URosario Dawson ukhuluma ngokuxhasa umphakathi we-LGBT ngonyaka ngemuva kokumangalelwa ngokuhlaselwa kwe-transgender. Ngo-Okthoba 2019, umlingisi oneminyaka engama-41 namalungu omndeni wakhe, uDedo Pinley, owayekade washintsha phansi, wahlaselwa, washaya, washaya futhi wadala umlingisi weminyaka engu-41. UDawson wanquma ukuhlanganyela umbono wakhe kuleli cala ngokushicilelwa kwe-Vanity Fair. Njengoba kwaziwa, iNkantolo Ephakeme Yesifunda saseLos Angeles yenqabe amacala ayi-18 kwabangu-20, ngoba abukho ubufakazi bokuthi ubandlululo lobulili, kodwa ngokwezinto ezimbili ezisele ekuxabaneni ngokomzimba, ukucatshangelwa kuyaqhubeka.
Engxoxweni, uRosario washo ukuthi umphakathi we-LGBT uxhasa wonke umsebenzi wawo kuwo wonke amapulatifomu, njengoba kwakhuliswa emkhayeni welungelo, obekezelayo, emkhathini wothando nokufakwa. Ngakho-ke, wonke amacala awakabekezeleli futhi akwenqatshwa. Kusukela ebufakazini besisulu se-dedeyrka, kulandela ukuthi ukujwayela kaRosario isikhathi eside akunandaba naye, kuvame ukunxusa kuye osekhulile, igama lesinekazi. Abamanzi bomndeni ngokwakhe bamema owesilisa ukuba asebenze nendawo yokuhlala ekhaya lakhe. Ngenxa yengxabano, uDawson wazama ukuxosha uDoderk, khona-ke impi yenzeka phakathi kwakhe, osaziwayo nonina. Ngokusho kwezitatimende ze-Finley, isimo sengqondo kuye emndenini, uDawson washintsha ngokushesha ngemuva kokumemezela ushintsho lobulili.