Have you experienced a drop in customer service after socially transitioning?
Have you experienced a drop in customer service after socially transitioning?
I honestly feel that in general people are far nicer to me post-transition (MtF) than pre, especially so with cis women. With customer service reps, I’ve also learned that even a little voice training helps immensely. Even if they’re bigoted, it’s a mental hurdle for them to overcome when they hear a feminine voice, build the mental model of you being female, and then see your “before” information with the incorrect gender. It’s gotten to a point where I’ve had employees saying “Okay Ms. Hovercat, let’s get your information pulled up. Oh, for some reason they had you in here as ‘Mr. Hovercat’, I’m terribly sorry for the inconvenience, let’s correct that for you”.
I know it’s become a meme at this point about how much transwomen loathe voice training, but I notice a very, very distinct difference in the way I’m treated by people out and about vs my friends who haven’t voice trained yet, and it’s seriously been by far the best thing I’ve done mentally for eliminating a lot of dysphoria.