Of course! 🐛🦋

Hey! That's actually a queen, which is related to the monarch but slightly different. You're very lucky!

...the law does not reflect their actual values or priorities (although, of course, this in itself reveals their values and priorities too).

So the experience was a weird mix of reassuring and sobering. Like, it really does come down to the law because a huge portion of people base their moral decisions on the law, even when...

2. I also think most cis people are going to comply w/ law regardless of how sympathetic they feel toward us. Most people are not going to risk their own jobs or lives for us. And I can't necessarily blame them for that. I'm grateful for the ones who will, but they're going to be few & far between.

1. I don't believe most Americans actually hate trans people. Some clearly do and are very vocal about it, but I think most are pretty "live and let live" about us. That's been my experience, anyway, even here in Florida. But...

Then when I was leaving, she called me "sir", after having just seen my old license with an F marker. I keep thinking about this because I feel like it exemplifies two things:

On the bright side, I did get my name updated on my license (and a new photo), car registration, and voter registration, so at least those are done now.

Gorgeous!

You are correct. This isn't funny.

Oh no! I'm glad you're physically OK and I hope you're able to re-center yourself without too much stress.