March 31 is the International Day of Visibility of the Transgender, an annual recognition aimed at raising awareness of trans people and trans problems. This year’s visibility trans day is the first since then Donald Trump returned to the white houseAnd it occurs when the United States Federal Government has receded the policies of previous administrations and has put restrictions on the recognition and transpients of trans.
Recognize trans individuals and problems
International Transgender Visibility Day, recognized on March 31 of each year, is a event intended to recognize trans people and foster connections and the community. The event was founded in 2009 by the psychotherapist Rachel Crandall-Crocker of Michigan, who said that the event “means we will resist, and that we do not return to the closet again; it is a unified and strong voice that says:” We are here. We are here and we do not leave ”, according to The hill. This year, the event will include protest events against Trump Administration and its policies, with more than a dozen legislators who were expected to join a rally at the Washington National Shopping Center, DC
Recognition and past controversy
Crandall-Crocker created Transgender Visibility Day in 2009 as addition On the pre-existing day of the transgender remembrance, an annual event marked in November reminiscent of victims killed by anti-trans violence. Later that year, the then President Barack Obama signed in the law the law on the prevention of hate crimes Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. I hate crimes. President Joe Biden regularly broadcast the White House proclamations The day of transgender visibility. This routine brought to controversy In 2024, when Easter also fell on March 31, causing false accusations that the White House or trans activists caused the event to fall on the same day as one of the most holy days of Christianity as an insult to Christians.
Trump’s policies put trans problems in new foci
This year’s visibility day occurs in the midst of various trans restrictions on trans rights by the Trump Administration. One of the Executive orders Signed by Trump on the opening day, he announced that the Government would only recognize male and female genres, and reversed previous policies on transgender and gender recognition. Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have also opposed transgender people who serve the United States military. Another order of Trump requested a ban on transgender athletes in the sports of women and girls, although an attempt to strengthen this prohibition was killed through federal legislation. Senate of the United States.
The policy of transgender identity is perhaps more visible than ever, even when involved people face exclusions and backward recognition. With these various policies established, this year’s transgender visibility day comes at a fundamental time for trans people and the United States in general.
