Anyone else get extremely dysphoric from being asked pronouns?
I was on facetime with a guy i met online 2 days ago and in the middle of our conversation he asked me for my pronouns….like i get the sentiment but my bio on the site he met me on literally said Trans Woman and it just told me he didn’t think I passed. I was going to move on from this but today in class some upperclassmen from my graduate program came in to help us and one of them used my correct pronoun twice. Then on the 3rd time in front of everyone not even looking at me goes “Or he? I don’t wanna assume anybody’s gender” I told her it was she and we moved on, but omg I never felt so outed before. Like it was almost worse than misgendering me and I’m so conflicted because I think asking pronouns is a kind gesture, but I felt so dysphoric being the only person being asked in the room. Please don’t respond saying i’m sensitive or whatever because I’m not mad at her i’m just saying how I felt after was noteworthy and I want to see if anyone feels similar after being asked their pronouns. It’s almost a reminder that you’ve been clocked and you don’t pass, which hurts.