I definitely got ostracized a lot for being an ostrich as a kid. Kids are pricks and they shun people who are different.

As an adult I learned to play the room. Either way if I go to a party people are going to see me. They're going to remember the giant standing in the corner not really talking to anybody. No matter what I do people will always remember that one reindeer with the red nose.

So now when I go to a party or an event I do a sweep of the room. I rock out to the music, I look like I'm having fun and EVERY SINGLE PERSON who looks at me with even the vaguest look of recognition like they've seen me at some event before. I stop and Say hi to.

or more accurately, I don't stop. but I do say hi.

pats on shoulder, bro fist, high five, whatever "Hey man! how you doing! glad to see you. Have fun tonight!" and then I keep walking doing my sweep. Anybody who looks like they've seen me before I treat like we've been friends since we were 5 years old. I have no fucking clue who half those people are so I don't stop and make awkward conversation. Instead I just react to them like we're old friends and I don't need to stop to chat with them right that second because I know we'll catch up later in the night.

Either way people will see me and remember me. Now they remember me as the guy who seems to know everybody. So and so is cool with him, so he must be a cool guy, right? Now people WANT to know me.

People will let you define how they see you.

If you stand out, but you yourself act like it's a bad thing. Trying to make yourself look shorter when you stand next to your friends in pictures or doing things to hide those features People will see you reacting to yourself negatively and will also react to you negatively.
If you stand out and treat it like its a totally awesome thing, people will also treat it like it's a totally awesome thing.