Mindset

I've noticed that when people happen to look at you they search for reassurance that you're calm and self-assured; in fact it's the only thing they look for. 

I can cross paths with a group of teenage girls and they will completely ignore me. If I happen to catch the eye of one them I will smile and they will smile back sweetly. 

It doesn't matter whether they doubt your gender identity or not because transgender people are no longer a rare sighting for anyone in 2025. 

I'm in public transit every day often during morning rush hour and the main thing that has progressed greatly over the last decade wasn't my makeup skills or clothing savvy (which have only slightly been tweaked); overwhelmingly it has been the mindset.

I am almost to the point where transgender youth is now.

Almost.