"Passing" is not a privilege. 

The effects of marginalization do not disappear

because someone thinks that 

you do not look the part. 

"Passing" can be a tool. 

It can get you through the day. 

It can keep you alive. 

The benefits are conditional

and, frankly, I don't think they out-way

the ways that "passing" causes harm. 

"Passing" is not a privilege.