Top 3 Favorite Compliments of All Time

I had just turned 21 and was on vacation to see my friend in Philly. It was my first trip without my mom. Anyway… I was at a party with my best friend when a man old enough to be my father told me I looked like a young Billy Idol. Then he asked for my number. I declined, but have built my self esteem off this interaction. 

Next my best friend’s abusive father misgendered me incorrectly. Let me explain. I’m a afab non-binary tending towards masc. He made a comment something like “why is Arch trying to be a woman. He’s such a handsome young gentleman.” Truly my favorite transphobic statement of all time. 

And finally tonight I was given the trifecta of favorite things said to me. Today a young man who was peeing on the boarded off sidewalk of NYC said “fire mullet” while holding his winky. I believe that caps it. I can die fulfilled now.