Angel
joined 2 years ago
Due to my androgyny, I have been letting people have a "choose your own adventure" approach to my gender, as I am gendered inconsistently.
If someone calls me a man, okay, then I am a man.
If someone calls me a woman, okay, then I am a woman.
I sometimes engage in gendered code switching with my voice because of this.
For instance, let's say I go into the grocery store, and the cashier says, "Find everything you need, ma'am?" I will respond with an unequivocally feminine voice to accommodate their perception.
Let's say I go into a coffee shop immediately after, and then the barista says, "What can I get you today, sir?" then I might respond with "A large black Americano" with my most bassy, masculine voice.
I got used to it by now.
Yeah, I don't mind. There's a reason why my pronouns say "any," lol