In 2009, transgender activist Rachel Crandall-Crocker randomly designated March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, adding one more “holiday” to the list of dozens of others created to show support for members of the LGBT community. In 2021, President Joe Biden recognized March 31, 2021, as Transgender Day of Visibility, becoming the first U.S. president to do so.
Despite the fact that March 31 also happened to be Easter Sunday this year, the most sacred day of the year on the Christian calendar, Biden chose to renew his proclamation on Friday, calling on “all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination based on gender identity.”
