Partisan Controversy Over Easter and Transgender Day of Visibility

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Quick Take

Both Easter and the Transgender Day of Visibility happened to fall on March 31 this year. President Joe Biden recognized both occasions, as he has done every year in office. But some social media posts and conservative politicians characterized his acknowledgement of Transgender Day of Visibility as “mocking” Easter and declaring “war” on Christianity.

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Every year since President Joe Biden took office in 2021, he has issued a proclamation recognizing March 31 as the Transgender Day of Visibility.

, executive director and co-founder of Transgender Michigan, the day of recognition in 2009. in June and the more somber held every year in November to commemorate those in the community who have been killed out of hate — to have its own presence.