I know I've asked lots of questions to be answered already but here's more.. It will keep the thread busy  
 
  
FTM visibility, invisibility  -  thoughts , share stories, experiences? 
I just took our pup for a walk in our apt community and I'm friendly with our neighbors but don't really associate with them or "hang out" with them but I know most of them and some of their family members and of course, dogs. 
Well across the way there is a lady about in her 30s maybe, white. I assume she is straight. She has a little dog called Marley (looks like a miniature of the dog in the movie Marley); so she takes it for a walk now and then and sometimes her family members do so i'm aware of them and who they are.  I see her as I'm walking and she says, "Hello"  I say, "Hello" back and she says,  "Oh, she knows me (referring to our pup). She sees me out when she's with your wife."   I just said "oh" and smiled.  
So then I wonder does she think I'm male? Does she care?  She obviously thinks me and my girl are married..  lol.   
I wonder about the clothes I'm wearing (tshirt, long carpenter shorts, sneakers, a baseball cap) and wonder if that has something to do with portraying myself as male .. hmmm.   Just wondering ..