This resolution is a formal statement of support for Transgender Day of Remembrance, observed each year on November 20th to honor transgender people who have died from violence. The resolution specifically memorializes 27 transgender and gender nonconforming people killed in the United States between October 2024 and September 2025, and acknowledges that at least 241 have been killed worldwide during that same period. It recognizes that violence against transgender people—particularly transgender women of color and Black transgender women—has reached epidemic levels in the country.

Beyond memorialization, the resolution highlights the serious challenges facing transgender communities, including barriers to healthcare, high rates of homelessness, and alarming suicide rates (nearly half of all transgender people attempt suicide at some point, compared to much lower rates in the general population). It also notes that transgender people in vulnerable situations—such as students in schools, people in jails and prisons, and immigrants in detention—face disproportionate violence and discrimination.

The resolution calls on Congress and the executive branch to take action by supporting studies and prevention efforts aimed at reducing violence against transgender people, and to pass inclusive legislation that protects everyone's basic human rights with dignity and respect. It expresses concern that recent anti-transgender legislation and restrictions on gender-affirming healthcare have actually fueled more violence and worsened mental health outcomes. Essentially, this is a statement saying the government should recognize this crisis and commit to protecting transgender people through supportive policies rather than restrictive ones.

A resolution supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people and memorializing the lives lost this year.