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2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 50
May 25, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives CABRERA, NEUBAUER, SNODGRASS,
RATCLIFF, CLANCY, C. ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BALDEH, BARE, CONLEY, CONSIDINE,
EMERSON, GOYKE, HONG, JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, MOORE OMOKUNDE,
OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI, STUBBS,
SUBECK, J. ANDERSON and HAYWOOD, cosponsored by Senators SPREITZER,
CARPENTER, AGARD, HESSELBEIN, L. JOHNSON, LARSON, ROYS and SMITH.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
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 assembly, the senate 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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