By: Ashleigh Lowe, Undergraduate Intern
This Thursday, March 31st, 2022 is Transgender Day of Visibility, which aims to celebrate the resilience of transgender people and raise awareness of trans rights. TDoV was originally founded in 2009 by activist Rachel Crandall, who was inspired by the fact that there was no holiday in existence dedicated to honoring the achievements and contributions of transgender people (Xavier University). An important aspect of TDoV is raising awareness of what can be done to achieve trans justice. “More than 200 bills have been introduced across the country attacking trans youth - from threatening to criminalize health care to investigating families for affirming their children to banning trans youth from school activities, these bills represent a threat to trans survival” (TRANSWEEK). In order to achieve trans justice, we must take continual action against the increasing legislative attacks against trans people. An organization aimed at doing this is TRANSWEEK which mobilizes the Trans Week of Visibility and Action (TWOVA). TWOVA was started as a way to digitally mobilize the masses against legislative attacks against the trans community. The project aims to highlight a different state with harmful legislation and encourages trans people and allies to contact their lawmakers to take action. So far the project has highlighted Texas, Alabama, Florida, and Arizona. The founders of this project Chase Strangio and Raquel Willis believe that “visibility must be accompanied by action and power building for communities because so often visibility leads to precarious material conditions for the most vulnerable in our community” (TRANSWEEK). In this spirit, we at W*SS hope that you find a way to take action in the remaining days of Trans Week of Visibility and Action and will find ways to take action in your daily life.
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