Chelsea Manning leaves the district courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 5, 2019. (Jahi Chikwendiu\/The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
On Trans Day of Visibility, we celebrate and honour the trans and non-binary communities around the world.<\/p>\n
Visibility is a complex thing. For trans women of colour, visibility can increase the violence aimed at them.<\/p>\n
For trans people with a public profile, it can lead to online abuse.<\/p>\n
But visibility can be positive. Visibility of our community matters, because we matter.<\/p>\n
In the last year, hundreds of positive examples of the power of trans visibility were published.<\/p>\n
Here are some of PinkNews favourites.<\/p>\n
Catholic college responds to trans man coming out with brilliant show of love and support.<\/p>\n
Trans woman raised on boxing and bikes comes out to her bodybuilder dad and is overwhelmed by the support.<\/p>\n
Trans woman makes history representing Pakistan at United Nations.<\/p>\n
Iconic dating show Blind Date just welcomed its first trans contestant.<\/p>\n
Brazilian dancer makes history as first openly trans woman at Carnival to take the prestigious role of godmother of the drummers.<\/p>\n
Hungarys first-ever Trans Pride sees hundreds demand the right to change their names and legal gender.<\/p>\n
Video game makes history with the first-ever playable transgender character from a major developer.<\/p>\n
Pokemon GO just introduced its first-ever non-binary character.<\/p>\n
Thousands of trans people take to the streets for first-ever National Trans Visibility March.<\/p>\n
A Baptist church is making history with its first transgender pastor.<\/p>\n
This astrophysicist could become the first non-binary person to lead a major political party in Canada.<\/p>\n
Londons first ever Trans+ Pride march in pictures.<\/p>\n
Chanel just hired its first-ever openly transgender model.<\/p>\n
Victorias Secret hires first transgender model Valentina Sampaio.<\/p>\n
Cuba: first transgender couple get married.<\/p>\n
Bre Kidman is the first out non-binary person to run for the US Senate.<\/p>\n
Japan elects first transgender assemblywoman.<\/p>\n
Dad throws trans son a party to celebrate his transition and its the light we need in this dark, dark world.<\/p>\n
Heartwarming video shows a dad cutting his trans sons hair ahead of a job interview.<\/p>\n
New York will allow trans kids to change legal gender, after lawsuit from a brave 14-year-old.<\/p>\n
This trans person sent 8,000 rainbow cards to LGBT+ people disowned by their families this Christmas.<\/p>\n
Theres a record number of trans and non-binary people running for parliament in the UK general election.<\/p>\n
Trans whistleblower Chelsea Manning has just been made a free woman.<\/p>\n
New York state park to be renamed after trans pioneer Marsha P Johnson.<\/p>\n
The long-awaited trans Pride flag emoji is finally coming to phones in 2020.<\/p>\n
US linguists select singular they as word of the decade.<\/p>\n
A transgender woman just made history in the ultra-conservative Muslim-majority Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
Trans man and trans woman marry in beautiful Indian wedding ceremony.<\/p>\n
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