To be visible is to be seen.
To be visible is to be unignored, recognized, respected.
To be visible means eyes are not averted, closed, or turned away.
Visibility cannot be erased, covered, or concealed.
When someone is visible, others like them can feel a measure of safety.
As a nonbinary person who recently came out as such, I find myself still not knowing how visible I want to be … while also recognizing that others don’t get to make that choice.
For me, visibility means using they instead of he.
Visibility means deciding to wear attire that represents my entire ungendered self.
It means choosing to say, “guuuuurl” or “sup, dude.” Each is about safety.
Speaking of safety, today the Supreme Court ruled against safety and against visibility, as the Justices found it lawful to shame many into hiding.
This means that many invisible trans and nonbinary youth are less likely to become visible.
And that is what THEY want. They want us to remain in hiding. They don’t want us to reveal, expose, or disclose the truth about ourselves or about them.
On this Transgender Day of Visibility 2026, may we see the truth in ourselves and others … and share both freely without shame and without fear.
