Jill Biden gives ‘International Women Of Courage Award’ to transgender official
Heather Hamilton
First lady Jill Biden has presented an “International Women Of Courage Award” to a transgender politician.
During a ceremony held at the White House on Wednesday, Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken honored Alba Rueda, a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman, with the award.
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Rueda serves as Argentina’s Special Envoy for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and is the country’s first transgender politician to hold such a position.
The White House ceremony recognized “11 extraordinary women from around the world who are working to build a brighter future for all,” a State Department press release read.
The ceremony and its inclusion of Rueda drew ire and mockery across social media.
Following the ceremony, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) tweeted that “it’s International Women’s Day — a good time to remember that Democrats can’t even tell you what a woman is.”
Conservative commentator Dana Loesch also wrote: “Nice of FLOTUS to encourage the diminishment of women on ‘international women’s day.’ Erasing women is abusive.”
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“The jokes write themselves,” tweeted Claremont Institute President Ryan P. Williams.
In acknowledging Rueda’s work and activism, the State Department noted the official “actively campaigned to change the name of the National Women’s Conference to the ‘Plurinational Conference of Women and Lesbian, Cross-Dresser, Transgender, Bisexual, Intersex and Non-Binary Persons’ to include diverse, dissident, and racialized identities.’”