About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of visibility for transgender individuals, especially on International Transgender Day of Visibility.
[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, often shortened to Trans Day of Visibility (or TDOV). It was created by Rachel Crandall Crocker in Michigan in 2009, and it’s now celebrated in countries around the world. Most estimates put trans and nonbinary people at between 0.5 and 1 percent of the total U.S. population, but some data suggests we may be as high as two percent. Personally, I think it’s higher than that. I believe there are millions of closeted trans and nonbinary and gender-expansive and gender-questioning people in our country who don’t have the necessary encouragement and resources to live authentically. I don’t need to elaborate on how our political climate has been saturated with an ongoing campaign of fear and terror against trans people. That’s why visibility is so important: it saves lives, it gives voice to the voiceless, and it offers joy and hope and comfort where…
People in this episode
Host: Charlotte Clymer
Topics covered
- transgender visibility
- International Transgender Day of Visibility
- political climate
- mental health
- community support
Keywords
- transgender
- visibility
- TDOV
- community
- support
- politics
- mental health
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