GSA Day for Gender Justice 2016
For TRUTH’s first-ever GSA Day for Gender Justice, we launched the #MyTransBodyIs campaign to challenge what conversations about trans bodies look like online. We encouraged transgender youth nationwide to take a moment to share what their body meant to them, highlighting a variety themes that included resilience, self-love/struggle, transformation of self care, beauty and absolute power. We were honored to share this experience with our community, underlining the wide collection of stories that pushed up against the expected.
Hundreds of youth shared selfies and the campaign went viral, making it into Gay Star News.
“Do you hate your body?” and other things adults asked me a lot when I was seventeen.
Selfie Highlights
National TRUTH Council Member Pickles,#MyTransBodyIs pic.twitter.com/CQwZMBIVQe
— TRUTH ✨✊🏾 (@ourtranstruth) November 18, 2016
National TRUTH Council Member Noah, #MyTransBodyIs pic.twitter.com/8nLQGLDfc8
— TRUTH ✨✊🏾 (@ourtranstruth) November 18, 2016
#MyTransBodyIs a bit short, a bit small, near 2.5 years of T, has a lot of health issues, but it’s all mine. pic.twitter.com/dtKwr1VFFT
— Avi 🐰🏳️🌈 (@_llzes) November 20, 2016
#MyTransBodyIs mine to love, to cherish, and to reclaim. I am not unnatural, broken, nor sinful. I am art and you best treat me like so. pic.twitter.com/zBfzogyV1E
— Espi 🌼 (@SoyEsperanz) November 19, 2016
#MyTransBodyIs 1 week on hormones, no op, beautiful, and feminine, and doesn’t give a damn if you think otherwise pic.twitter.com/8TuxeskMKi
— 🌈technicolor girl🌈 (@audria_lb) November 20, 2016
#MyTransBodyIs amazing, handsome, worthy, beautiful, and valid pic.twitter.com/F3pY0Uqgbs
— Cai (@uteruskraken) November 19, 2016
#MyTransBodyIs healing and loved 🌿 pic.twitter.com/lq3M2UxaNc
— joaquín (@gendervbender) November 19, 2016
#mytransbodyis is a work in progress. It is not confusing or invalid. I am a patient self-made work of art pic.twitter.com/UmNbiGowgX
— Rapid Fisting 2.0 (@Attiboi_) November 19, 2016
#MyTransBodyIs small, pre-everything and a work in progress, but, ultimately, mine. There’s beauty in being self-made. pic.twitter.com/TNA4Ygrf31
— n8 (@_nahamiel) November 20, 2016
#MyTransBodyIs pre- everything but still changing. it is who i am. it is a mirror of myself.it is how i express myself.🚺➡️🚹🏳️🌈💯 pic.twitter.com/RoDWVY8PzX
— Matti🎶🏳️🌈🖤 (@trans_boy_matti) December 27, 2016