Trans students: we see you, and you are loved! For Trans Day of Visibility, we are sharing trans and gender non-conforming students’ stories. More info on supporting trans students at your school glsen.org/trans
GLSEN: 4 Ways to Support Trans Students of Color
“I’m a 16-year-old brown, trans guy. As a visibly trans brown person, I face different and often more intense forms of both racial and gender discrimination. Through this discrimination I often feel like my identity is being erased. I often don’t see myself represented in LGBTQ spaces, which tend to be dominated by white voices and experiences; sometimes those spaces are racially ignorant or even racist. Black and brown trans folks have to be resilient to even exist. “
Trans Day of Visibility: Activists Explain What It Means to ‘Be Seen’ in 2018 – “We’re more than our oppression.” – Inverse
“International Transgender Day of Visibility is meant to be a day of celebration. Unlike November’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, which stands as a day to memorialize the lives that have been taken by anti-trans violence, March 31 is meant to recognize the achievements and everyday experiences of the trans people who are still living and trying to thrive.”