Dear Trans Youth: You are a gift to this world. Your identity is not just valid; it’s irreproachable. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. For this year’s Trans Day of Visibility, we asked some friends to share a message of love and solidarity with our young trans followers, and send a rallying cry to the culture at large that we will not stand for the right wing’s political attacks. So far this year, all but six states have moved to enact some form of anti-trans legislation, totaling more than 430 bills. These measures, many of which have already become law, attack trans life from every conceivable angle: They seek to bar trans kids — and increasingly all trans people — from accessing gender-affirming healthcare; to force schools to misgender and/or deadname trans students; to prevent trans people from accessing the correct single-gender spaces; to outlaw instruction related to gender identity and/or sexuality from public schools; to criminalize public displays of gender-nonconformity; and even to kick little girls out of youth sports. Our current crisis is not just an attack on our rights, but a coordinated attempt to push us out of public life. Even more cruel, the vast majority of anti-trans bills introduced so far take aim at the youngest members of our community. If being a trans kid wasn’t hard enough, young trans people must now contend with bullying not just from peers, but from elected U.S. officials who are trying to make it impossible to simply be who they are. To that we say: Hate ends here. Visit the link in our bio to see how you can help defend trans rights, and check out our pinned comment below to follow everyone involved in making this letter to trans kids around the world. #tdov2023 #transdayofvisibility #defendtranskids #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights