The Transgender Day of Visibility is a campaign to raise awareness about the rights of transgender and gender nonconforming people. Easter, however, occurs on a unique date each year because it’s based on the movement of the Earth and Moon.
Everything you need to know about Transgender Day and Easter
Transgender Day of Visibility is a time of celebrations and educational opportunities intended to raise awareness of trans people.
The day was celebrated during the four decades of Donald Trump’s presidency. The only other day since then, under the Barack Obama administration, has Easter Day and Transgender Day of Visibility been observed on March 31.
Easter typically occurs between March 22 and April 25 and is observed every month. It is observed on the first Sunday following the entire Sun or the Spring Equinox.
Although Easter is not a recognized holiday, a number of American businesses are still open on Easter. Easter is a holiday that honors the Resurrection of Jesus, which took place three days after his death. Many Christian temples’ Lenten period of fasting and penance come to an end in joy.
Biden forbids religiously themed Easter chicken craft from the White House.
In his 2024 presidential statement released on Friday, Biden claimed Transgender Day honors the “extraordinary fortitude and contributions of trans Americans.”
According to the statement, transgender Americans “deserve and are entitled to the equal rights and freedoms as every other American, including the most important flexibility to become their true self.” Additionally, it added that transgender Americans “are a part of the fabric of our State.”
The US President made an appeal to “all Americans to join us in working toward eliminating murder and discrimination based on gender identity and lifting up the life and tones of transgender persons throughout our State.”
Biden praised his presidency for expanding transgender rights, including ending the transgender military assistance, but he also criticized Republican-led efforts to reduce trans Americans’ privileges, calling them “bullying and bias.”
The Biden administration’s decision to forbid children from creating spiritual Easter eggs for the arts event “Celebrating National Guard People” in 2024 sparked outrage. The White House holds the annual Easter Egg Roll as part of its norms for the day. This action has sparked a lot of discussion and debate about the appearance of spiritual freedom.
Kids have been urged to personalize chicken designs with images of themselves and their families, highlighting their unique experiences and interests.
Trump criticizes Biden and asks for an explanation for ties between Transgender Day and Easter.
Hitting out at Biden, Trump’s campaign said in a speech that it’s “appalling and demeaning” that Biden officially proclaimed Easter Sunday as Transgender Day of Visibility.
The battle demanded an apology from Biden and the White House to the thousands of Christians and Christians in the United States.
Karoline Leavitt, the Trump administration’s press secretary, charged the Biden presidency with “years-long assault on the Christian faith.”
Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur, even made a hostile comment about Biden, saying that his designation of Transgender Visibility Day, the country’s most holy day, “is a slap in the face, every American, regardless of their faith.”
The White House is then enforcing a ban on any religious significance on Easter egg. We’re in the middle of a war in this country- and take it from a Hindu, that isn’t a “Christian nationalist” talking point”, he said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.
Taking to X, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., slammed Biden and the White for betraying “the core principle of Easter” and called the statement “outrageous and awful”.
Biden will not abuse his belief for social purposes: White House
White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in response to the criticism that the Republicans are “divising and weakening our land with violent, cruel, and unscrupulous rhetoric” are using against Biden.
Bates targeted Trump, insisting that Biden will not abuse his devotion for social reasons or for profit, while stressing that he celebrates Easter with his home and stands for upholding the integrity of every American. He was making an apparent reference to ex-US President’s “God Bless the USA” Books priced at$ 59.99.
Biden, who has been speaking about his Catholic upbringing publicly, met with Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2021 and hailed him as a “good Catholic”.
However, many liberal Christians object to Biden because of his political support for women’s right to abortion and gay marriage.