#tdov2022

[zal-cryptid]

Post-Covid with the boys

[hypomanicsatanicpanic]

Ezra Furman, on Trans Day of Visibility

[monstrousproductions]

It's Trans Day of Visibility 🥳 Being seen is a wonderful thing in lots of ways, and it's good to celebrate that!

But it's not always safe to put yourself out there, and sometimes you'd just rather keep your head down. So, for anyone who needs to hear this:

You don't owe it to anyone to be out about your transness

"Out" is not a binary - you can be be out in some circumstances and closeted in others and that's OK

However "out" you are, you're still trans

However "out" you are, you're no less a member of our community

You don't need a better reason to wait than, "I don't want to come out yet"

I love you

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

Happy trans day of visibility. It’s been over 2 years since I finished my transition and I’m glad to continue to live life as myself, even if I don’t have the language for what I am. And I’m proud to stand as a trans Muslim and show the world that we exist.

They/Them

[worm-on-a-blog]

happy Trans Day of Visibility!

please make sure to treat yourself today. we have many flavors available—care for a scoop?

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Feeling pretty gender today. Happy TDOV from a 44 year old trans man.

As legislation gets more and more hostile towards us, I get increasingly bitter at how visibility without action results in us becoming targets and wedge issues. It's exhausting.

I hate having to plead every day to cis folks to take this crisis seriously. TDOV especially feels like "beg to be seen as human beings" day.

Every trans person posting today is opening themselves to a spike in harassment that might follow them for the rest of their lives. Just in the hopes that our allies could do something beyond telling us we are valid. We know we are valid. We need action so we have the same opportunities to survive and thrive.

Cis folks, you can challenge transphobia in so many ways:

Give to trans orgs and trans people directly

Stop supporting and platforming transphobes such as the wizard lady

Become more involved in local politics, from contacting your reps to voting regularly

Make your workplace more trans friendly by explicitly protecting gender ID and presentation. Normalize preferred names. Get rid of gendered dress codes. Etc, etc.

Be brave and call out all the casual transphobia you encounter. Even if it's coming from your own family. Especially here, really.

Listen to trans people. Follow us on social media, uplift our voices where you can. Resist the urge to tell us you're "one of the good ones". Learn about our challenges, especially how they intersect with race, disability, etc.

I'm being visible today for fellow trans folks who are being made to make themselves small, or even invisible. I want to let y'all know that you deserve to take up space in this world. That trans folks of all ages exist and have always existed. That being trans is not a tragedy or a threat, just because cis folks think so.

[stworzonka]

happy trans day of visibility! we should all ride that bus today, you know the one :)

[taffywabbit]

aw geez, it's that day again already? i thought the cloaking spell was supposed to last a little longer, that's embarrassing

(happy Trans Day Of Visibility 2022!! enjoy the view while it lasts)