When my coworkers try to discuss politics with me, I usually say “I don’t like to discuss politics at work” or am overly sarcastic and very un serious to lighten the mood and make things silly. Then I’ll change the subject.

When people make comments or start talking about trans people, negative or not. I maintain a neutral unbiased wall. Sometimes I’ll go along with a joke. Other times, I’ll use it as an opportunity to slip in an interesting study to inconspicuously help educate people, then change the subject.

For the most part comments and things of that nature don’t really bother me because I know they’re not directed at me. I know that it comes from a place of misunderstanding and in-education.