He added that there are "tragic levels of violence against transgender people, especially transgender women of color." So far in 2021, at least 27 trans people have been killed due to violence, according to the Human Rights Campaign, compared to at least 13 at this point last year (though advocates say those numbers are likely low, given that police often deadname trans people in police reports or misidentify them).īiden also acknowledged - for the first time in a statement - the state bills that seek to ban trans student athletes from participating on sports teams that align with their gender, and others that would ban trans minors' access to transition-related health care.
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In addition, he issued an executive order expanding Title IX to protect LGBTQ students, and particularly trans students, from discrimination.īut, "for all of our progress, there are many States in which LGBTQ+ individuals still lack protections for fundamental rights and dignity in hospitals, schools, public accommodations, and other spaces," he wrote in Tuesday's proclamation. On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order directing federal agencies to protect LGBTQ people under all federal laws that prohibit discrimination based on sex.Īs a result, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced in February that LGBTQ people would be protected from housing discrimination by federal law for the first time in history.īiden also reversed the Trump administration's ban on transgender people openly enlisting and serving in the military, and a proposal that would've allowed health care providers and organizations receiving federal funds to discriminate against transgender people.