Bill > SJR115

This resolution proclaims November 20 in 2025 and 2026 as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), a day dedicated to memorializing transgender and nonbinary individuals who have been murdered as a result of transphobia. The resolution highlights the origins of TDOR, which was founded by Gwendolyn Ann Smith in memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was murdered in Massachusetts, and notes that the day has since evolved into an international day of action. The resolution emphasizes the significant challenges faced by the transgender community, including the American Medical Association's recognition of violence against transgender and nonbinary people as an epidemic. It cites alarming statistics from the Human Rights Campaign, which reported at least 33 fatal incidents against transgender and gender-expansive people in 2023 and at least 30 such incidents in 2024. The resolution frames these violent acts as an attack on the American value of self-determination and seeks to raise awareness about the continued violence and discrimination experienced by the transgender community.

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/joint_resolution/sjr115