Things that are terrifying to me that I assume aren’t terrifying to cis people:
- Person looking at me as I figure out where the door is on this weird stall
- Person who was leaving the bathroom as I entered suddenly deciding now is a good time to go back and stand by the sink after they see me go in a stall
- Literally any middle aged to elderly person looking at me in public
- A small child old enough to talk staring at me in public
- Anyone who looks like the type to live on a farm or in a gated community staring at me in public
- Going clothes shopping
- Showing my government photo ID in any situation
- Laughing people leaving the restroom after they see me
- Shopping anywhere on the edge of town or in one of the surrounding rural towns
- People who knew me before the age of 18 being around when I introduce myself to new people
- Buying deodorant, soap, and shaving supplies in the store
- Walking out of a public restroom
Yeah cis people can reblog. Just don’t go “Uhm actually” on me or imply that I’m being paranoid. If you do that you’re part of the problem.
Hey can cis people with social anxiety stop trying to relate to this post? I get that you have anxiety but it is not the same as a trans person’s anxiety. You are not nervous in the bathroom for the same reason that I am. I have a very real fear of being grabbed, punched, kicked, sexually assulted, publicly embarassed, or stabbed in public spaces specifically because I’m transgender. Your nervousness in a grocery store is not the same as my twinge of fear when another man eyes me with suspicion in the soap aisle.
