It can be easy to focus on the negative, on the struggle, on the heartache that many trans* people experience. But it is critical to also turn our attention to the liberatory power, the freedom, and the joy that being trans* can contain.
Trans* people have always existed; we are free-thinkers and survivors. Trans* rights are human rights. As transgender icon Leslie Feinberg wrote, “It’s a beauty one isn’t born with, but must fight to construct at great sacrifice.”
Happy International Day of Transgender Visibility to all our trans, nonbinary, two-spirit, genderfluid, gender nonconforming, agender, genderqueer, questioning and otherwise non-cisgender friends, lovers, loved ones, family and community members.
We see you, we love you, and today, we celebrate you in all your awesomeness.