 They just put on a new costume and changed their identity. That's why it's actually kind of incredible that drag queens, of all people, are the ones lobbying for this legislation. Drag queens don't even claim to actually identify as the female characters they play, which means that, in this case, they're effectively calling for special legal protections for fictional characters. It's no different than the furry community lobbying Congress for legal recognition, which I'm sure is where we're headed. This is what happens when you start haphazardly amending laws that were already imperfect to begin with.