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2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 42
May 15, 2023 - Introduced by Senators SPREITZER, CARPENTER, AGARD, HESSELBEIN,
L. JOHNSON, LARSON, ROYS and SMITH, cosponsored by Representatives
CABRERA, NEUBAUER, SNODGRASS, RATCLIFF, CLANCY, C. ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON,
ANDRACA, BALDEH, BARE, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, EMERSON, GOYKE, HONG,
JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, MOORE OMOKUNDE, OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ,
PALMERI, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI, STUBBS and SUBECK. Referred to
Committee on Senate Organization.
1 Relating to: proclaiming November 20, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of
2 Remembrance.
3 Whereas, Transgender Day of Remembrance, which occurs annually on
4 November 20, is a day to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of
5 transphobia and to bring attention to the continued violence endured by the
6 transgender and nonbinary community; and
7 Whereas, Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by
8 Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman, to memorialize the murder of
9 transgender woman Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts; and
10 Whereas, since its inception, Transgender Day of Remembrance has evolved
11 into an international day of action; and
12 Whereas, the American Medical Association recognizes the violence that
13 transgender and nonbinary people face in our society as an epidemic; and
14 Whereas, transgender Americans face discrimination and violence at
15 unacceptable rates, and in 2021, the Human Rights Campaign received a record
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1 number of reports of fatal incidents against transgender and nonbinary people, with
2 at least 59 lives taken; and
3 Whereas, in 2022, at least 38 transgender or nonbinary people were reported
4 killed; and
5 Whereas, the American value of self-determination is under attack when a
6 transgender person is murdered in a crime of hate; now, therefore, be it
7 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin
8 Legislature does hereby recognize and proclaim November 20, 2023, to be
9 Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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