International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) is a day for celebrating the lives of transgender people, recognizing the contributions we make to society and rallying against the discrimination we face. TDoV also functions as a counterpart to the International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR)^[TDoR is observed on November 20th and memorializes those of us who's lives were stolen by transphobic violence, particularly trans women of color. TDoR was initially founded in 1999 in remembrance of Rita Hester, Chanelle Pickett, and Monique Thomas, three black trans women who were murdered in the Boston area.]; with TDoR being a somber occasion and TDoV having a more celebratory nature.
For this week, in observation of TDoV, I invite you all, the posters in our community to write a little bit about the celebration of trans lives.
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I'm so sorry :/ Healthcare in this country is nothing but cruelty.
Its cruel. I got healthcare like a year ago for the first time since I was a kid. Now I'm just... Idek what to do here. Its still more money coming in, which I need for like rent and food, but there's also all these questions about whether new doctors will be transphobic, etc, which scares the shit out of me. If they try to menopause me or detransition me or smth... Idk. And like, I possibly have eds, and they've tried to deny me gender affirming care in the past just because I mentioned that my [non direct family relation redacted] has it. I'm just. I'm scared. I'm probably gonna lose my entire care team, the insurance I'm getting switched to is gonna be way more finicky, and every trans person I've talked to says they suck and require more stuff and more hoops and all of that. I'm just... I'm scared. I hate this. I want off Mr bones wild ride