Quote Originally Posted by TGMarla View Post
And this is why you get "sir" added when people address you. They are attempting to be polite. These people know you are male despite your obvious effeminate appearance. What the heck do you expect from people, especially people who have little understanding of the transgendered?

Sheesh! Get over it. People are only trying to be nice to you.
Right on Marla, I'll second that emotion!

It's the mixed presentation which is at work here. Even in full female presentation, many Muggles will still slip up and call us "sir" because their brains detect and perceived in this order...

female

no wait, male

oh, it's one of those TG types

So now knowing how to address TG because we're all new in their world, they revert to the last one in the hierarchy, male. Voila, here comes the "sir".

But there is a point which was not brought up. What if everyone called you "ma'am??? Wouldn't that rub you the wrong way as well?