Reply To: You’ve been misgendered, so how do you respond?

[Peggy Sue Williams]

In the rare instance it has happened to me, I just laugh it off.  One of my favorite remarks is, “Was it my voice that gave me away”?  Another is, “Oh, you saw right through my makeup.” I never let it bother me.  I never let the person making the remark get the upper hand.

Fortunately, where I live, check-out lines are always so long that cashiers do not have time to misgender people deliberately or otherwise, particularly if it is a national brand name store.  Their employee training includes addressing customers, using proper pronouns.  They will gladly correct their mistake, if it is called to their attention.  I realize other parts of the country and world are not as fortunate

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