Yesterday, I only walked .64 miles. So, today, I walked 9.7 miles, giving me a two-day total of 10.34 miles. On the mapped route to Washington D.C., that brings us a bit past Eloy, AZ. We're about half-way to Tucson from Phoenix now.
After walking about 8 miles on the "grand tour" through Hillcrest, Balboa Park, past the Zoo, and North on Park Ave., I had just started again after a rest at the "Trust" restaurant and bar, and 2 male motorcyclists were sitting there idly on their bikes watching me pass by. One turned to the other and said derisively about me to his buddy, "There you go!" His buddy then said..."Woah, no,... like Frankenstein."
Ok, so I was a sweaty, tired, fat, homely trans woman...but, really? How rude. I had many thoughts of doing nasty things to them, but I kept walking and did nothing...but, I thought about it. It does remind me that there are plenty of people out there who are viscerally repulsed by transgender women and that I should carry pepper spray while I do my walking.
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