Americans are being held hostage by Hamas. Israel is fighting for its existence. Ukraine is fighting Russia for its sovereignty. The United States is being overrun by unvetted illegal immigrants who are showing up on the terror watch list. But, never mind any of that. It’s Intersex Awareness Day.

I know. I didn’t know such a day existed, either, or even what it means. Yet, the State Department announced its recognition of the day, so, here we are.

I looked it up. Wikipedia tells me that “Intersex Awareness Day is an international day of grass-roots action to end shame, secrecy and unwanted genital cosmetic surgeries on intersex children. Intersex Awareness Day is an internationally observed awareness day each October 26, designed to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics (including genitals, gonads and chromosome patterns) that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies. Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural bodily variations.”

It is an international awareness day. The commemoration day began in 2003.

The White House held a roundtable discussion because, of course, it did. It released a read-out of the meeting.

Yesterday, White House officials Jennifer Klein, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Director of the Gender Policy Council, and Chiraag Bains, Deputy Assistant to the President for Racial Justice and Equity, as well as Assistant Secretary of Health Admiral Rachel Levine, hosted the first-ever White House roundtable with intersex advocates. The roundtable celebrated Intersex Awareness Day, which promotes dignity, visibility, and equal rights for the millions of people in America and around the world who are born with variations in physical sex characteristics.

Participants discussed the invisibility, stigma, and discrimination that far too many intersex Americans continue to face. They discussed the toll that non-consensual medical interventions and surgeries performed on intersex children often have on people’s mental and physical health. Participants also discussed the importance of advancing health equity and full equality for intersex Americans, including investing in research, securing non-discrimination protections, and advancing their visibility. Finally, participants highlighted the strength and resilience of the intersex rights movement and recent progress in advancing intersex equality at the state level.

The administration officials thanked participants for their advocacy and courage. They reiterated that the Biden-Harris Administration is committed to advancing justice, opportunity, and safety for intersex Americans. And they highlighted a new resource released today by the Department of Education on protecting the rights of intersex students

The read-out is dated October 27, which is tomorrow, though it says the roundtable discussion was held today. This is the Biden administration.

But wait, there is more. The State Department released a statement.

Today in celebration and recognition of Intersex Awareness Day, we affirm the United States’ commitment to promoting and protecting the human rights of Intersex persons globally. 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.

Intersex persons often face stigma and discrimination in accessing education, healthcare, and legal recognition, and are subjected to medically unnecessary surgeries. 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. 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.

No word from the State Department about the Americans being held hostage by Hamas, though.

This is what our government is distracted by. This is not a serious administration. I have to believe that Joe Biden and his administration is doing this because they are so terrified of setting off the far left and then not receiving their votes in 2024. Surely this is not how serious people think time should be spent. A roundtable discussion that brings in 18 people to sit around and jawbone about intersex people seems small and inconsequential during this time. The world is on fire, Joe Biden is destroying the United States and even Democrats don’t want him to run for re-election, but here they are putting out official statements about intersex day.

It’s bad enough that the White House is obsessed with sex and gender but the State Department’s statement brought about the kind of reaction on social media it deserved.

First the State Department’s tweet:

Today, in recognition of Intersex Awareness Day, we affirm our commitment to advancing the rights of Intersex persons across the globe, including bodily integrity and equal recognition. https://t.co/Q53tCTPebD

— Matthew Miller (@StateDeptSpox) October 26, 2023

Then the responses:

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— Freespirit Gal 🦋 (@GalFreespirit) October 26, 2023

I was at State for 34 years. I am so glad I am not there now. Total degeneration.

— Lewis Amselem (@TheDiplomad) October 26, 2023

Nope, not even looking up what this means.

— Cancel Wokeness (@CancelWokeness) October 26, 2023

Don’t you guys in the State Department have international crises to worsen?

— WVU Bonanza (@WVUbonanza) October 26, 2023

This is not a serious administration. We need a major change in administrations in 2024. We have a country to save.