The community is divided about passing and how appropriate it is to examine our appearances under that paradigm, but with cis people, it's safer. It protects you from people who don't know and gets you questioned less by people who do. That can be valuable even to people who don't inherently care about passing.
I'm sorry to hear about the woman who lost her job. I hope she found another one somewhere better :(
Re: Appearances
The community is divided about passing and how appropriate it is to examine our appearances under that paradigm, but with cis people, it's safer. It protects you from people who don't know and gets you questioned less by people who do. That can be valuable even to people who don't inherently care about passing.
I'm sorry to hear about the woman who lost her job. I hope she found another one somewhere better :(