Trans Day of Visibility
International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual event celebrated on 31 March.
It’s a day dedicated to celebrating trans people.
Trans Day of Visibility was founded by Rachel Crandall in 2009 as a counterpoint to the more sombre Trans Day of Remembrance.
Trans Day of Visibility is an opportunity to celebrate our trans brothers and sisters – to celebrate their lives, their existence, their contributions to our world.
While it’s great to have a dedicated day to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility, celebrating our trans brothers and sisters is clearly something that we need to be doing every day – particularly in light of the rise in transphobia as the weaponising of gender identity as a political vote winner.
Why is there so much violence against Trans people?
Transphobia is intolerance of gender diversity. It starts from the assumption that gender is binary, and that people who don’t fit the gender stereotypes of male or female are somehow inferior to those who do.
Statistics from around the world demonstrate that Trans women are at a greater risk of violence than pretty much everyone else – Trans women of colour are particularly at risk.
There’s lots of reasons why Trans women are potentially at risk of violence. For example, trans women who are sex workers seem to be particularly vulnerable to being attacked.
One thing that everyone can do is to ensure that we’re not in any way complicit with enabling intolerance of gender diversity or transphobia. Let’s make the world a safer place for everyone.