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2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 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.
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 senate, the assembly 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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