Aka pandering for votes. Couldn’t have made that declaration about 3 years ago shortly after getting to the WH? Nah,,elections looming… got to pander!
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@soar2newhighs Transgender Visibility Day predates the Biden administration. It's been declared every year for the last 15 years depending on the administration in the WH. It's just the far-right want to make an issue of it this year.
@SW-User Ok fine, but if that’s the case why is Joe touting it now? The reason? He’s coming up for re election. He’s the master of pandering. It’s not about the trans community. It’s about a feckless politician and his quest for the Oval Office,
@SW-User Sorry but I disagree with you on his motivation(s).
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@soar2newhighs He issued a proclamation last year too! How is this year any different? You think he created Transgender Visibility Day with the foreknowledge that it would fall on Easter Sunday in an election year? TVD was started 15 years ago 😂 Back down with dignity. You have been proved wrong.
@SW-User First of all in my posts you won’t find any mention of Easter. Some other poster raised the issue. And 2nd if I had, are you saying he didn’t know that March 31st of this year was Easter whether or not it was an election year? 3rd. He’s a politician. Realize what he is capable of doing.
@soar2newhighs Yes....it would have been so much better to be selling bibles or showing a picture of Trump hog tied in the back of a pickup truck.
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@soar2newhighs So please tell me exactly how he's "pandering for votes" with this? What has he done, [i]specifically[/i], that is different to last year (and 2022 and 2021)?
@SW-User You apparently don’t follow politics or know very little about Joe Biden. What’s different? The difference is the previous two years we’re not election years.
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@soar2newhighs [quote]The difference is the previous two years we’re not election years[/quote]
And the White House has acknowledged Transgender Visibility Day for the third time in as many years.
I'll say again: This may be an election year, but what has Joe Biden done [b]Differently [/b] this year??
@SW-User It has taken him all of a sudden to declare this a special day if it was a day already established. It’s pandering[image deleted]
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@soar2newhighs[big] Exactly like he did in 2023, and 2022, and 2021.[/big] This would have been largely ignored but, as usual, the far right took issue with a coincidence and are foaming at the mouth with impotent outrage.
It's also going to backfire on them. You've no idea how much the American people are laughing at butthurt triggered MAGA nutjobs at the moment 😂
@SW-User This is a ploy by Biden, sagging miserably in the polls to pander to a “protected class” as elections loom. If he made such a declaration please post it. Here’s mine of him stating this for 2024,.[image deleted]Note the date. If you have the previous declarations, please post them.
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@soar2newhighs [quote]Note the date. If you have the previous declarations, please post them.[/quote]
Gladly
2022:
[quote]BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
To everyone celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility, I want you to know that your President sees you. The First Lady, the Vice President, the Second Gentleman, and my entire Administration see you for who you are — made in the image of God and deserving of dignity, respect, and support. On this day and every day, we recognize the resilience, strength, and joy of transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people. We celebrate the activism and determination that have fueled the fight for transgender equality. We acknowledge the adversity and discrimination that the transgender community continues to face across our Nation and around the world.
Visibility matters, and so many transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming Americans are thriving. Like never before, they are sharing their stories in books and magazines; breaking glass ceilings of representation on television and movie screens; enlisting — once again — to serve proudly and openly in our military; getting elected and making policy at every level of government; and running businesses, curing diseases, and serving our communities in countless other ways.
Despite this progress, transgender Americans continue to face discrimination, harassment, and barriers to opportunity. Transgender women and girls — especially transgender women and girls of color — continue to face epidemic levels of violence, and 2021 marked the deadliest year on record for transgender Americans. Each of these lives lost was precious. Each of them deserved freedom, justice, and joy. We must honor their lives with action by advancing equity and civil rights for all transgender people.
In the past year, hundreds of anti-transgender bills in States were proposed across America, most of them targeting transgender kids. The onslaught has continued this year. These bills are wrong. Efforts to criminalize supportive medical care for transgender kids, to ban transgender children from playing sports, and to outlaw discussing LGBTQI+ people in schools undermine their humanity and corrode our Nation’s values. Studies have shown that these political attacks are damaging to the mental health and well-being of transgender youth, putting children and their families at greater risk of bullying and discrimination.
My entire Administration is committed to ensuring that transgender people enjoy the freedom and equality that are promised to everyone in America. That is why I signed an Executive Order Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation. We are expanding Federal non-discrimination protections; promoting strategies to address violence against the transgender community and advance gender equity and equality; and disseminating new resources to enhance inclusion, opportunity, and safety for transgender people. Additionally, Americans will soon be able to select more inclusive gender markers on their passports. I continue to call on the Congress to swiftly pass the bipartisan Equality Act, which will ensure that LGBTQI+ individuals and families cannot be denied housing, employment, education, credit, and more because of who they are or who they love. We will continue to work to help transgender people around the world live free from discrimination and violence.
