Today is the International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day to show celebration and support for all of our transgender and non-binary friends around the world. It's not an easy thing to be transgender or gender-fluid these days, there is an active and virulent anti-transgender movement in full swing. Much of it is tied to the ultra-religious right wing of the United States, but it's not just them. Even those in more moderate places on the political spectrum, as well as those on the far left, are generally okay with allowing, and even abetting, trans oppression. This is where I've never really been able to wrap my head around the persistence of this anti-trans prejudice across the political spectrum. I just don't understand why it's so virulent, why any should carry that much hate in them. Do they fear something? What is motivating them? I just don't get it. My company is, I think, among the top employers around when it comes to supporting the LGBTQ c...
My adventures in transition and witchery