The author hiking just outside Yosemite National Park in July 2024, after cutting their hair short, holding their pink hat. Courtesy Rey Katz “Hello? Are you a male or female in there?” a rumbling ...

“Hello? Are you a male or female in there?” a rumbling voice called into the women’s restroom. A man’s boots stepped across the threshold, clunking on the tile floor, as I sat alone in the stall ...