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Jean Bonnet appears in court more than 20 times in defiance of San Francisco's anti-cross-dressing law.

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Bonnet is a white gender non-conforming person born in Paris and raised in San Francisco. "Despite stiff fines and jail time, however, Bonnet was unrepentant, telling the judge: 'You may send me to jail as often as you please but you can never make me wear women’s clothing again'" (Sears, 2023).