Trump Used Trans Day Of Visibility To Brag About Rolling Back Trans Rights
The White House marked International Transgender Day of Visibility on 31 March not with recognition, but with a press release celebrating the administration’s attacks on transgender Americans, as reported by Christopher Wiggins at The Advocate.
What did the White House actually say?
“Under President Trump, the era of government-sanctioned delusion is over,” the statement read. It went on to list 11 policy actions the administration has taken against trans people, including an executive order declaring only two genders exist, a ban on transgender military service, orders to end federal support for gender-affirming care for minors, and the elimination of self-identification options on passports.
The statement claimed these moves had “shattered years of Democrat extremism, rescued a generation of children from irreversible harm, restored biological truth, and reclaimed America’s commitment to fairness, science, and sanity.”
The Biden Easter lie, again
The White House also recycled a debunked talking point, accusing the Biden administration of having “desecrated Easter Sunday” two years ago with a “transgender message.” Here’s what actually happened: Transgender Day of Visibility falls on 31 March every year. It has done since activist Rachel Crandall Crocker founded the observance in 2009. In 2024, Easter happened to land on the same date. Biden issued separate statements for both. He didn’t move anything, replace anything, or “desecrate” anything. At DNA, we think the facts matter more than the spin.
Biden’s 2024 proclamation read: “Today, we send a message to all transgender Americans: You are loved. You are heard. You are understood. You belong.”
While the White House framed its actions as a victory, the human cost of anti-trans politics continues to mount. The number of transgender people murdered in the United States nearly doubled between 2017 and 2021, according to a 2022 report from Everytown for Gun Safety. Major medical associations, including the American Medical Association, oppose blanket bans on gender-affirming care for minors, calling them politically motivated interference in medical decisions.
Multiple lawsuits have been filed challenging the administration’s policies. Democrat-led states and cities have pledged to maintain transgender protections regardless of federal rollbacks.
Who’s pushing back?
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear told The Advocate: “Sometimes people say, ‘You’re the reason I’m still in Kentucky.’ I’m just trying to do the right thing.” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote on X: “Trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people have always been here… Your existence is not up for debate.”
The Democratic Party also posted on X: “Trans rights are human rights. This Transgender Day of Visibility, we honour the resilience of transgender and nonbinary Americans and celebrate their incredible courage.”
The press releases won’t stop. But neither will the people they’re trying to erase.
