SJR42,,112023 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.
SJR42,,22Relating to: proclaiming November 20, 2023, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. SJR42,,33Whereas, 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 SJR42,,44Whereas, 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 SJR42,,55Whereas, since its inception, Transgender Day of Remembrance has evolved into an international day of action; and SJR42,,66Whereas, the American Medical Association recognizes the violence that transgender and nonbinary people face in our society as an epidemic; and SJR42,,77Whereas, transgender Americans face discrimination and violence at unacceptable rates, and in 2021, the Human Rights Campaign received a record number of reports of fatal incidents against transgender and nonbinary people, with at least 59 lives taken; and SJR42,,88Whereas, in 2022, at least 38 transgender or nonbinary people were reported killed; and SJR42,,99Whereas, the American value of self-determination is under attack when a transgender person is murdered in a crime of hate; now, therefore, be it SJR42,,1010Resolved 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.
