still the award goes to that grade-school teacher a year ago who saw me walking through the halls of an elementary school, while I was literally wearing a “visiting tutor” badge, and she said “hey, where are you going, do you have a hall pass?” and I looked at this woman who couldn’t have been much older than me and went through every stage of grief as I accepted she thought I was at MOST in fifth grade.
honorable mention to the server and manager who confiscated @romangodfrey-s‘s and my IDs this summer at Pride and said “even though they ran, we’re having a hard time believing you’re 21.”