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I wanted to make a brief blog post on this Transgender Day of Visibility. I don’t really have anything insightful or useful to say that hasn’t already been said, but the entire purpose of the day is to ensure we are seen and not forgotten. This year has already been a difficult one, and let’s be honest, almost every year is difficult for trans people. But let’s not forget that they can never erase us. Being trans is a part of the human condition; as is being nonbinary or any other array of gender expressions. It is as natural as being cis, or gay, or straight, or intersex, or any other identity. ...

Being neurodiverse in America can be rough, to say the least. You are seen as strange at best, dangerous at worst. If you are not being maligned as lazy, you are being fetishized for the seemingly positive traits of your disorder. Then, of course, there’s the problem with the word disorder to begin with, since it implies something to be fundamentally wrong with your mind. But what if it’s society that’s wrong, and not you? ...