“It makes me feel like I can be the kind of person that I needed as a kid.' Trans Texans discuss what TransDayOfVisibility means for them this year. Via The19thNews:
Charis Sharp, a 21-year-old psychology student living in Hawaii, moved from Texas in the summer of 2020 for school. This TDOV feels more important and more special to her than previous years, she said.
“This day … is to celebrate and to find joy in that, we’re still here, we’re still fighting,” she said. This year, Sharp is also carrying an “almost overwhelming” amount of stress for transgender youth in Texas. The news affects her personally in multiple ways, including her own transition, since she received crucial gender-affirming care from a Dallas clinic that closed to new patients after it“I have to take breaks from the news,” she said. Despite that, she said she is still hopeful that trans youth will be able to receive care in Dallas and across the state.
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