Text of PA SR 199 (2023)
Designating the week of November 13 through 19, 2023, as "Transgender Awareness Week" and November 20, 2023, as "Transgender Day of Remembrance" in Pennsylvania.
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PRINTER'S NO. 1250
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
199
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY L. WILLIAMS, CAPPELLETTI, KEARNEY, MUTH, SAVAL,
SANTARSIERO, HUGHES, HAYWOOD, TARTAGLIONE AND STREET,
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, NOVEMBER 28, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of November 13 through 19, 2023, as
"Transgender Awareness Week" and November 20, 2023, as
"Transgender Day of Remembrance" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, "Transgender Awareness Week" is a time for
transgender people and their allies to take action and bring
attention to the community by educating the public and advancing
advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination and
violence that affect the transgender community; and
WHEREAS, Individuals and organizations around the country
annually participate in "Transgender Awareness Week" to help
raise the visibility of transgender and gender-nonconforming
people and hold space to lift up transgender people's sharing of
their own stories, joys and experiences; and
WHEREAS, The day following "Transgender Awareness Week" is
November 20 and this day, known as "Transgender Day of
Remembrance," began in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn
Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a 34-
year-old Black transgender woman who was the victim of an
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unsolved and brutal murder in 1998; and
WHEREAS, "Transgender Day of Remembrance" is now an annual
day of observance to honor the memory of all individuals whose
lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence and bring
attention to the continued violence endured by transgender
people; and
WHEREAS, In 2023, at least 25 transgender and gender-
nonconforming people have had their lives taken tragically
through violent means, with 72% killed with a gun; and
WHEREAS, As in previous years, most were Black and Latinx
transgender women; and
WHEREAS, The designation of "Transgender Awareness Week" and
"Transgender Remembrance Day" in Pennsylvania raises much-needed
awareness of the violence and injustice that transgender people
continue to face each day and encourages us to mourn and honor
their lives by expressing love, support and respect for all
transgender people; and
WHEREAS, The Senate and the General Assembly must act to
protect and preserve the lives of all transgender people by
prioritizing funding and legislation; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of November 13
through November 19, 2023, as "Transgender Awareness Week" and
November 20, 2023, as "Transgender Remembrance Day" in
Pennsylvania.
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