The personal side of bais, prejudice, and oppression

My mother, being a more masculine lesbian, in her relationship, she has often experienced biases when in a highly professional environment with strangers. The strangers engage in conversations and she is often excluded from the conversation. They discuss their degrees, and it seemed as though she was intentionally excluded from the conversations. Eye contact was often low and so are introductions. 

I have witnessed sometimes being with her, she is treated differently when she is dressed comfortably vs. when she is dressed like a lady.

Until, when in professional environments, she mentions her employer the level of respect is low.

Knowing that my mother is treated differently simply because of the way she decides to dress is sad and pretty pathetic. It says more about the people that prejudge her than herself. 

From my mother's experience, I understand even more how important it is to not judge a book by its cover.