article_snippet.sent: (CNN)It's only June, but 2015 may be remembered as the year the term "transgender" fully entered mainstream consciousness.
article_snippet.sent: It's more obvious than ever that transgender people, long relegated to society's shadows, are finally stepping into the light.
article_snippet.sent: We are at a social inflection point on transgender issues," says Riki Wilchins, a former transgender activist and author of three books on queer theory, who believes all the attention could have a positive impact.
article_snippet.sent: All this makes transgender advocates cautiously optimistic.
article_snippet.sent: Mora, remains hopeful that the growing number of transgender faces beaming weekly into America's living rooms can only have a positive effect.
article_snippet.sent: We are definitely in a critical moment for the trans movement.
article_snippet.sent: Over last year We have ... seen an increase in visibility that was unimaginable even just a few years ago," said Kris Hayashi, executive director of the Transgender Law Center.