[Obama legacy...] Biden legacy includes relentless push for transgender agenda

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-legacy-includes-relentless-push-
transgender-agenda

Before President Biden was inaugurated as the nation’s 46th president, he 
and his administration put its staunch support of transgender issues at 
the forefront of its policies. 

In the waning days of the Biden administration, Fox News Digital revisited 
the Biden administration’s support of transgender issues, including a 
handful of controversies that elicited backlash from conservatives. 

"The president’s belief is that trans rights are human rights," former 
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said within the administration's 
first month in office during a press conference. 

One day before Biden was inaugurated, he announced the nomination of a 
person who would become the first known transgender woman to hold an 
office that required Senate confirmation: Assistant Secretary for Health 
Rachel Levine. The announcement was soon followed by Biden, in his 
official capacity as president, rolling back Trump-era trans policies, 
celebrating holidays championing the trans and LGBTQ communities at large, 
and pledging support to transgender individuals during each of his State 
of the Union addresses. 

BIDEN OFFICIAL RACHEL LEVINE SAYS EARLY MEMORIES WERE OF TRANSGENDERISM, 
QUESTIONING BIOLOGICAL SEX

Following Biden’s successful nomination of Levine to the Department of 
Health and Human Services, a job Levine still holds, Biden again 
underscored his administration’s explicitly pro-trans stance when he 
rolled back the first Trump administration’s ban on trans members of the 
military. 

Under the Trump administration in 2018, the 45th president officially 
authorized the Pentagon to ban transgender individuals from joining the 
military, with limited exceptions, after making the pledge to do so in 
2017.

Biden bucked the policy on his fifth day in office through an executive 
order, saying it was "the right thing to do" and in the "national 
interest" of the country. 

"President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to 
military service, and that America’s strength is found in its diversity," 
the White House said in January 2021. "This question of how to enable all 
qualified Americans to serve in the military is easily answered by 
recognizing our core values."

The White House said at the time that America "is stronger, at home and 
around the world, when it is inclusive," adding that "the military is no 
exception."

3 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS: LGBTQ EVENTS CLOG CALENDAR AS WHITE HOUSE FACES 
BACKLASH OVER EASTER ANNOUNCEMENT

The Biden administration has also elevated trans and LGBTQ holidays across 
the last four years, including issuing messages of support of "Transgender 
Day of Visibility" each year.  

"Transgender rights are human rights – and I’m calling on every American 
to join me in uplifting the worth and dignity of transgender Americans. 
Together, we can stamp out discrimination and deliver on our nation’s 
promise of freedom and equality for all," he posted to his X account in 
March 2021. 

International Transgender Day of Visibility was created by activists more 
than 10 years ago and is celebrated each year on March 31. The holiday 
came under fierce fire earlier this year, however, as it fell on the same 
day as Easter Sunday – t??he most holy holiday for Christians. 
Conservatives, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., ripped the 
White House’s decision to recognize Transgender Day of Visibility on 
Easter, calling it an attack on Christianity.

"We call on Joe Biden’s failing campaign and White House to issue an 
apology to the millions of Catholics and Christians across America who 
believe tomorrow is for one celebration only – the resurrection of Jesus 
Christ," Karoline Leavitt, who served as the Trump campaign’s press 
secretary before being named as Trump’s White House press secretary, said 
at the time. 

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital at the time 
that Biden, as a Christian, was working to bring "people together" with 
the event.

"As a Christian who celebrates Easter with family, President Biden stands 
for bringing people together and upholding the dignity and freedoms of 
every American," Bates said. 

BIDEN SAYS HE 'DIDN'T DO THAT' WHEN ASKED ABOUT EASTER BEING 'TRANS 
VISIBILITY DAY,' DESPITE PROCLAMATION

Fox News Digital previously reported that the White House has celebrated 
or commemorated seven other holidays focused on LGBT issues, including 
National Coming Out Day in October; Lesbian Day of Visibility in April; 
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia in May; 
Pride Month in June; Spirit Day in October; Intersex Awareness Day in 
October; and Transgender Day of Remembrance in November. 

The Biden administration came under fire in 2022 when one of the U.S. 
government’s first "non-binary" officials was accused of stealing airport 
luggage on multiple occasions. Non-binary is understood as an individual 
who does not exclusively identify as male or female. 

