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These days it seems, with all the Republican anti LGBT bills which are mainly directed towards transgender women and trans men, it’s increasingly difficult to relax in public. Who knows when the next shoe will fall and another person will confront you about living as your authentic self. Sadly, in today’s society people are less into minding their own business and more into minding yours.
All of this creates the extra gender pressure I previously mentioned. Through it all, the ability to present yourself authentically becomes extra important. Sadly for some of us cis-women are seemingly not so into taking advantage of what nature gave them. If I was going to go out and run errands right now, I’m sure I would see almost no women who took the time to wear any makeup and dress up at all. The real dilemma for transgender women is to look feminine without really trying. It is certainly a product of having to try harder than the average cis-woman to be accepted. All ready there are stories surfacing about cis-women being rejected from using the woman’s room by over zealous gender bigots.
Rest rooms of course produce a unique challenge to the average transgender woman. Unless you live in the rare state or area which you are protected by law to use the restroom of your choice, it pays dividends to pay extra attention to your surroundings and be careful to use common sense…
