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"6. One of the strategies recommended in the manual is to keep the public, the population, i.e. the democracy out of the process of getting through the self identity law: No exposure in the media!"

It's always been accepted wisdom that exposure to other types of people was the most effective tool in combating prejudice. Get to know (black, hispanic, gay, Asian, HIV+, whatever) people, you'll see they're just people trying to get by, a lot like you. The trans movement is the first "civil rights" movement where this logic is turned on its head. The more the public learns, the more backlash and resistance there is. Education should be the cornerstone of even movement for change. There's something basically wrong with what you are trying to do if you have to hide it from people.