,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #abcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,november #bj1  
#bjbj,mr4 ,kennedy 7for himself1 ,ms4   
,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1   
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4      
,quigley1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,ms4 ,haaland1   
,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,ms4 ,wexton1 ,mr4      
,pappas1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 ,davids of    
,kansas1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,mr4 ,khanna1   
,mr4 ,pallone1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,ms4      
,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,moulton1  
,mr4 ,kildee1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,ms4 ,meng1
 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 and ,mr4    
,pocan7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,supporting the goals and 
principles of ,transgender ,day of      
,remembrance of memorializing the lives 
lost this year to antitransgender       
violence4  ,whereas ,transgender ,day of
 ,remembrance #bjbj honors the memory of
 the transgender lives tragically lost  
in acts of antitransgender violence     

between ,october #a1 #bjai1 and         
,september #cj1 #bjbj2 ,whereas the     
,united ,states is currently            
experiencing an epidemic of violence    
against transgender people2 ,whereas    
,transgender ,day of ,remembrance was   
created following the #aiih murder of   
,rita ,hester1 a transgender woman of   
color1 whose murder has yet to be       
solved2 ,whereas the following year on  
,november #bj1 #aiii1 ,gwendolyn ,ann   
,smith created the first ,transgender   
,day of ,remembrance in honor of ,rita  
,hester and other transgender people    
whose lives were lost due to violence2  
,whereas #bjbj marks one of the         
deadliest years on record for hate      
violence against transgender ,americans 
including undocumented transgender      
immigrants2 ,whereas at least #cg       
transgender or gender nonconforming     
people were violently killed in #bjbj2  
,whereas at least #cej transgender or   
gender nonconforming people have been   
murdered worldwide in #bjbj according to

 the ,trans ,murder ,monitoring         
,project2 ,whereas violence against     
transgender ,americans                  
disproportionately targets transgender  
women of color2 ,whereas many incidences
 of violence against transgender        
individuals are unreported or           
misreported2 ,whereas the ,,covid-#ai   
health pandemic has had a               
disproportionate impact on transgender  
,americans2 ,whereas transgender        
,americans face barriers to health care1
 such as lack of health insurance1      
stigma and discrimination1 and higher   
rates of unemployment2 ,whereas         
transgender people disproportionately   
suffer from higher rates of             
homelessness1 with reports suggesting as
 many as one-third of transgender people
 and one-half of transgender people who 
are ,black1 ,middle ,eastern1           
multiracial1 or undocumented have       
experienced homelessness2 ,whereas      
almost half of all transgender people in
 the ,united ,states will attempt       

suicide at one point in their lifetime1 
a rate that is eight times higher than  
the rest of the ,united ,states         
population2 ,whereas asylum seekers and 
refugees who are transgender experience 
disproportionate rates of violence1     
including sexual violence1 as they seek 
safety2 ,whereas transgender people who 
are housed in institutional settings1   
including jails1 prisons1 and           
immigration detention centers1 are      
subject to high levels of violence and  
discrimination2 ,whereas transgender    
students are significantly more likely  
to experience bullying or harassment at 
school due to their gender identity2    
,whereas understanding and addressing   
the challenges faced by transgender     
,americans is hampered by a severe lack 
of data2 ,whereas ,congress and the     
executive branch must act to protect and
 preserve the lives of all ,americans1  
including transgender ,americans1       
through inclusive legislation and       
policies that treat everyone with       

respect2 ,whereas the transgender       
community has shown great resilience in 
the face of adversity in all aspects of 
their lives1 including housing1         
education1 employment1 and health care2 
,whereas six transgender candidates were
 elected to ,state office in the #bjbj  
general election1 increasing the total  
number of transgender elected officials 
in ,state legislatures to seven2        
,whereas voters in the ,state of        
,delaware elected the ,nation's first   
openly transgender ,state senator2 and  
,whereas the transgender community has  
demonstrated tremendous leadership since
 the courageous actions of many         
community members1 including ,marsha ,p4
 ,johnson1 at the ,stonewall uprising of
 #aifi3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the
 ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7      
supports the goals and principles of    
,transgender ,day of ,remembrance of    
memorializing the lives lost this year  
to antitransgender violence2  7#b7      
recognizes that the alarming trends of  

increased violence against transgender  
,americans1 particularly transgender    
women of color1 are unacceptable1 and   
that finding solutions to these issues  
must be a pressing priority for the     
,united ,states ,government2  7#c7      
supports efforts to study1 respond to1  
and prevent violence against transgender
 people2  7#d7 affirms the principle    
that every person is endowed with basic 
human rights and that our ,nation's     
commitment to this principle must       
encompass every single individual2 and  
7#e7 recognizes the bravery and         
resilience of the transgender community 
as it fights for equal dignity and      
respect4