But if it does come down to public perception then it makes people look bad if they can accept a dude becoming a dudette but not this.
We heap loads of praise on Caitlyn Jenner, but this woman is criticized because she apparently lied about race in order to get a job or whatever. The problem is that Jenner himself comes from a family of notorious media whores, meaning if we are going to play "she didn't do it for the right reasons" then it's hard for us to say you couldn't say the same thing about Caitlyn. Was she trying to raise awareness of transgender issues or was she trying to raise awareness of Caitlyn Jenner?