Biden Commemorates Transgender Day, Slams GOP Bills As Wrong

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has commemorated Transgender Day of Visibility by celebrating prominent transgender Americans.

The Democratic president also is advocating against what his administration calls β€œdangerous anti-transgender legislative attacks” passed in statehouses across the country.

Biden’s administration Thursday announced new measures aimed at making the federal government more inclusive for transgender people.

One change is a new β€œX” gender marker on U.S. passport applications beginning April 11.

The administration is working to expand the availability of the β€œX” gender marker to airlines and federal travel programs.

Republican leaders have advanced measures targeting transgender people as part of a broader push to stoke culture wars.

Biden says such legislation is β€œwrong.”