[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 198 (Friday, November 20, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

  (Mr. KENNEDY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, just this year alone, 37 beautiful 
transgender or gender nonconforming people in this country have been 
murdered.
  This abhorrent, unacceptable violence must end.
  On this International Transgender Day of Remembrance I would like to 
take this moment to read the names and to honor their memories: Dustin 
Parker, Neulisa Luciano Ruiz, Yampi Mendez Arocho, Scottlyn DeVore, 
Monika Diamond, Lexi, Johanna Metzger, Serena Angelique Velazquez 
Ramos, Layla Pelaez Sanchez, Penelope Diaz Ramirez, Nina Pop, Helle Jae 
O'Regan, Tony McDade, Dominique ``Rem'mie'' Fells, Riah Milton, Jayne 
Thompson, Selena Reyes-Hernandez, Brian ``Egypt'' Powers, Brayla Stone, 
Merci Mack, Shaki Peters, Bree Black, Summer Taylor, Marilyn Cazares, 
Dior H Ova, Queasha Hardy, Aja Raquell Rhone-Spears, Lea Rayshon Daye, 
Kee Sam, Aerrion Burnett, Mia Green, Michelle Michellyn Ramos Vargas, 
Felycya Harris, Brooklyn Deshuna, Sara Blackwood, Angel Unique, Yuni 
Carey.

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