counties in virginia voted unanimously observe it Transgender Visibility Day will be set on Easter Sunday this year, a move seen by some critics as a “deliberate attempt to offend Christians on their holiest day”.
The Fairfax Board of Supervisors voted 9-0 in favor of the declaration last week, with one board member, Republican Supervisor Patrick Herrity, absent.
Easter this year falls on March 31, the day TDOV is normally celebrated each year, according to LGBTQ+ advocates and organizations. Easter is not celebrated on the same day every year for Protestants and Catholics; it can be as early as March 22nd or as late as April 25th.
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has declared March 31st as Transgender Visibility Day. (Fairfax County)
“We want to recognize communities that have often been pushed into the shadows and celebrate yet another community in our diverse tapestry here in Fairfax County,” Supervisor Jimmy Bierman (D) said during the vote. I’m very happy to be able to do it.”
Biermann, one of nine council members who requested the declaration, said the county is committed to ensuring that “everyone who is part of our community feels welcome, loved, and empowered.” I want to be able to do that,” he added.
Democratic Party Director James Walkinshaw, referring to Herrity’s absence, said: “I look forward to the day when we can get a packed platform around this declaration. That day will come.”
Democratic County Commission Chairman Jeff McKay said the declaration is part of “the commission’s moral responsibility to stand up for all people, not just those we like or agree with.” Stated.
Tree Crane was among hundreds of people who gathered in support of transgender youth at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on January 24, 2023. (Rick Bowmer)
But the Virginia mom and independent women, a nonprofit that describes itself as a “private online forum where conservative women can inspire, influence, and influence their communities,” Stephanie Lundquist Arora, the network’s Fairfax chapter leader, called the decision “condemned.”
Lundquist-Arora told Fox News Digital in a statement that board members “are not just trying to make transgender people feel seen.”
“By voting to make this year’s Easter Day of Transgender Visibility, they are intentionally trying to offend Christians on their holiest day by imposing their gender ideology,” she said. . “This is reprehensible and unbecoming of our elected representatives.”
The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, called the compliance with TDOV a recognition of “significant progress in recent years, which has received more attention than ever before.” However, the group insists it is “still fighting for basic human rights for local communities.”
GLAAD, the largest non-governmental nonprofit monitoring LGBTQ+ media, covers TDOV from a political perspective. The group says on its website that the proliferation of so-called “anti-LGBTQ+ bills,” such as bills restricting surgeries and hormone prescriptions for children, “harms all transgender people.”
“That’s why it’s so important to me and others who have never met a trans person to help them understand trans people through authentic, diverse and accurate stories that reflect their lived experiences. It remains necessary for those who believe,” GLAAD said. state. “This includes the news media, where transgender voices are too often left out of coverage of anti-trans laws and policies that impact the lives of transgender people.”
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A transgender flag on a pole. (Getty)
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Fairfax County’s declaration comes amid pressure from more people conservative nation Enact legislation restricting both surgical and non-surgical transgender procedures on minors. States such as Idaho, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Florida make it a felony to perform surgical procedures such as gender reassignment on a minor, or to provide a prescription for gender reassignment.
Meanwhile, several states have enacted “protection laws” that protect these procedures and gender transition prescriptions for transgender people. These states include California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, New York, Vermont, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maryland, Illinois, and Massachusetts.
