Being invisible with gender identity issues involves hiding your true
self. When we hide we get smaller, shrink into ourselves and lose
confidence. It is a dismal place to be. More importantly, invisibility
breeds ignorance in others. Trans invisibility allows others to pretend
there is bland homogeneity and that diversity in sex or gender is
deviance. It also prevents others seeing they are not alone. Growing up a
trans child, I wish there had been visible role models to give me hope
for the future. I had none and the loneliness quite literally nearly
killed me when I tried to take my own life.
Jane words are from the heart in this post, written on the day of Transgender Visibility.
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