I'm feeling a lot better now than I was yesterday. Thanks to all for the well-wishes; they were appreciated. :)

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And on a different subject... today is again the Transgender Day of Rememberance, when those participating remember the trans people of all genders who are no longer with us due to prejudice or hatred.

It's easy to get complacent and think that the world is getting more used to the idea that we exist. According to sources I've heard, however, there were 221 recorded deaths of trans people this year. (I'm not sure where that figure is coming from because the spreadsheet available on the site doesn't seem to back that up, but perhaps that only lists a subset, such as names that the affected friends/families are okay with publicising.)

(BTW, a quick note - normally I'd link to the site itself, but I've discovered that it may have been hijacked without the site owner's permission - the HTML source contains several black-hat SEO links for another site. Based on this, I'm not going to link to it this year, just to keep everybody safe. I don't think there's anything dangerous there, but better safe than sorry. I've emailed the owner to let them know.)

Please remember to let people know that we trans people do exist, and that we're not freaks. Hopefully, some day, being stealth won't be a requirement for anybody - just a personal choice.