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[–]SameOldBS 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A lot of trans-identifying girls are on the autistic spectrum - up to 40% according to research. That would explain, at least in part, the lack of eye contact and seeming rudeness.

[–]msteacherlady[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think this is a great point and it's worth being sensitive to this in general for the autistic people in our community. In this case, when she started working there, she wasn't like that at all. After that encounter I had with her, I told myself she was probably having a bad day. After running into her time and again at the shop I realized this was just her new personality!