Can't even go downtown without getting looks

In advance, sorry for the rant but I just recently moved back home with the parents after living out west for a few years and during the nice weather last week my wife and I (she's trans. She doesn't really like me advertising this but I feel it's important to the story) were walking back to the car after grabbing an early dinner downtown and I couldn't help but notice all the looks we were getting from people. It was like literally straight out of a movie, one of the guys seriously had a MAGA hat on and did this like scrunched up face thing right at us and it honestly was a yikes moment and made both of us super uncomfortable.

Is this seriously what we can expect going forward? I mean jesus, i know MO isnt exactly known for being progressive but come on. We were just here like 2 years ago and nothing like this ever happened. It's like these people think they've been given a pass to be nasty to people now that the cheeto fucker is in office. My wife is super self conscious now and spending so much time and money to make sure she's passing that it's honestly causing both of us so much stress stress and honestly I'm just so fed up right now and don't even know what to do. I know we'll get through this, but it's honestly just so infuriating knowing that people like that are out their and they relish in making everything miserable for everyone else.

Edit: sorry i meant to include that this is downtown KC.