Response ID,Gender Identity,Age,Education status,Education status - other,Ethnicity,Disabled,Religion,Religion - Other,Pronouns, Main country of residence,#1 Microaffirmation,#1 What was affirming about this experience?,#1 What happened next (if anything)?,#1 Where did this microaffirmation occur? - Selected Choice,#1 Where did this microaffirmation occur? - Other - Text,#1 Who/what delivered this microaffirmation?,#2 Microaffirmation,#2 What was affirming about this experience?,#2 What happened next (if anything)?,#2 Where did this microaffirmation occur? - Selected Choice,#2 Where did this microaffirmation occur? - Other - Text,#2 Who/what delivered this microaffirmation?,#3 Microaffirmation,#3 What was affirming about this experience?,#3 What happened next (if anything)?,#3 Where did this microaffirmation occur? - Selected Choice,#3 Where did this microaffirmation occur? - Other - Text,#3 Who/what delivered this microaffirmation?,#4 Microaffirmation,#4 What was affirming about this experience?,#4 What happened next (if anything)?,#4 Where did this microaffirmation occur? - Selected Choice,#4 Where did this microaffirmation occur? - Other - Text,#4 Who/what delivered this microaffirmation?,#5 Microaffirmation,#5 What was affirming about this experience?,#5 What happened next (if anything)?,#5 Where did this microaffirmation occur? - Selected Choice,#5 Where did this microaffirmation occur? - Other - Text,#5 Who/what delivered this microaffirmation?
R_8LGQid0MtGPOXOI,Transmasculine,25,Not currently in education,,White,Yes,No religion,,They/Them or He/Him,England,"Parents, unprompted, using they/them pronouns and gender-neutral terms to describe me","Knowing that they speak about me in an affirming way to other people, not just around me",N/A,In the wider community,,Parents,"Being referred as 'sir', 'mate' or 'boss' by service workers/strangers",Knowing that I look masculine enough to either pass as a man or to indicate that I likely do not identify as a woman,No,In the wider community,,Food service workers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
R_88dXIpoPU1VP5Sh,Demigirl ,17,Currently attending college/sixth form,,"Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, any other Asian background)",No,"Christian (including Church of England, Catholic, Protestant and all other Christian denominations)",,They/them or she/her,UK,"My friend remembered that I use they/she pronouns and often refers to me as they rather than she, which is nice on days I feel less connected to she/her. ","It was nice since most people default to she/her because that's what they're used to, so for it to be different was nice.","Not much, just continued on with conversation really.",Home,,A friend ,"I was talking to my mum about potentially starting binding and getting surgery (not proper top surgery but something to help me feel more comfortable) and she was very open and receptive to it, and I think she was glad I opened up to her.",The fact that I know she would be willing to support me with this.,I'm in the process of looking more into binding etc.,Home,,My mum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
R_2mN8MRfcafV4Dol,A gender-non conforming cis woman,23,Not currently in education,,White,No,Jewish,,She/they,Russian Federation,"When I was studying for my BA Course in Uni, during a Riso-Printing workshop, I clarified that my pronouns are she/they and for the first and only time, I was referred to as ""them"" by a stranger. This person never even met be before but unlike my long-term acquaintances in the uni, cared enough to use ""they"". It meant a lot to me, as no other person yet had used anything but ""She"" when referring to me.","Simply the fact that someone paid attention when I introduced myself. I am aware that I appear as an average cis woman, who will most likely be perceived as such to majority of people but that one instance made me feel like a part of myself that usually is never acknowledged by the outside was noticed.","Unfortunately, I did not have a repeat experience of this.",Other,University,"A stranger, a fellow student likely in their twenties.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
R_8AwCzl5cV3P9u5r,Non Binary,17,Currently attending college/sixth form,,White,No,No religion,,They/them,United Kingdom,I got called a boy by a substitute teacher.,I felt like I passed enough to be ambiguous with my gender (what I intended at the time),The people in my class corrected him that I was a girl (I said nothing),School,,A substitute teacher,A teacher referred to me as a boy to one of my friends.,"Again, my gender ambiguity was noticed by teachers.",Nothing,School,,A teacher,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
R_8xK8H8C9Cq49IoB,Trans man,17,Currently attending college/sixth form,,White,No,No religion,,He/him,England,"Being called sir at a restaurant. ""And what can I get for you sir?""",I try to dress more masculine so being addressed as sir makes me feel really confident.,I had a good day,In the wider community,,A stranger ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
R_838O6U5WgxUtigM,non binary ,16,Currently attending college/sixth form,,White,No,Any other religion (please state below),Agnostic - unsure,they/them,England,My best friend's mum asked me what I would like to be called and how I would like to be referred in the early days of when I first came out. It felt very liberating and amazing and accepting,The fact that I was being respected ,,Other,Friend's house,Best friend's mum ,"My dad has started to call me by my preferred name and I can't remember the last time that he dead named me, still misgenders me but that's fine and i don't notice anymore because everyone in my house does it but it's still great to hear him constantly calling me by what i want to be referred to as. ",His respect for me,"a few days after I first came out, he referred to me as a person which was very liberating and amazing to hear ",Home,,Dad,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
R_83Ab4mWd0C1yiqZ,Agender,17,Currently attending college/sixth form,,White,No,No religion,,they/he,England,"Customers at work tell their kids to ""give it to the nice man to scan""",I get perceived as male by strangers at first glance,I speak and then the customer thinks im a girl cause I have a more feminine voice,In the wider community,,Stranger,being referred to by my chosen name despite it not being my legal name ,i get called my name,,School,,teacher/friends ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
R_2aDpUBNfWoFV9VT,Male: more specifically I'm a gender nonconforming trans guy,18,Currently attending college/sixth form,,White,Yes,Any other religion (please state below),Pagan,He/they,United Kingdom,"I was talking with a friend about what gender I pass as in public and they said they would they'd see me as ""some sort of male"": i.e. demiboy, transmasc, binary guy etc. ","It was really nice to know that they think I pass as male, especially since I am pre T and somewhat femme presenting (I have dyed hair, wear cropped t shirts, jewellery etc). It also made me really happy how they said I look some sort of masc without specifying binary male, as I feel like my gender nonconformity has a lot to do with my gender identity and although I am a man I like the thought that I'm read as somewhat androgynous/gender nonconforming. ",,School,,A friend from college,"I was texting a guy I have a crush on and sent him a picture of a cropped tshirt I had bought that day, which he said was really cute.","Obviously him saying that I looked cute was nice, but specifically because he didn't know I was trans when we met and since I told him he's always gendered me correctly and been really supportive and understanding. He is bisexual and the fact that he said I'm cute when wearing femme clothes and still sees me as a guy is really affirming.",,Home,,A friend from college who I'm exploring dating with (we're not officially dating but are just seeing how it goes.),"Someone from my friend group at college was taking part in a short film and whilst researching costumes was googling ""men in corset"". He is bisexual and I am gay so we both like men and when I asked if I could see the pictures, he said yes of course in a very knowing voice.","I don't know very many queer guys, most of the people in our friend group are nonbinary, and I felt like we both had a moment of understanding as we are both men who like men and this was really affirming for me, because I see being male and liking men as very connected for me.",,School,,Someone from my college friend group. ,,,,,,,,,,,,