International Trans Day of Visibility

Happy International Trans Day of Visibility to all trans folk, whether your choice is to be visible or not!

In Fort Frances, a plaque was unveiled today to commemorate Dianna Boileau, possibly the first but certainly one of the first in Canada to undergo gender-affirming surgery:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/dianna-boileau-gender-affirming-surgery-plaque-commemoration-1.6796554?cmp=rss

Her memoir is available on the Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/stream/beholdiamwoman00dian/beholdiamwoman00dian_djvu.txt

Gender-affirming treatments and processes, whether surgical or not, have come a long way in the 50+ years since Dianna and her memoir came out. There is greater social acceptance and understanding as well.

But there's still work to be done.

Are days and events such as this a good thing, in that they normalize the gender-diverse?
Or do they have the opposite effect in that they present gender diversity as something extraordinary (which depending on your mindset might be perceived either a special talent and gift or a painful and shameful embarrassment)?

I can't quite decide myself whether to be heartened or disheartened by occasions like this.