What Not to Say

[Juniper]

I'm not the best at putting my thoughts into words, but considering I saw a lot of misgendering this weekend and it's an ongoing issue I deal with myself, I don't want to not say anything. I apologize in advance if I'm not the best at explaining my view point.

While I understand we can't control how other's react to us, most people wouldn't explain why they might misgendered someone if they identify with the sex they were assigned at birth. For instance, a woman with short hair is misgendered as a male, most people aren't going to say "oh sorry, you had short hair so I assumed you were a guy". Most of the time people will just say "Oh sorry," and use the correct pronoun. Explaining why you misgendered someone can be very hurtful. You may think these are small innocent comments, but I can tell you I have enough trouble trying to figure out which bathroom I should use at times without having to second and triple guess myself because someone said something about my body to me.