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Recognizing the violence and other challenges faced by transgender women of color in America.

H. Res. 545 · 115th Congress · Sep 28, 2017 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives encourages the development of policies that support transgender women of color and the transgender community, including—
(1)
developing a public education campaign to dispel myths and to humanize transgender people;
(2)
ending the school-to-prison pipeline that occurs when mistreatment, harassment, and physical violence are not addressed, or due to the harsh disciplinary policies that disproportionately effect transgender students;
(3)
developing antidiscriminatory employment practices and promote policies for accepting and inclusive work environments;
(4)
ending aggressive police tactics that disproportionately target transgender people, and educating law enforcement about common antitransgender biases and practices to ensure transgender people are safer when interacting with law enforcement;
(5)
ensuring access to affordable education;
(6)
ensuring access to affordable housing;
(7)
ensuring access to inclusive, comprehensive health care for transgender people;
(8)
developing affirming policies and procedures to safeguard incarcerated transgender people from violence and abuse in Federal, State, and local custody and immigration detention;
(9)
ending the practice of placing transgender people in solitary confinement;
(10)
ending the practice of immigration detention for vulnerable populations, including transgender people;
(11)
developing policies and procedures to swiftly accept transgender people seeking asylum in the United States; and
(12)
ending the law enforcement practice of racial profiling.