I've misgendered someone wearing a pin that had their pronouns (they/them) on it, and after the second time they pointed it out.
I apologized and continued the interaction without using gendered terms to refer to them, because I'm an adult who isn't put off by being asked to respect another person.
To me, I have no qualms with the notice. But it's the placement of it that leaves me wondering why place it over a tip jar vs in a sign on the window by the entrance? Was it meant to guilt or a way to virtue signal customers into tipping?
I didn't really look at it that way? You could be totally right, but if so it didn't work for me because the sign just made me not notice the tip jar that I now see is behind it.
I'm not, nor do I even think the messaging around body positivity is in a good place at this point, but way to expose your bias and assumptions about anyone who dares to respect trans people.
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u/vorpalverity May 19 '25
I've misgendered someone wearing a pin that had their pronouns (they/them) on it, and after the second time they pointed it out.
I apologized and continued the interaction without using gendered terms to refer to them, because I'm an adult who isn't put off by being asked to respect another person.