Pretty normal experience when you're a few years into your transition. Usually I was able to get around that by explaining I'm trans but experience may vary. You'll want to get your photo's on your photo ID updated to fix that issue. But yeah, its a good feeling.

Oh they can afford it, but keeping shareholder payouts high is the only way to stop those investors from fleeing and burying you. Late stage capitalism is cannibalizing the game's industry like it does everything else.