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To be honest, it feels dissonant to wish anyone a happy Trans Day of Visibility. I hope it’s become clear that visibility will not save any of us on the margins. Being seen, even elevated can feel powerful, but having your humanity understood and respected is something else altogether.

Just as when I released the hardcover in November 2023, we are in uncertain and grisly times. Then, it felt off to be promoting a book about my life while a genocide was emerging against Palestinian people. I speak in more detail about that dynamic in the new foreword.

While the U.S. continues to devastate people around the world, I’m holding the campaign of erasure that countries are waging on trans and nonbinary people. From stripping healthcare to demonizing athletes and youth, it can feel impossible to see past all the fires everywhere.