Biden’s legacy includes a relentless push for the transgender agenda Biden’s legacy includes a relentless push for the transgender agenda

Before President Biden takes office as the 46th President of the United States, he and his administration will place unwavering support for transgender issues at the forefront of their policies.

In the waning days of the Biden administration, Fox News Digital is revisiting the Biden administration’s support for transgender issues, including some controversies that have prompted backlash from conservatives.

“The president believes transgender rights are human rights,” former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a news conference during the administration’s first month in office.

A day before Biden was inaugurated, he announced the nomination of a known transgender woman who would be the first to require Senate confirmation for the position: Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine. Following the announcement, Biden quickly moved to roll back Trump-era transgender policies in his official capacity as president, celebrate holidays in support of transgender and LGBTQ communities, and pledge support for transgender people in every State of the Union address .

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Following Biden’s successful nomination of Levine to the Department of Health and Human Services, a position he still holds today, Biden re-emphasized his administration’s unequivocal support for transgender service members by rescinding the first Trump administration’s ban on transgender service members. gender stance.

During the Trump administration in 2018, the 45th president formally authorized the Pentagon to ban transgender people from serving in the military, with limited exceptions, following a pledge made in 2017.

Biden opposed the policy through an executive order on his fifth day in office, saying it was “the right thing to do” and in the country’s “national interest.”

On June 15, 2022, at a Pride event at the White House, President Biden signed an executive order on advancing equality for LGBTQI+ individuals and handed his signature pen to Javier Gomez of Florida. (Alex Huang/Getty Images)

The White House stated in January 2021: “President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a barrier to military service, and that America’s strength lies in its diversity.” “How to enable all qualified Americans to serve in the military is a matter of understanding our Core Values, it’s easy to answer this question.

The White House said at the time that the United States “is stronger at home and around the world when it is inclusive,” adding that “the military is no exception.”

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The Biden administration has also increased holidays for transgender and LGBTQ people over the past four years, including issuing annual messages in support of Transgender Day of Visibility.

“Trans rights are human rights — and I call on every American to join me in promoting the value and dignity of transgender Americans. Together, we can eliminate discrimination and deliver on our nation’s promise of freedom and equality for all. “Posted to his X account in March 2021.

First Lady Jill Biden takes the stage during a Pride celebration on the South Lawn of the White House on June 26, 2024. (Anna Chanmemaker/Getty Images)

International Transgender Day of Visibility was founded by activists more than 10 years ago and is celebrated every year on March 31. ——Christian’s holiest holiday. Conservatives including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, dismissed the White House’s decision to recognize Transgender Day on Easter, calling it an attack on Christianity.

“We call on Joe Biden’s failed campaign and the White House to apologize to the millions of Catholics and Christians across America who believed tomorrow was just a celebration,” Trump campaign spokesperson Carolyn Leavitt said. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

White House spokesman Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital at the time that Biden, a Christian, was trying to bring “people together” through the event.

“As a Christian who celebrates Easter with his family, President Biden advocates for bringing people together and preserving the dignity and freedom of every American,” Bates said.

Despite the announcement, Biden said he “didn’t do it” when asked if Easter would be a “Transgender Day of Visibility”

Fox News Digital Channel previously reported that the White House also celebrates or commemorates seven other holidays focusing on LGBT issues, including National Coming Out Day in October; Lesbian Visibility Day in April; International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia in May Biphobia and Biphobia Day; Pride Month in June; Spirituality Day in October; Bisexual Awareness Day in October; and Transgender Day of Remembrance in November.

Sam Brinton, formerly deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Energy, speaks at a Trevor Project event in New York City on June 11, 2018. (Dave Kotinsky/The Trevor Project via Getty Images)

In 2022, the Biden administration came under fire when one of the first “non-binary” officials in the U.S. government was accused of multiple airport luggage thefts. Non-binary gender is understood as individuals who do not fully identify as male or female.

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Sam Brinton, who was born male and served as deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Energy, made national headlines in 2022 after being accused of stealing luggage at an airport. Brinton was accused of stealing a woman’s suitcase at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in September and another woman’s suitcase at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas in July. The U.S. Department of Energy said Brinton was no longer employed by the department out of outrage over the case.

Las Vegas police arrested Sam Brinton at the Clark County Detention Center in Nevada. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

Biden also hosted the largest Pride celebration in White House history in 2023. Criticized for showing exposed breasts. The incident was slammed by conservatives as an “international disgrace” and Montoya was subsequently banned from visiting the White House.

“This behavior is inappropriate and disrespectful to any White House event. It does not reflect the events we host to celebrate LGBTQI+ families or the hundreds of other guests in attendance,” the White House said in response to the controversy. “People in the video will not be invited to future events.”

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Rose Montoya attends the TransLatin Coalition’s 10th Annual GARRAS Fashion Show Fundraiser at Pacific Design Center on November 16, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. (JC Oliveira/Getty Images)

In the past few years, the administration has also invited prominent transgender people to the White House, including 2022 winner Amy Schneider, who will host “Jeopardy!” and has teamed up with transgender internet influencer Dylan A sit-down discussion with Dylan Mulvaney, who is embroiled in the Bud Light business controversy in 2023.

Shawn Skelly attends Out Magazine’s #OUT100 event on November 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Brian Bader/Getty Images for OUT Magazine)

The White House celebrated the progress of the transgender community under the Biden administration in comments to Fox Digital.

“President Biden is proud to stand up for the dignity of every American and make historic progress on the following values ​​that Fox shares and incorporates into its employee handbook: Transgender Americans deserve a workplace ‘free from harassment, discrimination, or discrimination'” environment”.

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Jeopardy winner Amy Schneider speaks during the James S. Brady press conference at the White House on March 31, 2022. (Nicolas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden has supported the transgender community every year during his State of the Union address and vowed during his first year in office that “the president has your back.”

“To all the transgender Americans watching at home, especially the brave young people, I want you to know that your president has your back,” Biden declared in his first State of the Union address of 2021.

In 2022, he said: “The onslaught of state laws targeting transgender Americans and their families is wrong. As I said last year, especially to our young transgender Americans, I will always support you as president, So you can be yourselves and fulfill your God-given potential.

Dylan Mulvaney accepts the Streamy Breakthrough Creator Award at the Streamy Awards on August 27, 2023 in Los Angeles. (Rich Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)

“Let us also pass the bipartisan Equality Act to ensure that LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender young people, can live with safety and dignity. Our strength is not only an example of our strength, but the power of our example. Let us remember Stay tuned, the world is watching,” Biden said in his 2023 State of the Union address.

The U.S. Embassy in Rome under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church also flies the Pride flag every June to show support for the LGBT community under the Biden administration.

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Trump’s second administration is expected to depart from Biden’s explicit support for promoting transgender issues. The president-elect vowed on the campaign trail that he would ban biological males from participating in women’s sports and vowed to eliminate “woke” ideology from the military – although it has not yet been decided whether that policy will include removing transgender people from the military Removed from the list.

“On Day One, I will undo Joe Biden’s cruel — and ridiculous — policy on so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ — a process that involves giving kids puberty blockers, changing their appearance, and ultimately providing Surgery on underage children. Trump said in a campaign video last year that his plan was to “protect children from the gender insanity of the left.”

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“I will sign a new executive order directing every federal agency to cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age. Then I will ask Congress to permanently stop using federal taxpayer dollars to promote or pay for these programs, and passing a law banning child sexual mutilation in all 50 states, which will be done soon.