Greg Abbott trolled with photo by San Antonio activist after campaign announcement

San Antonio activist Ashley Smith snaps a photo with Governor Greg Abbott after he announced he would run for a second term during a special event in San Antonio Friday July 14, 2017, at Sunset Station. San Antonio activist Ashley Smith snaps a photo with Governor Greg Abbott after he announced he would run for a second term during a special event in San Antonio Friday July 14, 2017, at Sunset Station. Photo: Courtesy, Ashley Smith Photo: Courtesy, Ashley Smith Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close Greg Abbott trolled with photo by San Antonio activist after campaign announcement 1 / 24 Back to Gallery

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott may have come to San Antonio on Friday to announce his intentions for a second term, but he also, unintentionally, gave one local activist the trolling opportunity of a lifetime.

After his speech, Abbott stuck around to meet with supporters. Enter Ashley Smith.

Smith said she does not support Abbott, but does have a very vested interest in the outcome of one of Abbott's pet pieces of legislation, the so called "bathroom bill."

The longtime San Antonio resident and LGBTQ activist waited through the speech for an opportunity to meet Abbott.

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It wasn't so she could shout insults or spout off at the governor, it is because sometimes a picture is worth more than words.

"I did not think it (shouting) would work, or that I would be heard and was more interested in the getting the photograph and not getting thrown out," Smith said.

The picture she ended up taking was of a very happy looking governor next to a beautiful woman.

In large bright lettering in the photo, Smith captioned it with "#Bathroombuddy," and identified the governor and herself as "Texas Governor Greg Abbott," and "Ashley Smith Trans-Woman."

She then posted the photo to her Facebook page where the humor and irony of it quickly caught on and took off.

How will the Potty Police know I'm transgender if the Governor doesn't? #bathroombuddy #satx #indivisible #stopsb6 #noh8 #transgender #translivesmatter #sunsetandsinedie #classroomsnotbathrooms Posted by Ashley Smith on Saturday, July 15, 2017

"I have not tagged the Governor with it, but I know other people have," Smith said.

Since posting the photo, Smith said she has received an overwhelmingly positive response, multiple friend requests and a few thousand "likes."

"Once I had the photo, I was eager to get on social media just because I wanted to make a point," she said.

And that point is, as she wrote in her Facebook post: "How will the Potty Police know I'm transgender if the Governor doesn't?"

"We're about 1-in-300 people, we're all over the place, we're your friends and your neighbors," Smith said. "Some of us are not immediately obvious as trans. And the idea that you are going to be able to enforce a bathroom bill, I mean the enforceability is just not there."

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Smith said the main reason she went to the governor's event was because of the special session and because what a "bathroom bill" would mean for the trans community.

"I'm very active with Indivisible San Antonio, and I've lobbied and protested a lot this session," said Smith. "And I'm encouraged that Speaker (Joe) Straus has been able to resist the most egregious bathroom bills that come to the House."

Smith pointed out that many of Texas' larger cities have had non-discrimination ordinances in place for years, and that fears of the type of incidents proponents of "bathroom bills" have warned of have not manifested.

She said she hopes reason will prevail during the special session and that those in the trans community will be able to continue to use the bathrooms of the gender in which they long have identified.