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Transgender Day of Visibility 2025
03.19.25
Transgender Day of Visibility is dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness about the transgender community worldwide. The day aims to promote greater understanding, acceptance, support, and inclusivity for transgender people.
Explore some ways to commemorate this day below.
The importance of visibility
Learn More Here:
Understanding Transgender People: The Basics | A4TE
Transgender Day of Visibility (2024)
Explore how to support trans colleagues and clients
Learn More
Trans Day of Visibility: Interview w Debb Dunn, PA
Trevor Project guide to being an ally
HRC | Be an Ally - Support Trans Equality
Ways to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility
Donate to an organization supporting transgender people
- Point of Pride
- Baltimore Safe Haven
- Pink Haven Coalition
- Trans Resistance Network
- Trans Youth Emergency Project - Campaign for Southern Equality
Take action (from Dosomething.org)
- Contact legislators to oppose anti-trans legislation
- Last year, 91% of the anti-LGBTQ+ bills filed did not become law, partly because of the tireless efforts of trans activists and allies.
- Track current bills or reference the ACLU list here
- Support the Trans Agenda for Liberation created by the Transgender Law Center.
- Share the ACLU’s Know Your Rights Guide for transgender and gender nonconforming students
Make your queue more queer (from dosomething.org)
- Read and share a banned book by a trans author. Combat the censorship of trans and nonbinary voices by picking up a banned book and sharing your thoughts with the program Uncensored. You can find more ideas for what to read here, too!
- Podcasts: Queersplaining, The TransLash Podcast, The Transgenda
- Documentaries: Disclosure, The Trans List, Transhood
- Series: Pose, Sense8, Tales of the City
Celebrate your own gender identity by sharing a story, picture, or whatever else you’d like for transgender day of visibility.
Upcoming Transgender Day of Visibility Events
3/29 (Rain Date 4/5); 9am-9pm -> Restoring the Trans Visibility #WeWillNotBeErased Mural (21 to 23 Streets on Charles Street)
3/31; 5:30pm -> TranSend Myxer and Connection/Isolation film screening (Parkway Theater)
3/31; 6pm; -> Trans Day of Visibility hosted by the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs (Baltimore City Hall Rotunda)
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We couldn’t be happier to welcome back Erick Torres, RN to the agency as our new Director of Nursing. Erick earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing at Miami Dade College and brings six years of nursing and nurse management experience. A true team player, Erick’s years in our Pediatric & Family Clinic demonstrated his enthusiasm for the work, easy rapport building with clients and passion for collaboration. Get to know him in this Q&A.
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