I misgendered someone!

Growing up my parents were kind of jerks, they instilled something called manners in me. They made me do things like say "please" and "thank you" and call people "ma'am" and "sir". I still to this day can't believe that they did that to me I'm still suffering. It has caused me to accidentally misgender someone. Yup, the person who lectures people about pronouns did it herself. I accidentally called a FTM person "ma'am" and when he told me that I made a mistake I was beyond embarrassed. Obviously it was unintentional and I made it known that I wasn't saying it to be rude, but I still feel bad about it. You see, when people misgender Callie it feels like they don't accept her. It feels like they're telling her she isn't worth the correct pronouns. It hurts! When transgender people, especially kids, get called by the wrong pronouns they feel unaccepted, when they feel that way the rate of suicide goes up. I'm not saying I pushed this kid passed his boiling point, but I know how he feels. From watching my daughter suffer I can tell you how he feels, I don't like knowing I made a kid feel that way. I am so hoping that I am one of the last people to ever make that mistake towards this young man and that he continues to correct people when they screw up.