Here’s a few ways you can shine more light on Transgender Day of Visibility on social media
Transgender Michigan, told The 19th in 2021. “I wanted a day that we can celebrate the living, and I wanted a day that all over the world we could be all together.”Her efforts paid off, as International Transgender Day of Visibility, or TDOV, has become a global occasion every March 31.
Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.President Joe Biden marked 2021’s TDOV with a proclamation affirming that “transgender Americans make our Nation more prosperous, vibrant, and strong” and urging fellow Americans to “[uplift] the worth, and dignity of every transgender person.” Those imperatives are more important now than ever.
The Trans Legislation Tracker has tallied 533 anti-trans bills—“legislation that seeks to block trans people from receiving basic healthcare, education, legal recognition, and the right to publicly exist”—introduced in the United States so far in 2024, of which 16 have passed and 430 are currently still active.
Additionally, 87 anti-trans bills passed in 2023, more than three times the number that passed the year before, according to the tracker.From a hilarious comedy to an erotic thriller, these films show that trans stories aren’t limited by genre or scope—they can look like anything.In an essay for Business Insider timed to last year’s TDOV, Victoria Scott asserted that the trans population needs not just visibility but allies.
