{"id":1052384,"date":"2025-03-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052384"},"modified":"2025-04-03T12:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:16:17","slug":"dnc-statement-on-transgender-day-of-visibility-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-transgender-day-of-visibility-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Transgender Day of Visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement on Transgender Day of Visibility:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor the resilience and the strength of transgender and nonbinary Americans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While today is a day of celebration and remembrance, we must also acknowledge the hardships the LGBTQ+ community faces daily and remember and honor the victims of cruelty and violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and Republican extremists across the country want to strip away rights \u2014 including the right to love who you love and be who you are. That is why we are committed to protecting our transgender friends, family, and neighbors from the cruel attacks and blatant discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must create a society in which personal freedom and the ability to be yourself are celebrated, not condemned or legislated against.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s be clear \u2013 trans rights are human rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement on Transgender Day of Visibility: \u201cOn Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor the resilience and the strength of transgender and nonbinary Americans.&nbsp; While today is a day of celebration and remembrance, we must also acknowledge the hardships the LGBTQ+ community faces daily and remember and honor the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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