text: Growing up in the 1950's I had a gay uncle. He was charming and well educated with a lot of friends but they were all in the "closet". I saw my uncle dressed as a woman several times. In 1952 an American soldier had a sex reassignment surgery in Denmark that made world news and he became Christine Jorgensen.  So I know for a fact that there have been members of the LBGT community in this nation since I was born and before that I am sure. So until some good Christians just in the last couple of years brought up the horror of having to share a restroom with a LBGT person what did transgender  or cross dressing people did before this if they had to "go"?  In the woods?  The GOP self appointed righteous always fixing a problem that does not exist.