Yesterday when I was out dressed, I was stopped at a crosswalk. Then a woman half looked in my direction, and said "Oh my God!"
I was feeling kind of scared at this moment... did she look at me and recognize me as a crossdresser?
Then I realized she was saying "Oh my God!" because there was someone across the street lying on the road, apparently having been struck by a car.
When we go out and aren't confident about passing, we tend to assume the worst. How can I interpret peoples' stares more accurately? Obviously in the above example, the woman wasn't even paying attention to me.
(I'm reminded of the "I feel like a failure" topic, where a forum member said she went to the salon but felt like everyone was staring at her, and got uncomfortable and left.)