Also, happy #transgenderawarenessweek with lots of #nonbinary fish and a simultaneous hermaphrodite sea slug

They will join a juvenile California sheephead, a Spanish shawl and an indigo hamlet. #nonbinary #transmasc

I first saw the former in the Galapagos this year and saw the latter in the Ionian Sea this year.

And then

Cats! Not cattle!

My replies may have gotten out of order, but it was important to know that I was asked by a scuba shop owner about the scar across my chest

Yeah, I’m not really either of those, but I do tend towards colorful clothing

Yes, wrasse are fish. Specifically fish that are all born female and some change as they age.

After we dived, I said I was a wrasse. And had to explain her u meant.

The second person to ask was a scuba dive guide, who I opted to not answer— I said it was 8 years ago and did not impact my diving.

I asked her if she had had any guesses and she did not.

The first person who asked was someone that was in a group that I am traveling with. She saw me in my swimsuit and her way of asking was pretty respectful. She acknowledged that I didn’t need to answer and prefaced the question by letting me know that she was a surgical nurse.

I had top surgery 8 years ago last month and was not asked about my scars for 8 years. I have been asked twice in the first week.