Like another poster said, being trans isn’t the same as crossdressing, but the article did say he never took an explicit stance that made his online behavior seem hypocritical.

On the other hand, he chose to participate in GOP politics. And I only know about southern baptism through stereotypes & tropes, so I don’t want to assume too much, but that’s another group I wouldn’t immediately consider terribly accepting.

If it’s not a full-on leopards at my face situation, it strikes me as a leopards nibbled in the general vicinity of my face one.