One of the things I've noticed after starting to wear more obvious queer symbols — and especially after dying my hair — is that I've begun to develop a sense for when a person _isn't okay_ with those things.
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I'm not going to pretend that I'm not still bad with faces, but I've definitely had multiple experiences of walking past a person on the street, or otherwise briefly interacting with them, and almost immediately being able to tell that they were looking at me in an angry or disapproving way.
I haven't had any serious problems with harassment — there has been the occasional rude gesture or personal space invasion, but very little that actually scared me and nothing causing real harm — but I'm definitely more on guard these days nonetheless.
I'm still a bit surprised by how much of a change there has been — I thought I looked _obviously_ queer and nonbinary even before — but it is unmistakable post facto.
And lastly, before anyone takes this as an excuse to be racist: the only demographic skew I've noticed is that the people who _aren't okay_ with it are usually gender-confirming men.
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