![]() For me and so many of my friends, finding queer, and, specifically, trans community, was finding the kind of supportive home I didn’t know existed. Back then, there was not a lot of transgender visibility in mainstream culture and media, and it took searching to find community representation. As I became more connected to the community, and learned of our transgender history of resistance and visibility, I felt less isolated. I started exploring my own complicated gender identity in 2001, as a 17-year-old genderqueer runaway. ![]() These bills often target transgender/nonbinary people in core areas of life including access to safe bathrooms, employment, education and healthcare. The American Civil Liberties Union is closely tracking the rise in legislative discrimination against transgender people - currently, there are 318 anti- LGBTQ bills moving forward across the United States. However, while the trans community has gained visibility, with that has come an increase in legislative attacks. Now more than ever, transgender and nonbinary people are visible in every aspect of society, from politics to the media.
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