[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 63 (Monday, April 5, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 17495-17496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07064]


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                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

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                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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2021-07064
Filed 4-2-21; 8:45 am]
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