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Proclaiming November 20, 2025 as Transgender Day of Remembrance in Hennepin County - offered by Commissioner Fernando
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WHEREAS, Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance in November that honors the memory of transgender people around the world whose lives were cut short by anti-transgender violence; and?
WHEREAS, this annual observance provides a platform for transgender communities and allies to raise awareness of the threat of violence faced by transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people, as well as the persistence of anti-transgender prejudice that permeates our society; and?
WHEREAS, there have been a record number of transgender and gender nonconforming people killed across the United States, including 68 people in 2022, 76 in 2023, 73 in 2024, and at least 35 in 2025 according to the Trans Lives Matter, and?
WHEREAS, transgender people have been attacked and murdered simply because of their gender identity, gender expression, or because of hatred of a transgender person's appearance, and?
WHEREAS, research and advocacy organizations including the National Center for Transgender Equity, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, and Human Rights Watch find that transgender persons, especially black transgender women, are at extreme risk of being the target of violent acts, and?
WHEREAS, across the nation since 2021, states have enacted 306 anti-transgender bills, and?
WHEREAS, of the over 1,000 anti-transgender bills introduced in state legislatures in 2025, including Minnesota, 107 have passed so far, and?
WHEREAS, currently 27 states have active restrictions on medical care for transgender people, and?
WHEREAS, a growing number of bills across the nation seek to specifically ban gender-affirming health care for minors, and?
WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota, through state law, administrative regulation, and Gubernatorial executive orders in 2023, declared itself a refuge fo...
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