god knows this place has deep and fundamental problems, but fedi, which I joined in late 2016, was the first social media place I openly talked about being trans (after doing a bunch of social/legal/medical stuff in 2014-2015).
(partly because I've seen many a hatchling make an ass of themselves or get taken advantage of by being very publicly trans in those volatile first few years, partly because I didn't want to end up pigeonholed as That Person Who Writes About Trans Things when I wanted to be That Person Who Writes About Municipal Affordable Housing Policy or whatever.)
I have complicated and mostly negative feelings about "visibility". I think it's important for those of us who *can* be publicly out to be so, for the young 'uns and the still-closeted. But "visibility" in and of itself isn't inherently good. It's not inherently empowering. Trans people—specifically trans women—have probably never been more visible in 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 politics. Is that helping us/them any?
there's "visibility" and then there's "the ability to control your image in the public eye" or "the ability to be seen as (and when and where) you wish to be seen" and those are all kind of different things.
anyway I don't have any settled thoughts on this or anything in particular I want people to take away, that's just what's going through my head this #TransDayOfVisibility / #tdov.
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