misgendering them or using incorrect pronouns, 
making it difficult for communities to be informed of 
a trans woman’s death and delay or impede the 
gathering of accurate data on deaths. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) there should be a commitment to combating 
factors that lead to the murder of gender-noncon-
forming, gender-expansive, and transgender women 
of color in the United States; 
(2) there should be a dissemination of cul-
turally-relevant resources that support transgender 
people and their families and increase awareness of 
the unique myriad of issues the transgender commu-
nity fact; 
(3) the nation should condemn the violent, tar-
geted, and senseless documented murders of the over 
200 gender-nonconforming, gender-expansive, and 
transgender individuals in the United States since 
2013; and 
(4) there should be celebration that even in the 
face of this physical danger, hatred, and discrimina-
tion, gender-nonconforming, gender-expansive, and 
transgender Americans live courageously and over-
come unjust barriers in all corners of our country. 
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SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To establish a Commission to 
study and develop proposals to combat the epidemic of the 
murdering of gender-nonconforming, gender-expansive, 
and transgender women of color. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Commission’s documentation and 
examination shall include the facts related to the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Researching issues gender-nonconforming, 
gender-expansive, and transgender women of color 
face, such as— 
(A) limited access to and avoidance of 
health care due to stigma and past negative ex-
periences with providers, prioritization of gen-
der-related health care, and concerns about ad-
verse interactions between antiretroviral medi-
cations and hormone therapy; 
(B) the extensive degrading, debasing, and 
denial of humanity; 
(C) forms of discrimination in the public 
and private sectors against gender-noncon-
forming, gender-expansive, and transgender 
women of color that underlie many of the HIV, 
and poverty-related risk factors frequently re-
ported in this population; 
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(D) the Federal and State laws that dis-
criminate against the rights of transgender peo-
ple; 
(E) stigma surrounding early trans-iden-
tity, which is often rooted in inaccurate beliefs 
and politically-motivated attacks on transgender 
identities, this stigma erects barriers in vir-
tually every facet of life, denying transgender 
people the equal opportunity to succeed and be 
accepted; 
(F) the treatment of gender-noncon-
forming, gender-expansive, and transgender 
women of color in the United States, including 
the deprivation of their freedom, exploitation of 
their labor, and destruction of their culture; 
(G) exorbitant levels of familial rejection, 
often from an early age, this rejection takes a 
devastating toll on individuals often causing iso-
lation from physical and emotional resources 
that are essential to their well-being, in con-
trast, research shows that familial acceptance is 
a protective factor for transgender young people 
and can contribute to lower rates of depression, 
anxiety, substance use, HIV acquisition, and 
suicide attempts; 
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(H) elevated rates of unemployment four 
times that of the United States general popu-
lation, which is due, in part, to limited access 
to workplaces that are affirming and inclusive, 
transgender and gender-expansive people are 
put at greater risk for poverty, homelessness, 
and involvement with criminalized work; 
(I) sex-segregated prisons where many 
transwomen do not have access to trans-com-
petent health care, and are usually housed with 
male inmates, which can lead to violence, sexual 
assault, and harassment while incarcerated, di-
rectly increasing their HIV risk; 
(J) employment and housing discrimina-
tion that leads directly to the need to engage in 
survival sex work for many who are denied op-
portunities for education, job training, and 
basic 
social 
services 
because 
of 
their 
transgender status, which correlates with in-
creased exposure to fatal violence; 
(K) the intersections of racism, sexism, 
homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and un-
checked access to firearms compound to create 
a culture of violence that disproportionately im-
pacts communities of color; 
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(L) immigration detainees and aid workers 
have given disturbing reports of individuals 
being held under inhumane conditions that 
threaten their physical safety; and 
(M) misgendering by local police state-
ments and media reports, which can delay 
awareness of deadly incidents. 
(2) Recommending appropriate ways to educate 
the public of the Commission’s findings. 
(3) Recommending appropriate remedies in con-
sideration of the Commission’s findings on the mat-
ters described in paragraph (1). In making such rec-
ommendations, the Commission shall address among 
other issues, the following questions: 
(A) How such recommendations comport 
with international standards of remedy for 
wrongs and injuries caused by the State, that 
include special measures, as understood by var-
ious relevant international protocols, laws, and 
findings. 
(B) How Federal laws and policies that 
continue to disproportionately and negatively 
affect gender-nonconforming, gender-expansive, 
and transgender women of color as a group, 
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