dude is such a beast . if it were safe to wear in texas , i ' d have his jersey for sure . <| sep |> You should get this picture with viagra in case you need to immediately cancel out the pill . <| sep |> As someone old enough to remember when the average police officer was more likely to mistreat a gay man than help him , and as someone who lived in the south US I feel I understand where the trans community comes from in its concerns around police . I will not say that I know the fear , but I will say that I feel that I have a decent understanding , probably better than many in America . That said , we did not combat that by refusing to be around cops . We did make things better by throwing them out of parades , keeping them out of spaces , calling them all pigs though many were horrible people to us , and shouting them out . No , we did it by bringing to light their horrible behaviour , by always being the better person in the story being told , and by always demanding respect and dignity . It is impossible for people to ignore brutality in the face of the unarmed noncombatant person . However , you give the average American an excuse , no matter how lame , and they will use it . We had to be above reproach on an inhuman level that was beyond unfair but after doing it time and again we won and now they are in our parades . You win by engaging , talking , communicating , sharing , being above reproach at an unfair and inhuman level and then shining a light on the dark and cruel underside of your opponent the police . The tide turns , not quickly , not easily , and not fairly , but it turns . Not often for your generation , but for the next . While my husband and I live a better life than I ever imagined we would , what really makes me proud of our actions and efforts over the years is that the next generation has so much more freedom then we ever did and the next after will have even more . It ' s not perfect hell even the straight kids don ' t have that ! but It is SOOOO much better and it gets better every damn day as long as we keep talking .