{"id":2208047,"date":"2024-03-28T07:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fairfax-supervisors-designate-transgender-day-of-visibility\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T07:45:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:45:20","slug":"fairfax-supervisors-designate-transgender-day-of-visibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fairfax-supervisors-designate-transgender-day-of-visibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairfax County supervisors acknowledge Transgender Day of Visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffairfax-supervisors-designate-transgender-day-of-visibility%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2208047&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The recent \u2062Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting saw the unanimous designation of March 31 as &#8220;Transgender Day of Visibility,&#8221; coinciding with \u2063Easter. This\u2062 decision aligns with the federal government&#8217;s recognition \u200cof the day. \u200dBoard members expressed their support for the proclamation, emphasizing\u200d its importance in addressing critical\u2063 issues affecting the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-made-actress-gina-carano-open-her-eyes-to-politics\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What Made Actress Gina Carano Open Her Eyes To Politics\">transgender community<\/a>. At a recent Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting, March 31 was designated as &#8220;Transgender Day of Visibility,&#8221; alongside Easter.\u2062 This mirrors the federal\u200c government&#8217;s acknowledgment of this day.\u200b Board\u200d members voiced \u200cstrong support for the proclamation, highlighting its significance in tackling\u200c crucial matters impacting the transgender community.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors at its most recent meeting unanimously appointed March 31 as \u201cTransgender Day of Visibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It coincides with Easter, the Christian holy day commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The mayor in the city of Fairfax has also given the same designation for the date.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government last year declared March 31 a day to celebrate and honor the minority group. With last week\u2019s proclamation, the board brings that observance to Fairfax County.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was requested by a lot of people, which is great,\u201d Board Chairman Jeffrey McKay said, listing all the members of the board.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each of the members took time to voice their support of the proclamation and underscore its necessity to them, with Supervisor Dalia Palchik calling it a \u201cmoral imperative\u201d and highlighting the rates of depression and suicidality in youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, when we look at data, regardless of how you feel in your value system and your religious beliefs and other, there\u2019s nothing that stands out more to me as to why this is important more than the information [showing]\u2026 more than half of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tenn-gov-lee-transgender-athletes-would-destroy-womens-sports\/\" title=\"Tenn. Gov. Lee: Transgender athletes would \u2018destroy women\u2019s sports\u2019\">transgender students<\/a> are depressed. Nearly half have considered suicide, and you see it across the board in our LGBT community,\u201d Palchik said.<\/p>\n<p>McKay echoed Palchik\u2019s sentiments, saying that elected officials should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-celebrates-natl-law-enforcement-appreciation-day\/\" title=\"Country celebrates Nat\u2019l Law Enforcement Appreciation Day\">show support<\/a> for everyone, especially those that are made to feel unwelcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an elected official, it should be our moral responsibility to stand up for all people that we represent \u2013 not just the people we like or the people we agree with, but stand up for all people in our community, especially those who are persecuted relentlessly by people who think that that shows strength when in reality, it shows a tremendous amount of weakness,\u201d McKay said.<\/p>\n<p>McKay went on to cite a Washington Post article chronicling rising hate crimes in states with more restrictive laws or policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe effect that some of these statehouses are having sadly is the effect that some of those elected officials want, which is to persecute people without regard for human life and without regard for dignity,\u201d McKay said. \u201cThe statistics speak volumes for the poor kids that have to live in those states that have elected officials who won\u2019t stand up and protect them \u2013 is egregious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Emma Chattin of the TransGender Education Association rounded out the instantiation, again touching on the theme that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-will-return-u-s-to-anti-israel-un-human-rights-council\/\" title=\"Biden Will Return U.S. To Anti-Israel UN Human Rights Council\">leadership matters<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a visible declaration of solidarity and the leadership necessary to help build a better world. Leadership matters,\u201d Chattin said.<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax County established a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/topics\/one-fairfax#:~:text=The%20One%20Fairfax%20Policy%20establishes,be%20creating%20gaps%20in%20opportunity.\">One Fairfax<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0policy in 2016 that declares its commitment to racial and social equity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously declared March 31 as &#8220;Transgender Day of Visibility,&#8221; coinciding with Easter. 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