The first openly transgender federal official dismissed outrage over Transgender Visibility Day, which coincided with Easter, and cited a “Star Wars” character to ridicule detractors.
Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, who was born male but identifies as female, made the comments in an interview. defender Published on Monday.
“I felt it was a false outrage,” Levine said of the controversy. “It’s manufactured.”
The official noted that it was a coincidence that Easter fell on the same day as Transgender Visibility Day.
“But this Sunday was Easter, which is a very important holiday, a very important event, and it also happened to be on the 31st,” Levine explained.
The official also claimed that LGBTQ+ acceptance is growing in the United States because people are being “educated” about non-binary and transgender people.
“You know there’s a quote from Yoda (not Baby Yoda, the new one): “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.” We connect,” Levine said. “I think things will get better, and I think things will get better for transgender and non-binary people.”
President Joe Biden was criticized for issuing a proclamation supporting Transgender Day of Visibility, but when asked to comment on the criticism, he became even more wary and denied making any statements about the day.
“I call on all Americans to join us in uplifting the lives and voices of transgender people across the country and working to end violence and discrimination based on gender identity,” the statement attributed to Biden read. “it is written like this.
Asked by reporters Monday about comments made by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, the president said he had no recollection of making the comment.
“He’s completely ignorant,” Biden said of Johnson. “I didn’t do that.”
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri responded, “If Biden didn’t do it, who would have signed the official declaration?” “It’s bad enough that he deliberately desecrated the holiest holy day in the Christian faith. And yet he lied about it.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Levine argued that the attacks are motivating him to do more to advance the LGBTQ agenda.
“The more I’m attacked, the more motivated I am to try harder and advocate more,” Levine said.
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