HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY SERIES

And what theyвЂ™ve settled on is attacks on children. You can see going back to 2016, when we first had HB 2 introduced in North Carolina - that was the first of the big bathroom bills that went through - have been looking for a way to get an attack against trans people that will stickвЂ¦and gets traction. When they lost on being able to use anti-gay rhetoric, they found that people were more willing to listen to anti-trans rhetoric. Why is this happening? ItвЂ™s happening because politicians have decided they found a new acceptable target. Since January 1, weвЂ™ve been tracking a total of 196 active bad bills across the country. HUNT: As much as IвЂ™d love to focus on the positive aspects of things, itвЂ™s undeniable that the trans community is under unprecedented attack. MW: Over the past several years, legislative attacks have escalated against the transgender community. One thing that can be really helpful, especially for cisgender members of the community, is focusing on вЂњsignal boostingвЂќ and drawing awareness to trans people in their lives and in their communities, drawing attention to the successes of trans people without reservation or without pause. Sharing things to those tags can be vital. HUNT: On most internet spaces youвЂ™ll see something like #TransDayofVisibility or #TDOV trending.

MW: What are the best ways for people to participate online? It has been about being proud and visible and sharing our triumphs online, as a distinct difference from Trans Day of Remembrance, which has always been an event with solemn in-person gatherings and memorials for those that weвЂ™ve lost. Obviously, COVID - the fact that we are still, despite what some people think, living in the middle of a global respiratory pandemic means that weвЂ™re not seeing a lot of in-person gatherings, the way that we might in other situations.Д«ut Trans Day of Visibility is different because it has historically been celebrated a lot on social media. HUNT: ThatвЂ™s something thatвЂ™s changed over the years. MW: IвЂ™ll be honest, weвЂ™ve had a hard time finding physical events attached to it, especially locally. That our lives are worthy and we should be celebrated. Trans Day of Visibility is a day specifically to celebrate trans peopleвЂ™s lives and joys, not as struggles, but as triumphs as something to be happy about, to be proud of, to stand up and say that we are here, we are happy, weвЂ™re part of our community and our lives are important. We focus on talking about the struggles of transition, the struggles of being seen in our lives for who we are. We focus on talking about discrimination.

HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY SERIES

OLIVIA HUNT: Trans peopleвЂ™s lives are usually portrayed in a series of negatives.

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