(Headline USA) President Joe Biden’s State Department came under fire this week for celebrating “Intersex Awareness Day” amid the conflict in Israel.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the Biden administration was committed to “promoting and protecting the human rights of intersex persons globally” in a statement Thursday.
“As President Biden stated in his 2021 Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Around the World, it is the policy of the United States to pursue an end to violence and discrimination on the bases of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and sex characteristics,” Miller said.
The State Department’s public celebration of “intersex awareness” is important because “intersex persons often face stigma and discrimination in accessing education, healthcare, and legal recognition,” Miller claimed.
“These harmful practices, which can cause lifelong negative physical and emotional consequences, are a medical form of so-called conversion therapy practices in that they seek to physically ‘convert’ Intersex children into non-Intersex children,” he said. “We applaud all activists, organizations and governments working to raise visibility and protect Intersex persons’ rights to bodily integrity and to ensure equal protection and recognition before the law.”
Conservatives blasted the State Department, pointing out that there were much more important priorities the agency should be directing its time and effort toward.
“Team Biden far more focused on gender politics than advancing America’s security,” tweeted Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.
Team Biden far more focused on gender politics than advancing America's security. https://t.co/f6hBz7oGo4
— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) October 26, 2023
Abigail Jackson, spokeswoman for Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., quipped she was “sure the Americans being held hostage by terrorists will appreciate this important statement.”
This is not the first time Biden’s State Department has endorsed fringe woke views. Last year, the agency announced it would be updating its policies to allow passport applicants to use “X” as a gender, instead of “female” and “male.”
