,,iv #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #ede ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,september #bh1 #bjag,mr4 ,ellison 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,takano1 and ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the ,committees on ,education and the ,workforce1 ,financial ,services1 and ,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,,resolution ,recognizing the violence and other challenges faced by transgender women of color in ,america4 ,whereas there is a long history of violence targeting transgender women of color in ,america1 and much of it goes unreported or is reported inaccurately2 ,whereas #bjaf was the deadliest year on record for transgender people in the ,united ,states1 with #ba murders of transgender women in #bjaf1 almost all of whom were transgender women of color1 and there had been #ah as of ,september #f1 #bjag1 almost all of them1 transgender women of color2 ,whereas transgender women of color experience discrimination in educational settings and are expelled from school at twice the rate of the nontransgender population2 ,whereas transgender women of color are more likely to experience violence1 including in prisons and immigration detention facilities2 ,whereas discriminatory attitudes toward the transgender community foster high rates of violence1 homelessness1 and economic instability2 ,whereas transgender women of color who do not have access to safe education1 employment1 and housing due to a lack of availability1 targeted support programs1 training1 or affordability are forced into unregulated economies that place them in vulnerable situations2 ,whereas ,african-,american transgender women of color experience unemployment two to three times higher than nontransgender ,african-,american people in the ,united ,states population according to a #bjae ,u4,s4 ,transgender ,survey 7,,usts7 of over #be1jjj transgender people across the ,united ,states2 ,whereas respondents to the ,,usts who were currently working in the underground economy were three times more likely than nontransgender people to have been expelled from school2 ,whereas transgender women of color are substantially more likely to report being homeless because of being transgender2 ,whereas transgender women of color1 including ,american ,indian 7#ei percent71 ,african-,american 7#ea percent71 multiracial 7#ea percent71 and ,middle ,eastern 7#di percent71 experienced especially high rates of homelessness2 ,whereas transgender women of color are more likely to receive unequal treatment or service than ,white transgender people2 ,whereas transgender women have repeatedly stated that when police officers knew or thought they were transgender1 the officers maliciously and frequently referred to them as the wrong gender1 verbally harassed them1 or physically attacked them2 ,whereas transgender women of color1 including ,american ,indian 7#gd percent71 multiracial 7#ga percent71 ,latina 7#ff percent71 and ,african-,american 7#fa percent7 respondents to the ,,usts were more likely to have experienced one or more forms of mistreatment2 ,whereas transgender women of color were more likely to report that an officer assumed they were sex workers1 including ,african-,american 7#cc percent71 multiracial 7#cj percent71 ,latino 7#be percent71 ,american ,indian 7#bc percent71 and ,asian 7#bj percent72 and ,whereas transgender women of color1 including ,african-,american 7#i percent7 and ,american ,indian 7#f percent7 women1 were more likely to have been incarcerated in the past year 7,figure #ad4aa of the ,u4,s4 ,transgender ,survey71 than were respondents who had been homeless in the past year 7#g percent73 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of ,representatives encourages the development of policies that support transgender women of color and the transgender community1 including-- 7#a7 developing a public education campaign to dispel myths and to humanize transgender people2 7#b7 ending the school-to-prison pipeline that occurs when mistreatment1 harassment1 and physical violence are not addressed1 or due to the harsh disciplinary policies that disproportionately effect transgender students2 7#c7 developing antidiscriminatory employment practices and promote policies for accepting and inclusive work environments2 7#d7 ending aggressive police tactics that disproportionately target transgender people1 and educating law enforcement about common antitransgender biases and practices to ensure transgender people are safer when interacting with law enforcement2 7#e7 ensuring access to affordable education2 7#f7 ensuring access to affordable housing2 7#g7 ensuring access to inclusive1 comprehensive health care for transgender people2 7#h7 developing affirming policies and procedures to safeguard incarcerated transgender people from violence and abuse in ,federal1 ,state1 and local custody and immigration detention2 7#i7 ending the practice of placing transgender people in solitary confinement2 7#aj7 ending the practice of immigration detention for vulnerable populations1 including transgender people2 7#aa7 developing policies and procedures to swiftly accept transgender people seeking asylum in the ,united ,states2 and 7#ab7 ending the law enforcement practice of racial profiling4