Pres. Biden Commemorates Transgender Day, Calls GOP Bills 'Wrong'
Newsy
President Biden is advocating against what his administration calls “dangerous anti-transgender legislative attacks."
President Joe Biden on Thursday commemorated Transgender Day of Visibility by celebrating prominent transgender Americans and advocating against what his administration terms "dangerous anti-transgender legislative attacks" in statehouses across the country.
President Biden's actions come as Republican leaders have advanced measures targeting transgender people as part of a broader push to stoke culture wars heading into a critical election season. The Democratic president has said such legislation is "wrong."
The administration announced new measures Thursday aimed at making the federal government more inclusive for transgender people, including through the use of a new "X" gender marker on U.S. passport applications, beginning on April 11, and new Transportation Security Administration scanners that are gender-neutral.
