スカイラー・カーギルのインスタグラム(skylarkergil) - 4月1日 05時13分

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility. What does this mean? well! Until 2009, there was one day dedicated to transgender people, Transgender Day of Remembrance. TDOR is a day to honor the lives of transgender people who have been killed or died due to transphobia. How incredibly sad that that was our community's ONLY day until 2009 when the day of visibility came along.

In January of 2009, I started my physical transition with hormones while a senior at my high school in Acton, MA where everyone knew I was transitioning and transgender. I was very visible. In college, I went "stealth" meaning I passed as a man and didn't tell of my past, until I realized that was not the right lifestyle for me.

Being visibly trans is a privilege I have now - I am confident, I live in a relatively safe and accepting area, I am solid enough now to fight back against any attacks or comments made about my identity without it destroying my well being, and my employer embraces my trans identity. Because I feel safe and able to, I feel it is important for me to be visible.
Why? If every transgender person lived as stealth, I would have never discovered I was trans. If I hadn't accidentally met someone who was transgender (and they were even living mostly stealth!) when I was 14, I may never have known that I wasn't alone, that this is possible, and that there is a place for me in this world. Considering the bouts of depression and dysphoria I experienced during my youth that were only eliminated by the possibility of someday being truly myself, I don't think I would be alive today if I had never met another out transgender person.

If me being visibly trans can help someone discover who they are or feel less alone, it is worth it. I am visibly transgender and I am proud of everyone in this community for existing, even if one must be stealth, I can understand and respect that. There is plenty of space for all of us and our preferences and reasons and paths in this life.

For me? I am out, proud, transgender and growing into a happy life. I'm here to stay.

#transrights #transgenderdayofvisibility #tdov #tdov2016 #trans #transman #lgbt #transgender

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