I think we must, and many do, recognize that we are part of the problem. Visibility and advocacy are necessary and while no judgment is implied about other pathways, some of us need to be out there. It is challenging for any of us to be truly representative of our community. As SarahBoo notes it may feel like we have little in common other than being transgender and some toss that descriptor when passable.
Until several high profile coming out stories appeared in our local media we had no local trans people in community. Now even in our small town rural area we have a growing membership and real community. We have support groups and social events and are building a Q center with the larger LGBTQIA community.
Equal rights and opportunity sum it up for me. How and when we get there remain questions to be resolved for us.
