Yes I've been there quite a lot. I sort of got to know Lee Brewster. Two people I know worked there, Miss Shannon and Robbie. I didn't need to go there but I had great respect for Lee and all he done for civil rights. More to the point of knowing the area around Lee's, I would go there quite often at night to roam the streets and sometimes go to the Vault club, sort of across from Lee's. At night the area came alive with transsexual street walkers, some fairly rough/dangerous girls too.
This next part is not a response to you Kaitlyn.
I know I don't make a point by using big words and meaningful dialogue. But as I said, the transsexuals knew who they were by walking in an area for them and born girls kept away from the area. While there isn't a scientific response it does show that the transsexual girls knew who each other were by staying together. They knew they were transsexuals without the science manuals. I would take a good guess that transsexual girls from Brazil know what they are without scientific studies. I am not putting down studies and such, it is good reading, much I don't understand. I guess it's like art, I can't tell what a transsexual is but I know one when I see one, if that makes sense.
I have a good understanding what it is to be trans and have many years experience, what I don't have is an educated brain to write researched words with deep meanings.