I had a long talk with MY optician about their new patient portal.

It asked for my "birth sex."

Then it asked for my partner's "birth sex" and I just about lost it.

The people in the store said it was forced on them by corporate...replacing one which allowed you to put non-binary gender. They were no more amused with it than I was, fortunately,.

Transphobia shows up everywhere.

I actually wish that spec stores would sort specs by size instead of by gender. Those of us with larger or smaller heads would hugely appreciate it. Average people don't realize that frames do come in sizes. There's average, large and petite, but you have to guess which ones are which!