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That ogre character could have been me in the early years of my transition. I'd get to looking the best I could, only to have someone (invariably young and male) make disparaging remarks about my appearance. Every single, solitary day.


And yes, I've had parents pull their kids away from me. Most of the time, though, I think it has more to do with the fact I'm in a wheelchair. If a child is even remotely curious about it, or (heaven forbid, asks me a question about it) the poor kid practically gets a dislocated shoulder from the parent yanking on the kid's arm.

Worst would have to be the time I was earning a bit of extra money by selling flowers. I had transitioned the year before, I think. A woman sends her two children over to buy something, and I overheard her saying, "Now don't you talk to him!" as if I were going to snatch them up and run off with them. Which makes me wonder why she didn't simply get the stupid flowers herself.