Transgender Day of Visibility, 2021

Proclamation 10164 of March 31, 2021

Transgender Day of Visibility, 2021

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Today, we honor and celebrate the achievements and
resiliency of transgender individuals and communities.
Transgender Day of Visibility recognizes the
generations of struggle, activism, and courage that
have brought our country closer to full equality for
transgender and gender non-binary people in the United
States and around the world. Their trailblazing work
has given countless transgender individuals the bravery
to live openly and authentically. This hard-fought
progress is also shaping an increasingly accepting
world in which peers at school, teammates and coaches
on the playing field, colleagues at work, and allies in
every corner of society are standing in support and
solidarity with the transgender community.

In spite of our progress in advancing civil rights for
LGBTQ+ Americans, too many transgender people--adults
and youth alike--still face systemic barriers to
freedom and equality. Transgender Americans of all ages
face high rates of violence, harassment, and
discrimination. Nearly one in three transgender
Americans have experienced homelessness at some point
in life. Transgender Americans continue to face
discrimination in employment, housing, health care, and
public accommodations. The crisis of violence against
transgender women, especially transgender women of
color, is a stain on our Nation's conscience.

The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to
fulfilling the promise of America for all Americans by
stamping out discrimination and delivering freedom and
equality for all.

To ensure that the Federal Government protects the
civil rights of transgender Americans, I signed, on my
first day in office, an Executive Order on Preventing
and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender
Identity or Sexual Orientation. Today, we are proud to
celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility alongside
barrier-breaking public servants, including the first
openly transgender American to be confirmed by the
United States Senate, and alongside patriotic
transgender service members, who are once again able to
proudly and openly serve their country. We also
celebrate together with transgender Americans across
the country who will benefit from our efforts to stop
discrimination and advance inclusion for transgender
Americans in housing, in credit and lending services,
in the care we provide for our veterans, and more.

To more fully protect the civil rights of transgender
Americans, we must pass the Equality Act and provide
long overdue Federal civil rights protections on the
basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The
Equality Act will deliver legal protections for LGBTQ+
Americans in our housing, education, public services,
and lending systems. It will serve as a lasting legacy
to the bravery and fortitude of the LGBTQ+ movement.

Vice President Harris and I affirm that transgender
Americans make our Nation more prosperous, vibrant, and
strong. I urge my fellow Americans to join us in
uplifting the worth and dignity of every transgender
person.

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, 2021, as Transgender Day of Visibility. I
call upon all Americans to join in the fight for full
equality for all transgender people.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.