President Biden declared Friday to be the Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday, arguing in a proclamation that transgender Americans 'shape our nation's soul.'
issued an official proclamation declaring that transgender Americans"shape our nation's soul" and established a holiday relating to the group this week.
"Today, too many transgender Americans are still denied…rights and freedoms," the president's statement continued."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.
Poster advertising the"Trans Day of Vengeance" that was taken down by Twitter. The Trans Radical Activist Network denied it was encouraging violence.
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