The trans flag flying on UCL’s Portico building
The trans flag flying on UCL's Portico building 31 March is International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), a day dedicated to raising visibility and awareness of trans and non-binary people worldwide. Explore our range of key resources including networks and support. Foreword from Jayne Flowers, Co-chair of UCL's Trans Network and of UCL's LGBTQ+ Equality Steering Group. International Transgender Day of Visibility began in 2009 as an opportunity to celebrate and uplift Trans voices, where previously there was a recognisable lack of that kind of affirmation and empowerment at an international scale. The very existence of a transgender person is often treated, in popular culture, like a mythical folk devil to fuel community-dividing moral panics. In a social climate where someone can deny my right to existence to my face, I try to keep myself buoyant with the joys I and my community experience. After all, Trans joy can be revolutionary in and of itself.
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