Transgender Day of Visibility
March 31st is Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). Today is a time to celebrate transgender and non-binary people around the globe and acknowledge the determination it takes to live openly and authentically. Transgender Day of Visibility has been held every year since 2010 “to create a day where people could re-focus on celebrating the lives of transgender people, empowering them to live authentically, while still acknowledging that due to discrimination, not every trans person can or wants to be visible”.
Ways to Support the Transgender Community
- Support the use of pronouns by understanding commonly used pronouns, using pronouns in introductions, and displaying your pronouns across various communication platforms. See the Pronoun FAQs
- Practice using inclusive language. You can reference the GLAAD Transgender Glossary of Termson words to use and words to avoid. In addition, check out this Etiquette and Allyship video that covers not only inclusive language but the unconscious assumptions we may have in day-to-day interactions.
- Learn about the lived experience of the transgender and non-binary community by reading books by the community. Check out PFLAG’s Transgender Reading List for Adults.