House Democrats are honoring transgender people “lost to horrific violence” and the “strength and resilience” of the community in a new resolution introduced Wednesday, one of the first policy responses to GOP proposals to ban an incoming transgender lawmaker from using female bathrooms in the Capitol.
Though Transgender Day of Remembrance is already a national observance honored every year on Nov. 20, the resolution is the first piece of legislation dropped by House Democrats after Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a bill this week targeting Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first transgender member of Congress.
“As anti-transgender rhetoric and legislation has increased in the United States over recent years, unfortunately so has anti-transgender violence,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who also serves as co-chairwoman
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