Moment of happiness

[oulfis]

I was eating lunch with a group of friends, most of whom don't know I'm trans. As part of an argument, I mentioned that I don't eat bacon, and M, who isn't in the know, said that it didn't matter because I wasn't a guy. E, who DID know, made a sympathetic little noise and touched my arm. I'm pretty sure M thought it was about the sexism inherent in the idea that a woman's opinion wouldn't count (at least I'm pretty sure that's what he thought, based on his apology) but I know that E really meant to comfort me in the face of having someone assert that I am the wrong sex.

Anyway. I just wanted to remember that, because it was so tiny but it meant so much.