between us

Me: ... Yeah, my brother's gay
Her: And how do you feel about that?
Me: ...Okay, I guess...

Him: Do you want to come to pride day parade with us?
Me: I don't know because I'm cis, I'm white, I'm male... Aren't you the same?
Him: Me, I'm not cis, I'm actually transgender

Me: What are your thoughts on this elementary school being built so far from our most recent development?
Him: I’m sorry I keep on staring at you but I just can’t help it. I know you’ve seen me staring but you look so much like my daughter. So beautiful. Blonde and blue eyes, just beautiful
Him to the other girl in the room: Not that you aren’t beautiful it’s just that I can’t stop staring at her.

Me: (Walks into his room in a colorful outfit)
Him: Can you stop being so gay for once?

Them: Latina? You're just white
Me: ...

Them: Who're you talking about again?
Me: My friend, whos uhh... he has... well, a disability

Later, the manager and I chatted briefly
Me: I blame it on my covid mask and how nervous it makes me. The worst thing about the damn thing is that I can't help but smell my own bad breath (in an attempt at some self-deprecating humour)
Him: That's actually the best thing about it. We no longer have to smell yours!

Her: I don't know about this event you're talking about. Are you sure it's really happening?
Me: (Who has lived it, it's happening outside my house) ...

Her: Oh, no way, you're from there? I'm surprised you guys even speak english there
Me: Yeah, colonial legacy, unfortunately