when you're not a man (nonbinary) and don masculinity people have no idea what to do with you, where to put you, or what to assume of you
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when you're not a man and don masculinity people only approach you like a man-lite, overcompensating w/ any masculinist adjective they know
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it's even worse when you're black. every one wants to calls you King to "affirm you". but i hate that word. i fucking hate it.
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every masculine assumption is that of men and maleness and dominance and it gives me no space to be read as just *me*. i continue to float.
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i suggest asking more or simply going completely neutral. "you look great" can be said to anyone by anyone for anything. just... calm down
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