International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) is a day for celebrating the lives of transgender people, recognizing the contributions we make to society and rallying against the discrimination we face. TDoV also functions as a counterpart to the International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR)[1]; with TDoR being a somber occasion and TDoV having a more celebratory nature.

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  1. TDoR is observed on November 20th and memorializes those of us who’s lives were stolen by transphobic violence, particularly trans women of color. TDoR was initially founded in 1999 in remembrance of Rita Hester, Chanelle Pickett, and Monique Thomas, three black trans women who were murdered in the Boston area. ↩︎

    • Busgirl [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      3 days ago

      I wanna be able to cosplay noi from dorohedoro I have a very similar build to this, I’m just fat currently; I also have the height to match.

      • sodium_nitride [she/her, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        Cool. Never watched dorohedoro (on my list, like a 1000 other things), but i get wanting to cosplay a character. For halloween I wanted to cosplay a charater (fors wall from lord of the mysteries) but all the chinese cosplay outfits were too small and my waist too thick. Gave me lots of dysphoria* … sigh.

        I wish you luck in your fitness goals. May you achieve cosplay greatness.

        *specifically the part about not being able to cosplay female characters from my favorite series

        • Busgirl [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
          4·
          3 days ago

          Dorohedoro is my favorite anime/manga of all time! It’s just unlike anything else I’ve found that has had some mainstream success. Also what’s Lord of mysteries? Is it a cultivation novel cause I know you like those?

          • sodium_nitride [she/her, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
            4·
            3 days ago

            It’s not cultivation, but it’s Chinese (the most popular one). It’s set in a Victorian setting with lovecraftian elements. The name is also a hint. This is Fors wall.

            She was my second choice behind cosplaying Amon, aka this guy (it’s a gender neutral outfit)

            I even traveled around the country to try to get the logistics of either costume down but it wouldn’t have worked out unless I got a really shoddy costume that didn’t look anything like the characters. And I’d have to accept some shoddy materials which would rip after a few uses. Either that, or I paid like 200 bucks (I found a full Amon costume on aliexpress for that much). I also did find a Fors costume on Aliexpress, whose waist measurements wouldn’t have fit me at all and I decided to cry in my room instead of dressing up.