Adding onto a comment i left a few days ago; Im very white woman coded; like brownish hair, glasses, speaks with a general american accent, etc etc. I had a coworker of mine refuse to believe that I had autism because I gave off intelligent woman vibes, he was flirting ofc. But that leads into another broader thing, I grew up in the ghetto, sold drugs to make money, regularly affiliated myself with gangs, speaks in AAVE casually and got into fistfights alot when I was younger / pretrans.
Alot of people refuse to believe this because im a well-passing transwoman, and assumedly i must be a shut-in computer engineer or something else; or if they're transphobic assume that I cannot handle myself under stress, when its the opposite.
Something something you surprise yourself with how much people perceive you changes as you transition.
Apologies for rambling, I just like doing it; am on bus rn doing jack shit.