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2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 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.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
Relating to: proclaiming November 20, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of
Remembrance.
Whereas, Transgender Day of Remembrance, which occurs annually on
November 20, is a day to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of
transphobia and to bring attention to the continued violence endured by the
transgender and nonbinary community; and
Whereas, Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by
Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman, to memorialize the murder of
transgender woman Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts; and
Whereas, since its inception, Transgender Day of Remembrance has evolved
into an international day of action; and
Whereas, the American Medical Association recognizes the violence that
transgender and nonbinary people face in our society as an epidemic; and
Whereas, transgender Americans face discrimination and violence at
unacceptable rates, and in 2021, the Human Rights Campaign received a record
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number of reports of fatal incidents against transgender and nonbinary people, with
at least 59 lives taken; and
Whereas, in 2022, at least 38 transgender or nonbinary people were reported
killed; and
Whereas, the American value of self-determination is under attack when a
transgender person is murdered in a crime of hate; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
Legislature does hereby recognize and proclaim November 20, 2023, to be
Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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