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Understanding Trans People and How Conservatives Manipulate Your Ignorance

Cisgender ignorance of transgender reality

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Once again, a cisgender woman has been falsely identified as a transgender woman and dragged out of a public restroom. In reality, the only biological men in the bathroom that day were the police officers who went in to remove her.

When all the controversies about transgender women using public bathrooms began several years ago, I knew cisgender women would also get targeted. I’ve known several women who have more masculine looking faces and physiques. That doesn’t make them less female or feminine, it’s just how they look. However, they still did their hair and nails, wore makeup and dresses, and otherwise acted and sounded like women.

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So, it’s taken me by surprise that it’s cisgender women who prefer presenting more butch, with short hair, no makeup, or nail polish, and dressing a bit more…