Hana Konatar writes about the Trans Day of Visibility:

“We do not celebrate the visibility of trans people today as a holiday to honor our bravery and resistance, but rather as crucified bodies that others point fingers at. Our experiences are presented to the public as propaganda, our needs as science fiction, our lives as a threat to the system, while we are faced daily with our worst fears! Being a visible trans person, being a trans person, means choosing oneself at the cost of one’s life!

I never deny that I personally, as a trans woman, am a threat to the system! A system of rigidity that oppresses everyone, sucks the life out of us, and leaves us with hatred towards ourselves that escalates into hatred towards others, towards those who are different! I am aware that our love is a revolution from which victories emerge, crowned with our greatest fears, stripped bare before ourselves and others, threatening a system of power based on patriarchy! I was not taught that I am someone else’s dinner, my honor was not presented as “keeping” or “losing” “virginity,” I do not have the biological ability to become pregnant and give birth. I know that this society is afraid of women it cannot enslave! I know that this society does not consider women who cannot be broken or objectified as women at all!

No, I am not saying that my transgender identity has isolated me from the oppression and influence of patriarchy or that any role or expectation, any biological possibility of cisgender women, determines me as more easily integrated into the rigidity of patriarchy. I am saying that the negative masculine principle does not understand how to manipulate transgender existence and turn it into a step towards the top of the pyramid, except by negating it or killing us! I am not grateful for the horrible experiences, but I am grateful for the awareness that people are horrified by those who live themselves for themselves and love themselves as they are, which is one reason why I adore my transgender identity! Just as it confronted me with freedom, it also confronts everyone with whom I have shared experiences. Being visible means fighting for freedom, for better laws, better health care, better society, and more authentic and beautiful lives!

Let it be a fighting day of visibility! 🦋🏳️‍⚧️ #transdayofvisibility”

Hana Konatar piše o Danu vidljivosti trans osoba:

“Dan vidljivosti trans osoba danas ne dočekujemo kao praznik kojim proslavljamo svoju hrabrost i otpor, dočekujemo ga kao razapeta tijela u koje se upire prstom. Naša iskustva javnosti predstavljaju se kao propaganda, naše potrebe kao naučna fantastika, naši životi kao prijetnja sistemu dok bivamo svakodnevno suočavani sa svojim najgorim strahovima!Biti vidljiva trans osoba, biti trans osoba,znači izabrati sebe po cijenu svog života!

Nikad ne negiram da sam ja lično, kao trans žena, prijetnja sistemu! Sistemu rigidnosti koji ugnjetava sve, isisava živote i ostavlja nas u mržnji prema sebi koja eskalira mržnjama prema drugome, drugačijem! Svjesna sam da naša ljubav je revolucija iz koje proniču pobjede, krunisani svojim najvećim strahovima, ogoljeni pred sobom i drugima ugrožavamo sistem moći zasnovanom na patrijarhatu! Nijesam učena “da sam tuđa večera”, moja čast mi nije predstavljenja kao “čuvanje” ili “gubljenje” “nevinosti”, nemam biološku mogućnost da budem trudna i rodim. Znam da se ovo društvo plaši žena koje ne može da porobi! Znam da ovo društvo žene koje ne slomi ni ne doživljava kao žene!

Ne, ne kažem da sam svojom transrodnošću bila izolovana od ugnjetavanja i uticaja patrijarhata ili da bilo koja uloga ili očekivanje, biološka mogućnost cis žene na bilo koji način određuje kao lakše integrisanu u rigidnost patrijarhata, kažem da negativnom muškom principu nije jasno kako da manipuliše trans bivstvovanjem i preokrene ga kao stepenik do vrha piramide, sem da ga negira ili da nas ubija! Nijesam zahvalna na jezivim iskustvima ali jesam na svijesti da se užasavate ljudi koji žive sebe za sebe i vole se onakvi kakvi jesu, jednim dijelom zato i obožavam svoju transrodnost! Kao što je mene suočavala sa slobodom tako suočava i sve sa kojima sam u iskustvima. Biti vidljiv znači boriti slobodu, za bolje zakone, bolje zdravstvo, bolje društvo i autentičnije ljepše živote!

Neka nam je borben dan vidljivosti!🦋🏳️‍⚧️ #transdayofvisibility“