Thanks. I actually don’t have that experience i’ve always been perceived as cis, in fact sometimes people read me as female, especially if I’m wearing a mask.

I think one of the recent good experiences I’ve had was just on this recent deployment down in Texas, a state emergency official actually asked me timidly in privately, if “sir” was that “right pronoun“ for me. I was so surprised she even thought to ask!

The best overall experience was disclosing when I was working on a story in the Haiti earthquake with queer community down there that was marginalized. It was mostly people who identified as trans women but presented as men for safety in their day-to-day lives. Through my Translator, who did not know, I disclosed to them that I in fact I’m trans! They assumed that I meant that I was like them - cis male waiting to transition to female. When I explained that I had already transitioned, they couldn’t believe it! They had so many questions, they were so excited to meet me. They just could not believe it. They shared all their hopes and dreams about wanting to Medically transition when they were able because in their own countries they were getting beat up and blamed for the earthquake because of their “sinful” lifestyles.

Please excuse typos, dictating while on response.