Celebrating Trans Voices on Transgender Day of Visibility
nclrights.orgAs a young, trans woman, I’m very honored to be able to share this message with you today on Transgender Day of Visibility. This year more than ever it is important that we use whatever voice and presence we can muster to lift up those who need the most help and support in our community.
I am proud to recognize my trans and nonbinary siblings for standing up firmly against the wave of fearmongering and repression that is sweeping across so many states in the US.
For example, just this past month in Louisiana – where HB 570 would ban lifesaving gender-affirming medical care for trans youth and HB 837 would mimic Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law – hundreds of students rallied in cities like New Orleans to shout that they do, in fact, say gay (and lesbian, and bi, and trans) and that they will not sit silently while trans youth are used as a political football to push extremist ideological agendas.
Gen Z is the most publicly queer generation ever, with about one in six youths identifying as LGBTQ and with so many more unafraid to stand in solidarity with them.
