We were both going to the same train. I started walking faster because the doors were about to shut and she started speeding up as well and kept looking over her shoulders rapidly as I caught up. It didn’t help that my entire outfit was black

Didn’t mean to scare you

  • space_wizard [any]
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    2 years ago

    When I grew my hair out and softened my appearance a bit, the big surprise was the change in how strangers reacted to me. I've had some people comment that I should cut my hair and be more stereotypically masculine again but I couldn't go back. It's so deeply alienating to seem threatening to people when the situation isn't safe.