File #: 25-2356    Version: 1 Name: RECOGNITION OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY 2025
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 4/8/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 4/10/2025 Final action: 4/10/2025
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNITION OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY 2025 WHEREAS, the International Transgender Day of Visibility is recognized every year on March 31st to celebrate the joy and resilience of trans and non-binary people everywhere by elevating voices and experiences from these communities; and WHEREAS, these celebrations, acknowledgements, and remembrances are vital affirmations of the lives of transgender people in our communities as they continue to face extreme institutional discrimination and violence on the basis of their gender identities; and WHEREAS, according to Trans Legislation Tracker, 2024 was the fifth consecutive record-breaking year for total bills considered following the unprecedented surge in 2023, which more than tripled the record set the year before; and WHEREAS, according to Trans Legislation Tracker, since 2021 there have been over 2,416 bills introduced nationwide that target and discriminate against transgender people, in partic...
Sponsors: KEVIN B. MORRISON, FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BILL LOWRY, DR. KISHA E. McCASKILL, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, JOSINA MORITA, TARA S. STAMPS, MAGGIE TREVOR, MICHAEL SCOTT JR.
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

RECOGNITION OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY 2025

WHEREAS, the International Transgender Day of Visibility is recognized every year on March 31st to celebrate the joy and resilience of trans and non-binary people everywhere by elevating voices and experiences from these communities; and

WHEREAS, these celebrations, acknowledgements, and remembrances are vital affirmations of the lives of transgender people in our communities as they continue to face extreme institutional discrimination and violence on the basis of their gender identities; and

WHEREAS, according to Trans Legislation Tracker, 2024 was the fifth consecutive record-breaking year for total bills considered following the unprecedented surge in 2023, which more than tripled the record set the year before; and

WHEREAS, according to Trans Legislation Tracker, since 2021 there have been over 2,416 bills introduced nationwide that target and discriminate against transgender people, in particular transgender youth; and

WHEREAS, according to Trans Legislation Tracker, in just 2025 to date, there have been 821 bills, with 42 enacted, being considered nationwide that would negatively impact trans and gender non-conforming people, with that number expected to grow; and

WHEREAS, according to Trans Legislation Tracker, in the span of just two years the federal government has seen an increase from zero anti-trans national bills, to an unprecedented 88 in just 2024; and

WHEREAS, according to Trans Legislation Tracker, there have been 21 anti-trans state bills introduced in Illinois for 2025, nearly a three-fold increase from 2024; and

WHEREAS, in just 2025 alone, there have been 12 Executive Orders signed by President Donald Trump with the express purpose of targeting the Transgender Community's access to gender-affirming healthcare, ability to play sports, ability to serve in the military, and simple ability to live authentically without fear of retribution and/or vio...

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