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Transgender Bill of Rights: Codifying Protections for Health, Safety, and Identity.

This resolution calls for the Federal Government to establish a Transgender Bill of Rights to ensure comprehensive legal protection and equal access to essential services for transgender and nonbinary people. It mandates federal non-discrimination protections in employment, housing, education, and healthcare based on gender identity. The goal is to enhance safety, simplify legal identity recognition, and guarantee access to gender-affirming medical care.
Key points
Establishing federal bans on discrimination based on gender identity in public accommodations, employment, housing, and credit access.
Guaranteeing access to gender-affirming healthcare and protecting providers of such care from penalties.
Simplifying the process for updating names and gender markers (including an 'X' option) on federal documents like passports and Social Security cards.
Strengthening protections for students in schools, including the right to use facilities and participate in sports consistent with their gender identity.
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Additional Information
Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.
Print number: HRES 269
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Process start date: 2023-03-30