Being Trans in Europe/Latin America
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I know Europe's a big place. I'm from the states and am curious. Also I don't pass and that's relevant.
In my experience, being visibly trans is...very frustrating. People immediately "gay up" their voice/language when seeing me. I'm m constantly told about how brave I am. I truly cannot go a single day in public without it becoming a subject of conversation. People stare at me constantly. and this is the safer part of the spectrum of experience.
So I'm wondering, how frequent are these more middle of the road experiences in other countries? Without looking at data specifically on this, I feel safe in saying violence against trans people is less in many places outside the US. Maybe a personal experience bias but I've been spit on, chased, assaulted in public since starting my transition about 2 years ago.
I know there's a lot of violence against trans women in Brasil for example, but most of it happens to native trans sex workers which is terrible and needs to change! but when I revisited last year I got far less stares, and 1 person in a week brought up my transness, but it was in context to what we were talking about, and it was more of a hint that she knows rather than making it a topic of conversation.
So, in relation to these things, what's your experience like in European or Latin American countries?