May I suggest we concentrate upon emphasising that we are already part of the world, society and making positive contributions. Hostility toward us doesn't mean we are not here, rather that we are forced to live secretly.
We are not a threat, to anyone. In short, we are what we are.
In many respects, our situation can be compared to black people, whose contribution to the greater social good was frustrated by hostility. That made no sense, not just for the individual, but for society as a whole.
It might also be compared to people with many types of disabling illnesses. They remain people. Their contribution to the common good can continue, given understanding and support. Mental illness is not a crime, Learning difficulties do not mean those affected don't feel. The sufferer from AIDS continues to need love, to earn a living.
Granted, some people are criminals, some are antisocial. That, sadly, is part of life. All sections of every society has criminal elements. The majority, in all aspects of life, continue to live according the those most essential human desires, to earn a living and have somewhere reasonable safe to raise their children.
Most of us, as children, had a time, when we first discovered that most significant of physical differences between boys and girls. The reality is, just as not all children hear, not all children have the same coloured skin, not all children have parents, not all children are made the same.
Some little girls have the extra bit and some little boys don't.
