Sunday is International Transgender Day of Visibility, observed around the world to bring notice to a populace that’s often ignored, disparaged, or victimized.
What should you hear about the day?
What is it?
Although the “day” is Sunday, activities and educational opportunities to raise awareness of trans people are taking place for many days around March 31.
Activities were scheduled around the world and include sections and speakers in Cincinnati and Atlanta, marches in Melbourne, Florida, and Philadelphia, and an equitable roller derby team’s game on New York’s Long Island. In the American city of Hitchin, a lunch is planned.
Probably the highest page U. S. celebration is a protest scheduled for Sunday on the National Mall in Washington, D. C.
Major sights and structures in the United States will be illuminated in red, white, and light blue to mark the occasion. Last month, those burned included New York’s One World Trade Center and Niagara Falls.
How did it begin?
Rachel Crandall-Crocker, the professional director and co-founder of Transgender Michigan, organized the first day in 2009.
“I think that when a person understands us, it’s hard to discriminate against us,” she said in an exam. I made it because I wanted a less unhappy day. I hoped one evening when everyone in the world came together as a single area. And that’s precisely what we are.”
It stands in contrast to Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is held periodically on November 20 to honor the memory of trans people who died in anti-transgender crime.
The date was chosen at the end of March to distinguish it from Pride Month in June, which honors all types of LGBTQ+ citizens.
She plans to take part in a protest in Lansing, Michigan.
Why is it important?
Trans people have become more recognizable in public spaces both in the United States and abroad.
Additionally, there has been a backlash from conservative government authorities. At least 11 states have passed laws prohibiting trans women and/or women competing in sports for women or girls, and more than 20 have passed laws prohibiting gender-affirming health treatment for minors. 25 have restrictions on gender-affirming laws for minors. Some of the rules have been delayed by the authorities.
It’s important to find pleasure despite the political upheaval, according to Nico Lang, artist of “American Teen: How Trans Kids are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Stormy Era.”
“I feel like we as individuals — all of us gay people, trans people — are trying to assert our society right today,” said Lang, who uses they/them nouns.
They claimed that the day of awareness is important because it occurs in real life through rallies and luncheon meals as well.
“It’s just us living our lives,” they said.
