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Maybe some useful advice ?
I found this interview with Eddie Izzard where he tells the interviewer about how he handles those members of the public who try to harass him in the street. Worth a look.
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Far too confrontational for me. It seems like Eddie is asking for trouble by glaring at people. I prefer to smile and de-escalate the potential for violence that way.
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I am more towards Eddie on this Carol, I was bullied as a child and am buggered if I am going to allow it now that I am grown. I am not, however, suicidal and I know when to bite my tongue as well. Mind you I rarely have negative comments said to me so have never used the headful of comebacks I carry. The few times I have confronted smart arses, they have melted once they are challenged, as Eddie seems to have found.
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I’m with you Carol, I think it is much better to just smile and continue on without causing any sort of confrontation.
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I to was bullied something awful as a child and I take no crap from anyone. In any case, surely no one would thump an elderly man wearing glasses with a turbo powered walking stick, Nah!
The best practice is to ignore the would be ignorant, trans phobic bastard.
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While I am only just starting to step out in public, and in relatively safe places there are some good lessons here. I don’t know if I would confront people as I wouldn’t want to escalate a situation. Having said that, over the years when I have been bullied the behaviour only stops when you stand up to the bullies. In many cases they slink away pretty quickly when they realise they have no longer have any power over you.
The key for me now is the need to own my identity whether I am dressed or not. I’ve spent too many years worried about what others might think, not realising the damage I was doing to my own mental health in the process. I am who I am and if other have an issue with the way I present it is their problem.
