nodding sagely, the slit mouthed woman as analogy for being gay. And carefully applying make-up/keeping your expressions in check as analogy for repressing/being closeted.
Good stuff.
As a trans woman, I thought way more of being trans than gay. Because yeah, being gay is hard and stuff, but you don't necessarily need to announce it to the world.
Being trans tho... You don't have much of a choice if you wanna be happy, you have to go through several steps of being shamed and beaten and hunted for it to finally "fit in" and not be noticed. And you likely will still be if you mess up once.
Also to me the line of "She's just a fucking slit-mouthed woman" as if to say "She's not woman enough."