Student Assembly

R.34 Commemoration of Transgender Day of Remembrance

Whereas, The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice, and

Whereas, Over the last decade, more than one person per month has died due to transgender-based hate or prejudice, regardless of any other factors in their lives, and

Whereas, A day to specifically remember murder and other violence based on real or perceived gender identity will help raise public awareness of the shockingly high rate of violence against those who live outside traditional norms of gender identity, and

Whereas, The news media, while increasing coverage of hate crimes over the past decade, has seldom focused on the high incidence and intense brutality of violence against the transgender community, and

Whereas, November 20, 2009 marks the Eleventh annual Transgender Day of Remembrance,

Be it therefore resolved, that the Student Assembly hereby recognizes November 20, 2009 to be Transgender Day of Remembrance at Cornell University, and

Be it further resolved, that the SA mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who were victims of violence based on bias against transgender people, and

Be it finally resolved, that the SA affirms its full support for the further expansion of transgendered peoples’ rights in America and at Cornell and honors the efforts of transgendered people to secure protections from violence under the law.

Respectfully submitted,

Matt Danzer ‘12
LGBTQ Representative at-Large
Student Assembly

Olivia Tai ‘10
President
Haven: The LGBTQ Student Union

Trey Ramsey ‘12
President
Direct Action to Stop Heterosexism (DASH)

Ryan Hunter ‘10
Treasurer
Direct Action to Stop Heterosexism (DASH)