Tolerance does not equate to acceptance. Yes, you can probably don female apparel and the general public will just let you be. Or not! There are areas of the country that are just plain hostile to anyone in the LGBTQ+ community. While one may go off to the local mall to shop en femme, are you going to get invited to the neighborhood BBQ dressed en femme? It's a rarity, but I do see on occasion young kids bucking the system, but, it is usually in jobs that definitely do not offer advancement. There was an interesting OP ED piece in my local newspaper discussing the number of legal challenges to anti-discrimination laws based on religious freedom to not accept or provide benefits to the spectrum of LGBTQ+ community members. Things are not as rosy as some want to believe. I am always happy to read a member has found acceptance but that person alone has to bare the consequences of his or her actions, not somebody else.
