Shifting Perspectives

So I'm at a job for the first time as my self. I am a freelance contractor so work is often with new people and in different places. I informed the company that hires me for these jobs I was transitioning and would be out at work from now on. Because I typically work with new people it's not as much of an issue as it would be in a more normal 9-5 but regardless the company said I was their first trans employee and sent out memos and updated company policies about zero tolerance for any kind of harassment or discrimination.

They took time to talk to me about needs and to make sure I would feel comfortable while working. Told me if I needed anything they would help. So here I am in a different city, at work, wearing clothes that feel good and correct for once, wearing just a bit of makeup so I feel pretty and to help anyone who might be unsure as to my intended gender. And it occurs to me that for the first time I'm starting to feel normal after 38 years of always feeling like something was wrong with me.

Now it kind of feels the people who have something wrong with them are the ones who stare and cant accept me. The y are the ones who have issues, I'm just being me.