Caitlyn Jenner has doubled down on her comments about Joe Biden after the president recognized a “Transgender Day of Visibility” this weekend.
Since 2009, Transgender Day of Visibility has celebrated transgender people around the world and acknowledged their unique struggles. International Awareness Day is celebrated every March 31. This year the event was celebrated on Easter Sunday.
“Today, we send a message to all transgender Americans: You are loved, you are heard, you are understood, you belong, you are America, and my entire administration and I have your back. Take refuge,” Biden said in a statement. White House.
“Therefore, now, 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, 2024, as Transgender Day of Visibility.”
Jenner, who came out as transgender in 2015, condemned Biden’s comments. The reality star, who is a Republican, has divided the LGBTQ+ community with her comments about transgender people, such as campaigning against transgender women competing in sports and fighting against “radicalized gender ideology” in schools. .
“I’m absolutely disgusted that Joe Biden has declared the holiest of days — a self-proclaimed Catholic — as Transgender Day of Visibility. The only thing you should be announcing on that day is ‘He’s up,'” Jenner wrote. A post on X, formerly Twitter, received more than 16 million views.
The post sparked backlash, with several users criticizing Jenner for apparently being unaware that a Transgender Day of Visibility existed prior to Biden’s announcement.
X user @SVecrumba posted, “Joe Biden didn’t pick March 31st as Transgender Day of Visibility, it just happened to be Easter this year.”
“It’s just a coincidence,” @ConservativaPol wrote.
Others called Jenner a “hypocrite” for attacking a day dedicated to protecting transgender rights with a user. Screenshots Jenner’s 2017 post Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility.
And a hypocrite. pic.twitter.com/Tn3FXRMg32
– Fluffintz! (@WeAreMany68) March 31, 2024
However, the former Olympian seems to have doubled down on his stance. Jenner reposted user comments on the topic, as well as articles from various publications covering her outrage at Biden’s statement.
On Sunday, she shared a follow-up message that read: “Hey there… it’s called Easter Sunday. The holiest day of the Christian faith practiced by billions of people around the world.”
The post also went viral, garnering more than 1.1 million views and further reactions.
“It is also a day of acceptance as Jesus Christ preached and practiced!” Written by @themanumenon.
“I will never understand why you keep throwing this community under the bus that supported you,” Kelly Lepley said.
Others supported the decathlete, with an X user named Walt writing: “Amen Caitlyn Jenner.”
Jenner’s rep said Newsweek Via email: “‘Reaction? Just another day being a public figure who doesn’t fit the left-wing media narrative.”
After starting her transition in 2015, Jenner said she hopes to use her platform to educate the world about transgender issues and gender dysphoria.
However, the 74-year-old told Fox News host Sean Hannity in 2022 that he was “not a trans activist,” adding that Florida’s so-called “don’t say gay” law — which prohibits sexual orientation and gender education. Prohibits. Identity in classrooms – was a “good idea”.
Jenner came under fire in May for claiming that the transgender population was “skyrocketing”, accusing the left of “prejudice and over-representation of the subject” in schools.
“I definitely believe trans is real — but very, very rare, not the numbers we’re seeing today,” she said on X.
Jenner also founded Fairness First, a nonpartisan group “dedicated to empowering parents’ rights, especially in light of the recent gender stereotypes affecting children in school.”
Update 04/01/24 12:05 pm ET: This article has been updated to include a statement from Caitlyn Jenner’s rep.
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