As a doula, I know that TDOV and other trans-centered days/weeks in the year often hit folks in a variety of complicated ways. So I want to be clear that visibility is not a one-size-fits-all thing. There are the impacts of visibility on individuals, on the community as a whole, and then visibility as a political strategy.

Saying that all trans people are in the “wrong bodies” flattens our experiences, bypassing the richness, beauty, and complexity of trans bodies, identities, and lives.