The day was founded by U.S.-based transgender activist Rachel Crandall of Michigan in 2009 as a reaction to the lack of LGBT recognition of transgender people, citing the frustration that the only well-known transgender-centered day was the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which mourned the murders of transgender people, but did not acknowledge and celebrate living members of the transgender community.
The first International Transgender Day of Visibility was held on March 31, 2009.
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Kelli Quail, president of the Mansfield Gay Pride Association, and Sheila Barone, leader of Positive Progressions and the association s transgender outreach program, addressed the crowd.
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