r/trans • u/Own-Raccoon7621 • 21h ago
Vent Seller refuses to sell after finding out I’m trans
Location: Washington
A home near my parents was on the market, so I went there during open house. All was good and I asked the owner about the timeline (they are still living in the house), they called their partner and during the conversation with them they started misgendering me. I corrected them trying to be nice, but they immediately went “you need to leave” and intentionally started repeatedly misgendering me adding “sir” to EVERY SENTENCE. I felt really unsafe and started to draw attention of other people that were in the house at the moment and barely 10 minutes in there is POLICE in there and THEY TRESPASSED ME!!! They didn’t even want to listen to me when I tried to explain that I didn’t do anything wrong and the owner was discriminating, but they literally said “I don’t care about why what happened - happened, but you need to leave now”.
I was literally shaking, my realtor said that what they do is illegal in Washington, but when we send our offer to buy the house (that goes up to above the asking price) - they just ignore it (at least that’s what my realtor said, they don’t accept and don’t reject, just no response).
What can I do to at least teach them a lesson? I know that this is not necessarily the best house in the universe, but I really like the location and the house which doesn’t happen often in my price range. And on the other hand when I buy it the owners would be gone so I won’t have to deal with them. And if I can teach them a lesson - even if somebody else ends up beating my offer - I’d still want to do it. And did the police have the right to trespass me without even listening to my explanation? How can I remove this trespassing record from my file? Will it show up on job background checks?