Every so often DS9 will throw out a "everyone thinks Julian is annoying and wants him to shut up" just to hurt me, specifically

(grabs mic) I THINK ROM IS A WOMAN

Finally. Some cunt

They are making Julian sit there while his coworkers talk about how he's a freak who shouldn't be allowed to participate in society

the way this author describes julian

His big, beautiful eyes. His soulful, sorrowful eyes. His tender, tortured expression

garak thinks he's engaging in good-natured ribbing with julian meanwhile julian is considering 5 different ways of killing himself as soon as the war is over

additional evidence: "Past Tense", a good look for him, with higher than average levels of suffering, but suffering has not yet reached critical mass

camp 371 is the best Julian has ever looked and the mirror universe is the worst he's ever looked. this leads me to hypothesize some sort of Reverse Uncanny Valley wherein the more Julian suffers, the better he looks, unless he suffers TOO much and then it's bad again