Trans* Day of Visibility – 31. March 2022

Today is the Trans* Day of Visibility – so I am doing the obvious, being visible, as trans* person. I choose to do so since I can, I have the privilege of being safe in so many ways. And I am sincerely grateful for that!

But this sadly is not so much the case for all trans* people. Quite the opposite, in most countries on this little planet trans* folks are struggling, their very lives threatened in so many ways – social isolation, limited or non existent economical perspectives, danger of discrimination, harassment and blatant violence.

The past more than two years of pandemic, the general economic struggles before that and their enhancement by Covid-19 and now also the war in Ukraine fostered a new era of neo conservatism and neo nationalism. The mechanics of these are well known in human history. Minorities are the first that get all the blame for the downfall, get attributed for all the faults and misery, are the first to get thrown under the bus – even quite literally. We have been down that road, more than once.

It is easy to blame someone if you do not know that person and just think to have a notion of otherness, which for many is already more than enough to discriminate.

But this does not work anymore when you start to recognize these “others” as not so different than yourself! That they are in fact very much like you, share the same struggles, have the same goals in life – to pursue happiness, find love, be kind to each other, just live and let live!

And this is why visibility is so important, especially now!

I know of my privilege and I use it, here and now, to be visible, not for me, but for all those who can not. For a better tomorrow where we all can exist as equals, trans* and cis, women, men and non-binary, PoC or white etc. etc., regardless of any difference. So let’s stick together instead of dividing ourselves! Work together, for a better life, for everyone.

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