PSA about passing

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There's this whole thing that happens where someone sees a trans woman with blatantly obvious masculine features who claims that they pass, and everyone just thinking that they are deluded/crazy.

Something has to be kept in mind: most people don't have trans stuff on their mind. Like, at all. Yes, plenty of trans women DO have really really obvious masculine features. Like, blatantly obvious shit. Man jaw/man hands/brow ridge/whatever else. But, to the average person on the street, when they see a person with breasts and a mannish face, they don't think "must be transgender". They think "must be a lesbian".

I'm trans and I swear to god I look like a man in a dress. Like I'm the exact image of that stereotype of a fat, ugly, hairy, linebacker of a guy wearing a dress. But I've also interacted with people who talk openly about how much they despise trans people, how gross and ugly they are, how awful they are etc, then when I tell them I'm trans they are suddenly shocked (and like 50% of the time they're like 'oh gosh oh i didnt mean it' lol). In one specific instance, the person was a neo nazi who straight up wanted gas chambers to be used and shit. When I say I pass, I don't mean "I look in the mirror and think I look like any other woman", I mean "personal experience has shown that no one can tell I'm trans for some fucking reason".

tl;dr masculine features should give you away and most trans people should be getting clocked around the clock but trans is always the last thing people expect, they go to lesbian stereotypes first.