She is active on TikTok to share her experiences, to remind everyone of far we have come – and the risks if we regress. She is in her late 50s, and she started her transition in 1977. And finally, Mardi Pieronek is on TikTok.He is a transgender man who shares his experiences and perspective, as he did in this clip, this one, and this one. You might also be interested to follow along with Cory on TikTok.He identifies as queer, and he’s in his late 20s or early 30s, recently married to his longtime girlfriend. On Instagram, Kaiden Blu Anderson openly shares his transition journey, including many photos of his life as a female high school and college student before beginning his transition.You could also listen to what Evan has to say about Transgender Day of Visibility. In this video, Evan experiences gender dysphoria and literally turns their day around by wearing different clothes. One of my favorite accounts on TikTok is a mom who is raising her transgender child.This is not about choice! Here are multiple generations of transgender folks who you might be interested to follow on social media: In the meantime, President Biden has also issued an Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, signaling his intent to address this at the federal level.Īt a personal level, what is particularly striking to me is how young transgender kids just know that they are different, and often at a much earlier age than people who realize they are not heterosexual. Similar legislation is being proposed in many states, but the Texas law is the most serious one, because the intent is to remove transgender children from their families if gender-affirming care is provided. In short, this new legislation intends to criminalize parents, medical professionals, and other caregivers for providing affirming treatment of gender dysphoria – what is now considered the standard of care for transgender youth. You can read an overview of the current lawsuit in Texas on the ACLU website, here and here. at the moment there are significant legislative efforts underway at the state level to undermine or eliminate protections for the trans community. Beyond the obvious “Treat People Right” (one of our ZS values), in the U.S. You may be asking yourself why this acknowledgement of the trans community is so important.
TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY TWITTER UPDATE
It includes a recent update to our company Pride logo, which now has the Progress Pride flag colors to acknowledge the BIPOC and trans / non-binary members of our community. In addition, an excerpt of our internal communication is appended below. Now that my family staycation is over, I wanted to share a few thoughts on this topic. I was on vacation last week, so I didn’t have a chance to post this update.
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