EMBATTLED FORMER BIDEN OFFICIAL ACCUSED IN MULTIPLE AIRPORT THEFTS ENDS 
2023 FREE

Sam Brinton, a biological male, worked as the Department of Energy deputy 
assistant secretary, but made national headlines in 2022 when accused of 
stealing luggage at airports. Brinton was charged with stealing a woman’s 
suitcase at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in September and 
another at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas in July. The DOE 
said, amid outrage over the case, that Brinton was no longer employed by 
the department. 

Biden also hosted what was billed as the White House’s largest Pride 
celebration in its history in 2023. During that event, a transgender model 
and activist, Rose Montoya, came under fire for going topless and cupping 
their bare breasts while standing on the South Lawn of the White House. 
The incident was slammed by conservatives as an "international 
embarrassment" and Montoya was subsequently banned from visiting the White 
House. 

"This behavior is inappropriate and disrespectful for any event at the 
White House. It is not reflective of the event we hosted to celebrate 
LGBTQI+ families or the other hundreds of guests who were in attendance," 
the White House said in response to the controversy. "Individuals in the 
video will not be invited to future events."

WHITE HOUSE CONDEMNS TRANS ACTIVIST FOR GOING TOPLESS AT PRIDE MONTH 
EVENT: 'INAPPROPRIATE AND DISRESPECTFUL'

The administration has also invited notable transgender individuals to the 
White House over the last few years, including hosting "Jeopardy!" 
champion Amy Schneider in 2022, and held a sit-down discussion with 
transgender internet influencer Dylan Mulvaney – who was embroiled in the 
Bud Light commercial controversy in 2023. The Biden admin also saw the 
elevation of transgender retired Navy officer and activist Shawn Skelly as 
assistant secretary of defense for readiness in 2021, a role Skelly still 
holds. 

The White House celebrated the progress of the trans community under 
Biden's administration in a comment to Fox Digital. 

"President Biden is proud to stand up for the dignity of every single 
American, and to have achieved historic progress for the following values 
that Fox Corporation shares and includes in their employee handbook: 
transgender Americans deserve an ‘environment free of harassment, 
discrimination, or retaliation, and without fear of consequences or 
transphobia for living openly," Bates said. 

BUD LIGHT HASN’T FULLY REBOUNDED AS ONE-YEAR MARK OF DYLAN MULVANEY FIASCO 
APPROACHES: ‘VERY STUBBORN BOYCOTT'

Biden has also supported the transgender community each year during his 
State of the Union addresses, vowing in his first year that the "president 
has your back." 

"To all transgender Americans watching at home, especially young people 
who are so brave, I want you to know your president has your back," Biden 
declared during his first State of the Union address in 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 younger transgender Americans, I will always have your back as your 
president, so you can be yourself and reach your God-given potential."

"Let’s also pass the bipartisan Equality Act to ensure LGBTQ Americans, 
especially transgender young people, can live with safety and dignity. Our 
strength is not just the example of our power, but the power of our 
example. Let’s remember the world is watching," Biden said in his 2023 
State of the Union address. 

The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See, which is the episcopal jurisdiction of 
the Catholic Church in Rome, also showed their support for the LGBT 
community under the Biden administration by flying the pride flag during 
June each year. 

Trump’s second administration is expected to be a departure from Biden’s 
unequivocal support of promoting transgender issues. The president-elect 
vowed on the campaign trail that he will ban biological males from women’s 
sports, as well as vowing to remove "woke" ideology from the military – 
though no decision has been made if that policy will include removing 
trans individuals from the military. 

"On Day One, I will revoke Joe Biden’s cruel policies on so-called ‘gender 
affirming care’ – ridiculous – a process that includes giving kids puberty 
blockers, mutating their physical appearance, and ultimately performing 
surgery on minor children. Can you believe this?" Trump said in a campaign 
video last year of his plan to "protect children from left-wing gender 
insanity." 

"I will sign a new executive order instructing every federal agency to 
cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition 
at any age. I will then ask Congress to permanently stop federal taxpayer 
dollars from being used to promote or pay for these procedures, and pass a 
law prohibiting child sexual mutilation in all 50 states. It’ll go very 
quickly."

thematrx1999
2 days ago

I have no problem what adults do in the privacy of their own homes.  
However, when the Democratic party makes part of its platform to pander to 
.001 per cent of the population, we see what the results are.  Maybe the 
Democrats should pander to the 95 per cent of the working-class population 
if they want to win votes.


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forward to America being great again.

The disease known as Kamala Harris has been effectively treated and 
eradicated.

We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that 
stupid people won't be offended.

Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem.  It has none.

Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden 
fiasco, President Trump.  

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the 
The World According To Garp.  Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood 
queer liberal democrat donors.