IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 899 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2025 
Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. AMO, Ms. ANSARI, 
Ms. BALINT, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CAR-
SON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CASAR, Ms. CHU, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. DELUZIO, Ms. DEXTER, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, 
Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. FROST, Mr. GARCIA of California, Ms. GARCIA of 
Texas, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KEN-
NEDY of New York, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. LEGER 
FERNANDEZ, Mr. LIEU, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mrs. 
MCCLAIN DELANEY, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. MORRISON, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
PAPPAS, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. RIVAS, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SIMON, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WIL-
SON of Florida, and Mr. SCHNEIDER) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day 
of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence 
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toward transgender people and memorializing the lives 
lost this year. 
Whereas Transgender Day of Remembrance was created fol-
lowing the 1998 killing of Rita Hester, a transgender 
woman of color, whose murder has yet to be solved; 
Whereas, the following year on November 20, 1999, Gwen-
dolyn Ann Smith created the first Transgender Day of 
Remembrance in honor of Rita Hester and other 
transgender people whose lives were lost due to violence; 
Whereas Transgender Day of Remembrance 2025 honors the 
memory of the lives of transgender people tragically lost 
in acts of violence between October 1, 2024, and Sep-
tember 30, 2025; 
Whereas the United States is currently experiencing an epi-
demic of violence against transgender Americans; 
Whereas at least 27 transgender or gender nonconforming 
people were violently killed in the United States so far in 
2025, a number many believe to be much higher due to 
the prevalence of underreporting or misreporting violence 
against this community; 
Whereas the lives of Rick Alastor Newman, Jay Floris, 
Quanesha Shantel (‘‘Cocoa’’), Kyla Jane Walker, Ra’lasia 
Wright, Cam Thompson, Tahiry Broom, Sam Nordquist, 
Amyri Dior, Linda Becerra Moran, Ervianna Johnson, 
Kaitoria Bankz, Jax Gratton, Kelsey Elem, Shy’Parius 
Dupree, Karmin Wells, Hope Lyca Youngblood, Laura 
Schueler, Christina Hayes, JJ Godbey, Kamora Woods, 
Dream Johnson, Blair A. Sawyer, Rosa Machuca, Onyx 
Cornish, Kası´ Rhea (‘‘Kaeyy Holmes’’), and Tiara Love 
Jackson (‘‘Tori’’) were tragically lost in acts of violence 
between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025; 
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