President Joe Biden’s announcement that Easter, one of the most solemn Christian holidays, will be designated a day of visibility for transgender people has drawn a lot of criticism.

This year Easter will be celebrated on March 31st. At the same time, since March 31, 2009, the International Transgender Visibility Day has also been designated as March 31. The day was launched to raise awareness of and honor the discrimination faced by transgender people.

The Christian holiday Easter falls between March 22nd and April 25th every year. Christian groups celebrate Easter on the first Sunday after the spring equinox, or full moon.

The White House issued a statement on Friday declaring March 31, 2024, as Transgender Visibility Day. President Biden, who is Catholic, has announced the annual event. He made this White House event a hallmark of his administration. The statement is just a formality.

“I, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States of America, by virtue of my authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Visibility Day,” the statement said.

“I call on all Americans to join us in elevating the lives and voices of trans people across the country and working to end violence and discrimination against all trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary people.

“Today, we have a message for all transgender Americans: You are loved. You are heard. You are understood. You belong to America. You are America, and I and my entire administration support you.”

Several prominent figures, including politicians and commentators, took to social media platforms to slam the White House’s announcement.

“America has been hijacked by a lunatic,” said Abe Hamad, a Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona backed by Donald Trump.

“Joe Biden declares Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Visibility Day,’” conservative Blaze Media host Sara Gonzales said on X. As I said, that’s not Then there is the question of left and right. This is a question of good and evil. This has never been clearer. “

Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist in the Trump administration, responded to Biden’s statement by posting on the conservative social media site Gettr: “The process of restoring decency begins at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on November 5, 2024. .”

“Joe Biden declared Easter Sunday a ‘Transgender Day of Visibility,’” Mooney said on X and another attack on tradition.” “

“This is a direct attack on Christianity. It is clear that the left is determined to destroy our religion and traditions,” she wrote on X. “It wasn’t just blatant disregard, it was intentional.”