I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4960 
To establish a Commission to address the pervasive, and targeted epidemic 
of 
fatal 
violence, 
economic 
discrimination, 
and 
other 
factors 
disproportionally impacting members of the transgender community, and 
to make recommendations to Congress on appropriate remedies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
VEASEY, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, 
Mr. RASKIN, Ms. BALINT, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. PRESSLEY, and Ms. MENG) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish a Commission to address the pervasive, and 
targeted epidemic of fatal violence, economic discrimina-
tion, and other factors disproportionally impacting mem-
bers of the transgender community, and to make rec-
ommendations to Congress on appropriate remedies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chyna Gibson Stop 
the Transgender Murder Epidemic Act of 2023’’ or the 
‘‘Chyna Gibson STME Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) One of the most underreported trends in 
the LGBTIQA+ community is the alarming rate at 
which members of the gender-nonconforming, gen-
der-expansive community, and especially transgender 
women of color, are murdered. 
(2) Fatal violence disproportionately affects 
transgender women of color, and the intersections of 
racism, sexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, 
and unchecked access to guns conspire to deprive 
them of employment, housing, health care, and other 
necessities, making them more vulnerable to a cul-
ture of violence. 
(3) The Human Rights Campaign reports since 
2013, over 200 transgender and gender-expansive 
individuals have been killed in the United States. 
(4) In 2016, it is estimated that, while the over-
all murder rate for the United States was 1 in 
19,000 per year, the murder rate for Black 
transgender women was 1 in 2,600, more than 7 
times as high as that of the general population. 
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(5) In 2018, according to the Human Rights 
Campaign, 26 transgender people suffered violent 
deaths in the United States, a majority of them were 
Black transgender women. 
(6) In 2019, at least 25 transgender or gender 
nonconforming people fatally shot or killed by other 
violent means. 
(7) In 2020, at least 37 trans and gender non-
conforming people were victims of fatal violence. 
(8) This epidemic of targeted and pervasive 
murder 
disproportionately 
impacts 
transgender 
women of color, who comprise approximately 4 in 5 
of all antitransgender homicides and those numbers 
do not account for unreported and misreported mur-
ders or transgender people who have unexpectedly 
died under suspicious circumstances, but whose 
deaths have not been determined to be homicide, re-
ports the Human Rights Campaign. 
(9) Transgender people are a demographic with 
an elevated risk of becoming victims of violence and 
discrimination, in fact, it is estimated that trans 
women are 4.3 times more likely to become homicide 
victims than all women, reports the Human Rights 
Campaign. 
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(10) Many transgender women turn to the dan-
gerous underground economy of sex work because it 
has historically been a place where transgender 
women have been able to make a living and find ac-
ceptance in a community of peers. 
(11) The National Center for Transgender 
Equality reports that more than 1 in 4 transgender 
people have faced a bias-driven assault, and rates 
are higher for trans women and transgender people 
of color. 
(12) When transgender students are left unpro-
tected from discrimination at all levels of education, 
it promotes a negative impact on their overall well- 
being, future economic stability, and employment op-
portunities. 
(13) Members of the Transgender community 
face considerable financial burdens: common health 
care practices for trans people, such as hormone re-
placement therapy and gender-affirming surgery, are 
costly, and according to the American Journal of 
Psychiatry, undergoing gender-affirming surgery 
often leads to long term mental health benefits, but 
procedures can cost up to $75,000. 
(14) When a transgender person dies, the police 
reports of their deaths often are inaccurate, 
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