President Biden this week declared Transgender Day of Visibility for March 31 — which this year is on Easter Sunday.
“I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., president of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Day of Visibility,” the Friday pronouncement read.
“I call upon all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination against all transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people.”
President Biden, who is Catholic, has made transgender visibility at the White House a hallmark of his administration, with frequent public statements, and high profile appointments within the federal bureaucracy, such as Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine.
Transgender Day of Visibility, in existence since 2009, always falls on March 31, has been repeatedly boosted by Biden over the years in similar public statements.
