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Did organizers choose Easter Sunday for Transgender Day of Visibility?

Hallie Claflin, Wisconsin Watch
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International Transgender Day of Visibility has been observed annually since 2009 on March 31, which happened to be Easter Sunday this year.

During her July 15 speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said “the establishment in Washington … gave us Transgender Visibility Day on Easter Sunday.”

The Biden administration has proclaimed March 31 as the Transgender Day of Visibility each year. According to the Human Rights Campaign, the day celebrates “the joy and resilience of trans and non-binary people everywhere by elevating voices and experiences from these communities.”

Easter, the holiest Christian holiday, falls on a different date each year: the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox. Biden has issued a statement each year celebrating Easter.

Over 1.6 million people in the U.S. identify as transgender, according to a 2022 study from the Williams Institute, a UCLA research center.

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