https://ift.tt/345obUn <p class="intro">Today, March 31, is
International Transgender Day of Visibility: a day to celebrate
transgender and gender-nonconforming people around the world,
recognize their many contributions to society, but also acknowledge
the discrimination and hate that trans people face — and the
work that remains before they enjoy full equality and inclusion.</p>
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<h3>Blogging Voices</h3>
<blockquote class="sidenote left"><p><strong>Related Reading:</strong></p>
<p>Check out our interviews with <a
href="https://wordpress.com/discover-wordpress/2016/02/01/sam-dylan-finch/">Sam
Dylan Finch</a> and <a
href="https://wordpress.com/discover-wordpress/2015/11/23/lori-duron/">Lori
Duron</a>.</p></blockquote>
<p>Over the years, some of the most resonant voices we’ve
featured on Discover have been part of the transgender blogging
community, like Sam Dylan Finch, who writes about mental health,
identity, and self-care at <em><a
href="https://letsqueerthingsup.com/">Let’s Queer Things
Up!</a></em>, and Lori Duron, who blogs about parenting and raising a
gender-creative son at <a
href="https://raisingmyrainbow.com/"><em>Raising My
Rainbow</em></a>.</p>
<p>It’s inspiring to observe the diversity of voices and
perspectives in the wider WordPress trans blogging community. Billie
Lee, an activist and actress previously on the reality TV show
<em>Vanderpump Rules</em>, chronicles her journey of self-love on <a
href="http://itsmebillielee.com/">her eponymous blog</a>. Helen Boyd,
author of the books <em>My Husband Betty</em> and <em>She's Not the
Man I Married</em>, has been writing about trans and gender issues
since 2003 on <a
href="http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/"><em>en|gender</em></a> —
her writing focuses on crossdressing culture, relational gender, and
her own marriage to a trans woman. And another longtime staff pick,
Marlo Mack at <a
href="https://gendermom.wordpress.com/"><em>gendermom</em></a>, shares
her story as a parent of a transgender daughter.</p>
<blockquote><p>Help us recognize transgender creators, publishers, and
activists and grow <a
href="https://wordpress.com/discover-wordpress/category/lgbtq/">our
LGBTQ+ archive</a>. Tweet us at <a
href="https://twitter.com/wpdiscover">@WPDiscover</a> to recommend
your favorite blogs and websites.</p></blockquote>
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<h3>Sites and Resources</h3>
<p>We’d like to highlight some organizations on WordPress that
offer resources to their communities and raise awareness around trans
issues. Feel free to recommend more resources in the comments.<br />
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<p><a href="https://www.transgendermap.com/"><strong>Transgender
Map</strong></a> is a site that filmmaker Andrea James created during
her own gender transition more than 20 years ago. It shares
information about gender identity and gender expression, and the
social, legal, and medical aspects transitioning entails.</p>
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src="https://discover.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-27-at-9.45.11-am.png?w=685"
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<p><a href="https://standwithtrans.org/"><strong>Stand With
Trans</strong></a> provides educational and support programs to
transgender youth and gives them tools they need to be
“empowered, supported, and validated as they transition to their
authentic life.”</p>
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src="https://discover.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-27-at-9.46.28-am.png?w=685"
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<p><a href="https://transgenderlawcenter.org/"><strong>Transgender Law
Center</strong></a> is a national trans-led organization focused on
changing law and policy in the United States so that “all people
can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination
regardless of their gender identity or expression.”</p>
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src="https://discover.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-27-at-9.45.28-am.png?w=685"
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<p><a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/"><strong>The Trevor
Project</strong></a>, founded in 1998 by the team behind the
Oscar-winning short film <em>Trevor</em>, is a national organization
in the United States offering crisis intervention and suicide
prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and
questioning youth.</p>
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src="https://discover.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-27-at-9.46.02-am.png?w=685"
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<p><a href="https://transkidspurplerainbow.org/"><strong>TransKids
Purple Rainbow Foundation</strong></a> is “committed to the
premise that Gender Dysphoria is something a child can't control and
it is society that needs to change, not them.” The foundation
supports trans youth in a variety of ways, including funding research
that examines the challenges they face and educating the public,
schools, and other organizations.</p>
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src="https://discover.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-27-at-9.46.46-am.png?w=685"
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<p><a href="https://www.genderspectrum.org/"><strong>Gender
Spectrum</strong></a> aims to create safe and gender-inclusive
environments for children and youth by providing resources to
families, organizations, and institutions so they can better
understand gender and “consider the implications that evolving
views have for each of us.”</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Inspired to launch your own blog
or a website for your organization? Let’s create something
today.</strong></p>
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