Transgender Day of Visibility and all, I might finally have that need met.In case you’re unfamiliar, the annual holiday aims to uplift trans people and affirm our existence.
It was created in 2009 by Rachel Crandall-Crocker, the executive director of Transgender Michigan, to “celebrate the living”.
The community already had Transgender Day of Remembrance, but the annual November observance’s focus on death and violence always left her feeling depressed and alienated.
And so we, the community, have developed a wide array of customs to celebrate ourselves on this day.I, personally, began my morning with a mantra: “I am seen.