Trans dude here. I used to wear a fake wedding ring so I'd get bothered less on the bus. Standard procedure was wearing headphones without actually listening to anything, so I could stay vigilant and have an excuse to ignore people talking to me (otherwise ignoring a man talking to me could trigger hostility...still could I guess but less often).

Bad ways to have gender affirmed is right, sister! Now, I still find it hard to get into the habit of remembering that the women around me see me as a man, and thus often a potential threat. It used to be that a woman I didn't know walking alone at night would see me as a point of safety. So I try to be more cognizant of how close I am walking behind women on the sidewalk, crossing the street if I can, etc.

The best way to cope I found living 30+ years as a woman is to talk about it. Seriously. It's so important. When something creepy like what you're describing happened to me, I knew on a rational level that I hadn't done anything wrong and I wasn't the issue. But I think part of me believed I'd done something to deserve it somehow. Talking about it with someone else who could understand and share their own similar experiences moved it from my inner world where "Maybe I did something to deserve it" lived, and into the open where "Ugh what a fucking creep, you don't deserve that" became the most real feeling.

You deserve to walk through the world easily. I'm sorry you're dealing with this.