8th March: the Misgendering Festival. How do I deal with tomorrow, 8th March, International Women's Day? If I go out, a lot of people will say congratulations to me and I'll have to smile and say "thank you" (or they'll get offended: they're trying to be nice) even if I'm fainting inside. My plan is to lock myself in my bedroom and switch off the notitications on the phone, but of course my parents will need to call me and say congratulations, and the day after I will find congrats over congrats on my facebook wall... (I'm out only to four friends, more or less) Should I say to my parents: "You might think it's strange, there's a complicated story behind it, just don't make congrats please"? How can I be rational and not make a drama out of it? It's not their fault, they're being nice, I'm not out and I can't manage to look at least ambiguous, even if I "crossdress" (I don't have a binder).
