I went to visit my new family doctor, since my old one retired, and I had a couple of health issues to discuss. Since this was my first visit, the receptionist needed to enter my name etc into the system. With that out of the way, I was escorted to my exam room. Soon, the doc came in and I got a glance at the paperwork he had so far on me. For gender, it said F!
I wasn't ready for that. Yes, I showed up wearing all women's clothes, a skirt, top and sweater, as well as my favorite suede wedges. And every woman in the office, staff or patient, wore some kind of pants. I was the only one in a skirt. But I don't do wig, makeup, or forms, so I thought I was obviously a man in a skirt, not a transwoman. Maybe medical personnel regularly see transwomen presenting the way I did. I just never thought far enough ahead to imagine I'd be seen as one.
On one hand, it makes me feel good that my presentation is taken seriously as female. On the other, I'm not fully trans, so I feel like I've gone outside my wife's comfort zone, who tells me she's fine with me being somewhere in the middle of the gender spectrum, just not all the way.