My Presence Weirds People Out at Work

My current job has no one who really gets being queer or anything, which is fine because im there to work in the stockroom, we have headphones in, and everyone's chill and we can just make money help each other finish stuff anf leave for the day. I present as plain as I can and dont bring up my identity.

But now theyre trying harder to get to know me, they joke about me like being too quiet, but also like anytime we talk it doesnt go anywhere, because I cant talk about relationships or anything they put a heavy emphasis on trational gender stuff on, I mean I could, but Ive heard their thoughts on these things and I know id make them uncomfortable. Not all like homophobic transphobic, but theyre just like too taken aback, it wouldnt be a fun convo. This is towards both the men and the women.

However I also happen to not have other common interests. At my old job we talking all time about anime and games or memes or fucked up families or politics or criminal histories or college struggles (we had all sorts of people, old and young, from many places). But this job uh i tried and they tried but yeah our day to day convos dont go anywhere outside of work because just very little overlap. Im always down to listen to something new to me, but like I dont rant the same as these guys or really get everything without extra explanation. Im sure thats how they feel too. I dont know their specific pop culture or interests.

So now its just left with them trying to figure out if im a performative male or gay or just autisitic based on them seeing me out with my friend aka "a goth baddie" out in public once and being insistent something is going on, if not them im into someone i work with (Im not into anyone at work nor my friends) and thats already crazy uncomfortable but they need something interesting for some reason. They seem disappointed im giving them nothing for gossip. Im sorry I cant give them interesting but also like bruh the assumptions are crazy. Even when they stop, and we go back to quiet and chill, the fact that thats whats running through their minds makes things awkward either way.

Its a good and easy job i dont wanna lose while im college. Honestly things will still probably be very chill and they'll get over this stuff once it runs dry. They do like me for always just being locked in working. I just needed to rant. I had a good open minded crew my last job (including old people) and people from uni let me talk more openly about relationships and identity and feel like a human, I completely forget there are people my own age that are still so traditional with gender that it gets super awkward. Though I had a feeling id work somewhere at some point where there arent anyone into cartoons or games lol, I encounter them time to time, totally valid, just also awkward.