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I have met a couple of people over the years that are scared of interacting with trans people because they don't know how to act.
I mean, they do, because you just act like you would with anyone else. But they worry about fucking up, or how/whether to address transness. So they get all tense and awkward, and then they fuck up and say something dumb and get even more scared the next time they meet a trans person.
It isn't just for trans folks! There's people that get specific social anxiety around people of other races, gay people, even just people from a different part of the country or world. It's the whole "I don't wanna say/do the wrong thing".
Oh yes! I used to be like that.
But one day I met a friend of a friend that already knew some stuff about me and liked me
I've misgendered him several times on accident that day, but basically never since :)
Ngl, I'm relatively active with the local LGBTQ community and have been since the nineties, and I still sometimes screw up. Rarely for sure, but still. Luckily, everyone knows I'm just an idiot, not a jerk.