Occasionally

Occasionally I have been known to walk right behind a transgender person and not even realize it. The other day it was a twenty-something transgender woman who was very casually dressed on a hot day. Besides her summer dress, she wore hoop earrings, tennis shoes and no detectable hint of makeup.

Had I not paid attention to tiny details I would not have known as overall she hardly stood out; she was svelte and not particularly tall. Regardless, people today either don't care or don't know and she was so comfortable going about her business that she wasn't giving off any traces of fear which the public invariably picks up on. You could tell she knew who she was.

God love them.