Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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44 2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 50
55 May 25, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives CABRERA, NEUBAUER, SNODGRASS,
66 RATCLIFF, CLANCY, C. ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BALDEH, BARE, CONLEY, CONSIDINE,
77 EMERSON, GOYKE, HONG, JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, MOORE OMOKUNDE,
88 OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI, STUBBS,
99 SUBECK, J. ANDERSON and HAYWOOD, cosponsored by Senators SPREITZER,
1010 CARPENTER, AGARD, HESSELBEIN, L. JOHNSON, LARSON, ROYS and SMITH.
1111 Referred to Committee on Rules.
1212 ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
1313 Relating to: proclaiming November 20, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of
1414 Remembrance.
1515 Whereas, Transgender Day of Remembrance, which occurs annually on
1616 November 20, is a day to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of
1717 transphobia and to bring attention to the continued violence endured by the
1818 transgender and nonbinary community; and
1919 Whereas, Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by
2020 Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman, to memorialize the murder of
2121 transgender woman Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts; and
2222 Whereas, since its inception, Transgender Day of Remembrance has evolved
2323 into an international day of action; and
2424 Whereas, the American Medical Association recognizes the violence that
2525 transgender and nonbinary people face in our society as an epidemic; and
2626 Whereas, transgender Americans face discrimination and violence at
2727 unacceptable rates, and in 2021, the Human Rights Campaign received a record
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4646 number of reports of fatal incidents against transgender and nonbinary people, with
4747 at least 59 lives taken; and
4848 Whereas, in 2022, at least 38 transgender or nonbinary people were reported
4949 killed; and
5050 Whereas, the American value of self-determination is under attack when a
5151 transgender person is murdered in a crime of hate; now, therefore, be it
5252 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
5353 Legislature does hereby recognize and proclaim November 20, 2023, to be
5454 Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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