@drewdevault Me… a trans person, too afraid to say " nice dress " because my intended subtext is " I want your dress, I'll be cute in it " but I'm too afraid that the heard subtext is still "I hope this compliment starts a conversation which ends with you removing it!".
Yup… I still present as a my deadname for way too many people. I'm just not comfortable disclosing my gender to everybody.