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President Joe Biden delivers an address at the 153rd National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on 31 May 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden issued his first formal proclamation celebrating Pride Month, calling for action on the “tragic levels of violence” against trans people.
Biden opened his Pride Month proclamation by remembering the Stonewall riots in 1969. He said the “liberation movement” still lives on as a “call to action” to inspire Americans to live up to the “nation’s promise of equality, liberty and justice for all”.
“Pride is a time to recall the trials of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community has endured and to rejoice in the triumphs of trailblazing individuals who have bravely fought – and continue to fight – for full equality,” Biden said.
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Transgender Visibility in Midcoast Maine â An Interview with Natalie Oldham
by Becca Shaw Glaser Natalie Oldham
For more about Natalie, listen to her music projects, The English Muffins Band and Rotundo Sealeg on bandcamp.com, and find her frog and tarot accounts on Instagram: @toddandblinky and @midcoasttarot. On Trans Day of Visibility this year, Natalie Oldham, a musician and artist who lives on Islesboro, sparked my interest with a joyous Facebook post. She wrote, in part: “It’s #transdayofvisibility! I am a #transwoman and use she/her pronouns. Why is Trans Day of Visibility important? We used to only have Trans Day of Remembrance, during which we mourn all of the trans people who were murdered because of transphobia over the past year. Very important, but also very sad. #tdov was set up as a counterpart half a year away from TDOR so we could
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President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the US Capitol 28 April 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images)
As Joe Biden marks his first 100 days in office Thursday (29 April), we look back at what he’s accomplished for LGBT+ folks – and what still needs to be done.
Biden’s first joint address to Congress to mark the milestone focused on his hopes for the US going forward and took the time to directly address queer Americans directly.
He began his remarks to the LGBT+ community by saying he hoped Congress can get the Equality Act, which will “protect the rights of LGBTQ Americans”, to his desk to be signed into law. The landmark legislation has been held up in the Senate since it passed through the House in February.