No, not really.

I’m a POC. And a cis LGBT man.

Jesus. Being called cis is offensive??

Which is why the vast majority of people choose to disclose. 

I said it isn’t mandatory.

Fun fact: they don’t have to.

Trans people do not HAVE to disclose.

1. The burden of proof lies on you.

Ah, I see by other comments you’ve made you’re a narrow-minded, self-contradicting ass without a solid grasp of key concepts.

I read through the original article and couldn’t find confirmation of my suspicion, but I hiiiighly suspect the city official was not a white man.

Being a POC means the default is ‘be arrested’

So I see you’re deliberately ignoring the part where a city official came by to explain the situation to the police.

Exactly this.

My understanding is if you dare to say “I am not committing a crime” or “please let me explain before you arrest or shoot me” that’s resisting arrest.

I didn't check, but my suspicion is perhaps the city official was a POC themselves. 

Soooooo

I think Ms. Cox is amazing, and a great role model. She cuts straight to the point, and the line about the stigma surrounding the existence of transwomen was very, very real.

As a skinny, awkward teenager, and into my early 20s - when accused of looking at a straight guy the ‘wrong way’ I would swear up and down that I wasn’t, I wouldn’t dare. Never made eye contact, made myself small and unthreatening. Usually got beaten regardless, feared for my life a few times.

Yes, this.

It’s really frustrating to see this bizarre narrative that a penis equals a man, equals being gay. Gender, attractiveness and desire are registered long before anyone knows what’s in the other person’s pants.