Hi Carmen.
I don’t know the exact reason of the behavior you describe, but see if this makes some sense… (Please ignore this if somebody else may have already pointed this up, if they have, sorry if this seems repetitive)
So, let’s say somebody who follows football reads that “The kicker for the local HS team scored a game winning 50 yards field goal”. As far as I know, while a good distance, is far away from being impressive. Now let’s change the headline to “Stephanie, the kicker for the local HS team scored a game winning 50 yards field goal”… It suddenly becomes a special achievement, right?
Similar to a pretty girl posting her photo in a makeup site… “I’m Carmen and this is my cat eye technique”, may be “just another photo of a pretty girl in the site posting an average photo. Whereas “I’m Carmen, and I’m transgendered (or a CD/TS/Non-Binary, etc.) and this is my cat eye technique” becomes more of an “special achievement”.
Because being pretty for a cis female is an everyday thing, being pretty for a non cis female is a more special thing, for the most part.
Please let me know what you think.
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