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this one time at a book store i was wearing my trans flag hat and the cashier was about to call me ma'am but saw the hat and went "...siiir?" and then smiled when i got really happy about it !!!! it was one of the first times i'd ever been called sir in public and it makes me so happy <3

at work once, my bosses called me their boy! i was learning a new skill and they said “LOOK AT OUR BOY GO!” it was one of the best experiences

my dad and i were on a road trip to a music festival and we stopped to get starbucks and use the bathroom. it was a one-person bathroom and my dad had to go first and the women’s was occupied, so i just waited outside. when my dad came out of the bathroom, i kept waiting, and he gave me a weird look before gesturing over to the men’s room— basically telling me “the bathroom is open?? this is your bathroom??” on the same trip he also was talking about hrt and he said “if you choose to”, when before he had completely discouraged the idea

on a completely different trip with my dad (we do a lot of road trips together, LOVE my dad!!) we were walking around in chicago, it was father’s day, and we passed a guy handing out candy and he said “happy father’s day to you gentlemen!” it was the first time i’d ever been gendered correctly in public!

once my grandma came over and she told me that one of her friends was trans, and they just found themselves after a long time, and she apologized to me because, as she put it, it took her friend coming out to want to learn more but not her grandson, which meant a lot to me and led to an hour long conversation about gender and what it means to be trans

my creative writing/digital media teacher is really amazing, he always gets super excited when we include trans characters in our stories and says that he wants to hear more trans stories. i was also complaining about my binder to a friend once and he overheard and was like “i’m sorry, i’ve heard it’s hard to breathe in those things” and i was like “yepppp can’t take deep breaths anymore” and he was so sympathetic about it

and finally, all of my friends have forgotten or don’t ever process the fact that i’m afab

i’m incredibly blessed

@GoldenSnailz_: i used to i dosent fit me anymore and i totaly messed up the wig

a year or so ago i was getting some free clothes from a back to school giveaway type thing and this sweet old lady said to the other old lady that was there "this young man is looking for flannels" and i was so happy cuz it wasnt too long after i had come out and i was still really uncertain if i could pass as a boy so

and just this last halloween my friend and i went to this other old lady's door and after she gave us candy she said "you boys have a good time" :333

one of my closest friends is a cis guy, and he's always been really sweet about using my preferred name and pronouns. he's really affectionate as well but he stopped using super feminine nicknames and started calling me champ when i started being more open about my identity sobs /pos

-sleepy