For #TransDayOfVisibility I'd like to remind everyone that I am non-binary, and no amount of anti-trans legislation, fearmongering or hate will change that. Solidarity with my trans and enby friends 🩵🩷🩶🩷🩵
On #TransDayOfVisibility I want to highlight the work I am doing, on Assigned Media.
I monitor and fact check anti-trans propaganda in the US, with original reporting and analysis helping trans people fight back against the wave of hatred that's currently targeting our community.
I need some feedback from other #trans and #nonbinary folks on something I have mixed feelings on:
My boss posted a message this morning to all staff to share that it is #transdayofvisibility, but used the following language:
"Also, March 31st is International Transgender Day of Visibility! We at <company> support transgenders and stand with transgenders. We know it is not an easy world, but here at <company>, you can be who you are without judgment. Love is all we need."
I'm the only trans person at our company, and I find the use of transgender as a noun to be offensive. Am I alone in this? Should I say something, or just let it go?
I think he is just very out of touch and not willing to learn about trans people on his own, and I don't know if it's my responsibility (or if I have the energy) to educate him and the rest of the staff. I really appreciate the sentiment of them celebrating the day, but the language he used just hit me wrong, I guess. What are your thoughts?
SPONSORED: This #TransDayOfVisibility, we're asking everyone to post photos showing trans pride and joy 👏 preferably with identifiable faces — Palantir
For #TransDayOfVisibility, here are two resources that discuss how to talk about trans/nonbinary folks in accurate, respectful, and more nuanced ways: -Trans Journalists Association's style guide: https://bit.ly/3JYx2MY -Radical Copyeditor's style guide: https://bit.ly/3Zx2Aza
Trans Visibility Day: On #TransDayOfVisibility we continue our strive for a #UnionOfEquality where all trans people feel safe and free to be themselves. We must show zero tolerance for acts of violence or discrimination, hate crimes or hate speech against trans people. #EU4LGBTIQ
In this #TransDayOfVisibility we invite you to join a protest the upcoming Monday against a TERF clause in the #Selbstbestimmungsgesetz in Germany. Monday April 3, from 17:00 - 18:30, outside the Bundestag.
It's #TransDayOfVisibility. I'm not trans, but I have a ton of friends who are. And I will continue to fight for their right to exist in the world just as they are.
Today is #TransDayofVisibility :transgender_flag:. In Michigan, we’ll fight for your freedom to live your life, and be yourself without fear of discrimination. While other states are engaging in the business of bigotry, we’re taking action so every Michigander is free to be who they are.
I'm pretty visibly trans all the time, thanks to my wardrobe choices and my hairstyle. Oh, and my choice to live as a public trans person all the time, so trans kids know they can do it in this city, and cis people know we're already here, and have been here for many years.
I want to take a moment and shout out my #TransMasc and #Nonbinary people too - too often, while we are hypervisible as trans women, they are invisible as trans men and nonbinary people. Cis people reading along, remember that transness comes in several flavours, and they're all valid and brilliant and wonderful.
Cis people...if you see a trans person being harassed, step into that if you're safe to. Walk confidently to the trans person, say "Hi, remember me? We met last week at that work function." Or some similar pattern of words that makes it clear you know who the person is, and yet you're new enough to maybe need a reminder on name.
Just seeing a cis ally step in will help a lot, both with being the trans person under attack, and with deterring the bullies from continuing. You can ask, for instance, "Sorry, did I interrupt a conversation?"
Sound risky? I know. But imagine you're the trans person facing it without an ally. Feel much, much riskier? Yeah.
We need you, right now. We need to know you have our backs, in real life, even when it's risky for you some. It's a risky time. It's accomplice time.
Despite everything, I try to believe in the people that surround me. I try to believe in the joy of trans and nonbinary people, and I try to have hope.
Leider kann ich mir auch im gleichen Zug überlegen, inwiefern die Inhalte von irgendwelchen Extremisten für ihre Narrative missbraucht oder mir damit gedroht wird.