Accidentally outed myself by showing a classmate Fat Fuck Dragonite
This is a funny story I just wanted to share, so I hope it fits under discussion. Also no, Fat Fuck Dragonite is not a euphemism, it's literally my round bellied pokemon build-a-bear LOL.
I was at a school event just chilling by myself, and someone who I'm not really friends with but I know well enough came and just started chatting with me. We have a few common interests, and shes pretty friendly so I was comfortable enough to show her a stupid picture of my dragonite plushie that I thrifted a few weeks ago. It's important to note that this guy is FAT. All the stuffing accumulates around his belly and makes up for like 70% of his total mass. I like taking 0.5 pictures of him with my camera tilted upward cause it makes him look like a rolling hill with his head being the sunrise just about to disappear into the horizon.
What's also important is that I have a trans pride flag stretched over the underside of my loft bed, and under that flag I have my TV, chair, games ETC. In the photo I was showing my classmate, my pride flag is very visible in the background, like the American flag gently waving in the patriotic breeze behind Uncle Sam. I didn't even realize this in the moment because I was just excited to show off one of my favorite plushies, but she looks at the picture, laughs at my obese little dude, and then pauses. She asks me, "Are you trans?".
It's dead silent. I'm not out at my school, I've been on T for 2 years now and I pass as a cis guy, and I wanna keep it that way. I don't tell anyone unless I have to, and I've never had to. She seems nice enough, so I had a brief dilemma on whether I should come out to this one person, or quickly make up a lie to cover my undercover trans butt for the like 20 more days I have left before graduation. I decided to tell her that I was, about how I'm on T, etc etc. She was like "Oh, okay. Cool!" And it was never brought up again for the rest of the event. She kept my secret too, no one at school has heard about it or has asked me stupid questions, so Im okay. No dramatic ending, I just thought it was a funny story. Hope it made some of y'all laugh too. If enough people ask, I'll post the photo in the comments.