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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
August 4, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Spreitzer, Neubauer, Cabrera,
Snodgrass, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl,
Hesselbein, Hong, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Riemer, S. Rodriguez,
Shankland, Shelton, Subeck, Vining and Pope, cosponsored by Senators
Carpenter, Agard, Roys, Johnson, Ringhand, Smith, L. Taylor and Larson.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR72,1,2
1Relating to: proclaiming November 20, 2021, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of
2Remembrance.
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Whereas, Transgender Day of Remembrance, which occurs annually on
4November 20, is a day to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of
5transphobia and to bring attention to the continued violence endured by the
6transgender and nonbinary community; and
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Whereas, Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by
8Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman, to memorialize the murder of
9transgender woman Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts; and
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Whereas, since its inception, Transgender Day of Remembrance has evolved
11into an international day of action; and
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Whereas, the American Medical Association recognizes the violence that
13transgender and nonbinary people face in our society as an epidemic; and
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Whereas, transgender Americans face discrimination and violence at
15unacceptable rates, and in 2020, the Human Rights Campaign received a record
1number of reports of fatal incidents against transgender and nonbinary people, with
2at least 44 lives taken; and
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Whereas, in the first six months of 2021, 29 transgender or nonbinary people
4have been reported killed; and
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Whereas, the American value of self-determination is under attack when a
6transgender person is murdered in a crime of hate; now, therefore, be it
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7Resolved by the
assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
8Legislature does hereby recognize and proclaim November 20, 2021, to be
9Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Remembrance.
