Thread by @Noomoid

Good Morning Sweetlings, Beautiful Monsters and Fabulous Disasters.
Today is #TransDayOfVisibility and I have thought long and hard about what I need to say about it.
For those of you who do not wish to be visible and wish you could just fade in to the background, I support you.

When I announced to the world that I was Transgender, I looked to Twitter to find like minded folk and if it were not for their visibility and strength I believe I would have seriously struggled to accept myself.

For me, I am not openly visible for the Cis, not for the attention and definitely not for the glory. I am visible so that others may see me and find some commonality in life, so that others may see me and feel that it is possible to be themselves.

I know that it's hard for some, it is for me, in the current climate and some may feel that #TDOV will bring aggression from the usual suspects, it will be corporates patting each other on the back for the support they show today. It will be hit pieces in the tabloids!

I have to believe that this fight is worth it, that we are making the world better, inch by inch. I have to believe that allowing myself to truly be me is the best thing I could have ever done, I have to believe in our future.

We are tired, we are frustrated, we are angry and quite rightly so. We must focus that anger at the oppressors and not at each other, more than ever we need each other. We need to be visible, not for them but for us, we need to stand up and say 'I am here'

To stand in hope of a better future
To stand in love for each other
To stand in power over our own destiny

I believe
Do You?

Love always

Noomi

#TransIsBeautiful
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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