct these people next week (dreading doing that ugh), I'm sure they'll be supportive but it's like...they looked at me and saw a woman first. And that sucks. The worst part is I'm pretty sure it's my voice and personality more than anything. Now I feel like everyone in the entire place knows I'm trans and I don't even wanna wear my packer to work because if they notice, then they'll know I have a fake dick stuffed in my pants and probably think I'm a fucking freak.
I bet some of these people say things behind my back too. Like fuck these cis people even if some of them mean well it just sucks. The fact that some of the women could be misgendering me to the men who maybe didn't know in the first place gives me such anxiety too. I'm just so frustrated and sad and embarrassed and I want to hide. Ugh.
Edit: why am I being downvoted

I know it was naive to think I was half stealth, but I do have reasons for that. There are a couple guys who I know for a fact think I'm cis because of comments they've made and a couple other guys have spoken to me about queer people as if I wasn't also one. Ive passed as male since before I even knew I was one. Most strangers assume I'm a cis teenager (I'm in my 20s). I knew that MOST people probably didn't think I'm cis but I thought at the very least everyone knew I was a trans guy. Finding out that some people straight up think I'm a woman for the last 4 months of working here is crushing. Im not really sure why I'm being downvoted, I'm just fucking sad about being seen as a woman somewhere that I thought my identity was clear. My bad I guess