Read the thread, but my experience is that the cis person wants the 3rd party to know they& #39;re cool & have a trans friend. It& #39;s a subtle way of outing us w/o being explicit. I find that cis people are just DYING to let others in on my "secret" but don& #39;t want to look like an ass. https://twitter.com/QuinceMountain/status/1388195008575062016">https://twitter.com/QuinceMou...

It& #39;s in the same vein as people who say stuff like "oh, my neighbor, who is gay..." to me for no reason. (No, I don& #39;t know him.) Declaring - subtly or explicitly - that you& #39;re okay with my sexual orientation or gender identity is just weird. I& #39;m not looking for your approval.