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Proclamation 10355 of March 30, 2022 

Transgender Day of Visibility, 2022 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

To everyone celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility, I want you to know 

that your President sees you. The First Lady, the Vice President, the Second 

Gentleman, and my entire Administration see you for who you are—made 

in the image of God and deserving of dignity, respect, and support. On 

this day and every day, we recognize the resilience, strength, and joy of 

transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people. We celebrate 

the activism and determination that have fueled the fight for transgender 

equality. We acknowledge the adversity and discrimination that the 

transgender community continues to face across our Nation and around 

the world. 

Visibility matters, and so many transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming Americans are thriving. Like never before, they are sharing their 

stories in books and magazines; breaking glass ceilings of representation 

on television and movie screens; enlisting—once again—to serve proudly 

and openly in our military; getting elected and making policy at every 

level of government; and running businesses, curing diseases, and serving 

our communities in countless other ways. 

Despite this progress, transgender Americans continue to face discrimination, 

harassment, and barriers to opportunity. Transgender women and girls— 

especially transgender women and girls of color—continue to face epidemic 

levels of violence, and 2021 marked the deadliest year on record for 

transgender Americans. Each of these lives lost was precious. Each of them 

deserved freedom, justice, and joy. We must honor their lives with action 

by advancing equity and civil rights for all transgender people. 

In the past year, hundreds of anti-transgender bills in States were proposed 

across America, most of them targeting transgender kids. The onslaught 

has continued this year. These bills are wrong. Efforts to criminalize supportive medical care for transgender kids, to ban transgender children from 

playing sports, and to outlaw discussing LGBTQI+ people in schools undermine their humanity and corrode our Nation’s values. Studies have shown 

that these political attacks are damaging to the mental health and wellbeing of transgender youth, putting children and their families at greater 

risk of bullying and discrimination. 

My entire Administration is committed to ensuring that transgender people 

enjoy the freedom and equality that are promised to everyone in America. 

That is why I signed an Executive Order Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation. We are expanding Federal non-discrimination protections; promoting strategies to address 

violence against the transgender community and advance gender equity and 

equality; and disseminating new resources to enhance inclusion, opportunity, 

and safety for transgender people. Additionally, Americans will soon be 

able to select more inclusive gender markers on their passports. I continue 

to call on the Congress to swiftly pass the bipartisan Equality Act, which 

will ensure that LGBTQI+ individuals and families cannot be denied housing, 

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they love. We will continue to work to help transgender people around 

the world live free from discrimination and violence. 

On this Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor transgender people who 

are fighting for freedom, equality, dignity, and respect. We also celebrate 

the parents, teachers, coaches, doctors, and other allies who affirm the 

identities of their transgender children and help these young people reach 

their potential. Transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I 

know, and our Nation and the world are stronger, more vibrant, and more 

prosperous because of them. To transgender Americans of all ages, I want 

you to know that you are so brave. You belong. I have your back. 

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 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2022, 

as Transgender Day of Visibility. I call upon all Americans to join us 

in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our 

Nation and to work toward eliminating discrimination against all transgender, 

gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people—and all people. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day 

of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortysixth. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07135 

Filed 3–31–22; 11:15 am] 

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