Text of WI AJR 123 (2026)
Proclaiming November 20 in 2025 and 2026 as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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2025 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 123
December 17, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives SNODGRASS, NEUBAUER, CRUZ,
PHELPS, RIVERA-WAGNER, STROUD, UDELL, CLANCY, ARNEY, BARE, MOORE
OMOKUNDE, SUBECK, ANDERSON, JOERS, PALMERI, MADISON, PRADO, ROE,
MCCARVILLE, VINING, DESMIDT, BROWN, EMERSON, MIRESSE, SINICKI and
ANDRACA, cosponsored by Senators RATCLIFF, SPREITZER, CARPENTER, ROYS,
DASSLER-ALFHEIM, LARSON and DRAKE. Referred to Committee on Rules.
Relating to: proclaiming November 20 in 2025 and 2026 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
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unacceptable rates, and in 2023, the Human Rights Campaign received reports of at
least 33 fatal incidents against transgender and gender-expansive people; and
Whereas, in 2024, at least 30 transgender or gender-expansive 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 assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
Legislature does hereby recognize and proclaim November 20 in 2025 and 2026 to
be Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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