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)[1]; 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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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. ↩︎
Yea :/ also autistic, and depressed. Think the depression is a bigger barrier then autism for me. But I have little hope of being able to get a job that pays me enough. Genuinely don’t know what I’m going to do.
I have a bachelor’s degree and no job to show for it
I rotted for four years and have no degree to show for it :/ but yea I’ve heard job prospects aren’t much better for people with degrees anymore.
I am just waiting
Yeah, been thinking about just fleeing and getting some random minimum wage job in another city. I do have a plan and a place to stay, but idk…
Oh like someone you could live with? tbh that’s a good option I’d do it if I liked them. I have a job like that and really don’t know how I could pay rent if I had to.
Yeah, someone cool. The thing is, getting there would be hard. And I’d have to find a job there, so it’s risky