On this Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor transgender people who are fighting for freedom, equality, dignity, and respect. We also celebrate the parents, teachers, coaches, doctors, and other allies who affirm the identities of their transgender children and help these young people reach their potential. Transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I know, and our Nation and the world are stronger, more vibrant, and more prosperous because of them. To transgender Americans of all ages, I want you to know that you are so brave. You belong. I have your back.
[b]NOW, THEREFORE, 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, 2022, as Transgender Day of Visibility. 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 discrimination against all transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people — and all people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth.[/b]
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.[/quote][/quote]
2023:
[quote]A Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility
Transgender Day of Visibility celebrates the joy, strength, and absolute courage of some of the bravest people I know — people who have too often had to put their jobs, relationships, and lives on the line just to be their true selves. Today, we show millions of transgender and nonbinary Americans that we see them, they belong, and they should be treated with dignity and respect. Their courage has given countless others strength, but no one should have to be brave just to be themselves. Every American deserves that freedom.
Transgender Americans shape our Nation’s soul — proudly serving in the military, curing deadly diseases, holding elected office, running thriving businesses, fighting for justice, raising families, and much more. As kids, they deserve what every child deserves: the chance to learn in safe and supportive schools, to develop meaningful friendships, and to live openly and honestly. As adults, they deserve the same rights enjoyed by every American, including equal access to health care, housing, and jobs and the chance to age with grace as senior citizens. But today, too many transgender Americans are still denied those rights and freedoms. A wave of discriminatory State laws is targeting transgender youth, terrifying families and hurting kids who are not hurting anyone. An epidemic of violence against transgender women and girls, in particular women and girls of color, has taken lives far too soon. Last year’s Club Q shooting in Colorado was another painful example of this kind of violence — a stain on the conscience of our Nation.
My Administration has fought to end these injustices from day one, working to ensure that transgender people and the entire LGBTQI+ community can live openly and safely. On my first day as President, I issued an Executive Order directing the Federal Government to root out discrimination against LGBTQI+ people and their families. We have appointed a record number of openly LGBTQI+ leaders, and I was proud to rescind the ban on openly transgender people serving in the military. We are also working to make public spaces and travel more accessible, including with more inclusive gender markers on United States passports. We are improving access to public services and entitlements like Social Security. We are cracking down on discrimination in housing and education. And last December, I signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, ensuring that every American can marry the person they love and have that marriage accepted, period.
Meanwhile, we are also working to ease the tremendous strain that discrimination, bullying, and harassment can put on transgender children — more than half of whom seriously considered suicide in the last year. The Department of Education is, for example, helping ensure that transgender students have equal opportunities to learn and thrive at school, and the Department of Justice is pushing back against extreme laws that seek to ban evidence-based gender-affirming health care.
There is much more to do. I continue to call on the Congress to finally pass the Equality Act and extend long-overdue civil rights protections to all LGBTQI+ Americans to ensure they can live with safety and dignity. Together, we also have to keep challenging the hundreds of hateful State laws that have been introduced across the country, making sure every child knows that they are made in the image of God, that they are loved, and that we are standing up for them.
America is founded on the idea that all people are created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout their lives. We have never fully lived up to that, but we have never walked away from it either. Today, as we celebrate transgender people, we also celebrate every American’s fundamental right to be themselves, bringing us closer to realizing America’s full promise.
[b][b]NOW, THEREFORE, 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, 2023, as Transgender Day of Visibility. 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-seventh.[/b][/b]
@SW-User Fair enough that you posted these. Apparently he has do do this every year.? But I still Say he is pandering to get votes. And being he made those declarations,; after the first he needed to re affirm that it was a day of visibility then do it the next year. He did it once; is that not enough not enough? He loves to pander.
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@soar2newhighs [quote]But I still Say he is pandering to get votes.[/quote] What makes you think this?
[quote]He did it once; is that not enough not enough?[/quote] No, he needs to show his support every year. You wouldn't accept it if he only showed his support once for Veterans Day, now would you?
@SW-User As far as I am concerned he is pandering for votes so I won’t be admitting that he is not. He’s been a politician since his 20s and his record is very changeable on issues over the years so my advice is do not trust him. He wants to tout TVD so be it.
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@soar2newhighs OK. Clearly you are wilfully ignoring the fact that he is NOT touting TVD. We'll leave it there.
