Presidential Document2023-07089
Transgender Day of Visibility, 2023
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Published
April 4, 2023
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March 30, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 19799-19800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07089]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88 , No. 64 / Tuesday, April 4, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10538 of March 30, 2023
Transgender Day of Visibility, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
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.
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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.
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.
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