Resolution 2020-31492 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-31492
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA, ACKNOWLEDGING THE
DISPROPORTIONATE AND RECORD-BREAKING FATAL VIOLENCE
AGAINST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN AMERICA, ESPECIALLY
BLACK AND BROWN TRANSGENDER WOMEN,AND PLEDGING TO
COMMIT TO INTERRUPTING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE THROUGH
SELF-EDUCATION, LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED,
AND IDENTIFYING AND ELIMINATING THE DISPARITIES AND
BARRIERS DISPROPORTIONATELY FACED BY BLACK AND
BROWN TRANSGENDER WOMEN.
WHEREAS, on October 28, 2020, the Human Rights Campaign ("HRC")
announced the launch of a "Pledge to End Violence Against Black and Brown
Transgender Women" as part of its Transgender Justice Initiative; and
WHEREAS, the Pledge asks state and local elected leaders to acknowledge the
disproportionate and record-breaking fatal violence against transgender people in
America, especially Black and brown transgender women, and take decisive steps to
deliver change that saves lives and advances the cause of LGBTQ equality; and
WHEREAS, the Pledge is an opportunity for the HRC to engage leaders in local
government and develop partnerships between cities and towns across this country to
unite for equality; and
WHEREAS, HRC will be asking state and local policymakers who sign the pledge
to commit to interrupting the cycle of violence through self-education, listening to the
communities impacted, and identifying and eliminating the disparities and barriers
disproportionately borne by Black and Brown transgender women; and
WHEREAS, since 2013, HRC and other advocates have tracked more than 180
cases of anti-transgender fatal violence across more than 33 states, spanning across
113 cities and towns in 33 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, the HRC has recorded at least 33 violent deaths of
transgender or gender non-conforming persons, representing more violent deaths of
transgender or gender non-conforming people than any year since tracking began in
2013; and
WHEREAS, Black and Brown transgender women in this country face
dehumanizing stigma -- a stigma that is only worsened by systemic racism and sexism,
which, in combination with the all-too-common denial of opportunity to succeed in school
and on the job, puts these women at increased risk of intimate partner violence and sexual
assault, engagement in survival sex work, and risk of poverty and homelessness; and
WHEREAS, the Pledge serves not only as a commitment but a guiding document
for elected leaders looking to deliver meaningful change and outlines a series of steps
the HRC believes are important to address this crisis of public health, safety, and
discrimination; and
WHEREAS, some components of the Pledge including pledging to educate
ourselves, our colleagues, and our communities about the root causes of violence against
transgender people, particularly Black and Brown transgender women; listen to and
collaborate with Black and Brown transgender women before and during the development
of solutions to eradicate violence; and assess community resources to determine what
resources currently exist and whether these resources are both responsive to the needs
of transgender people as well as offering culturally competent services (see Ex. A for the
entire Pledge); and
WHEREAS, transgender and gender non-conforming people represent the most
marginalized members of our community, and we must include their voice if we are to
achieve true and sustainable change; and
WHEREAS, as leaders in our communities with the power of elected office, the'
Mayor and City Commission pledge to do our part to interrupt this dangerous cycle.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby acknowledge the disproportionate and record-breaking fatal violence
against transgender people in America, especially Black and Brown transgender women,
and pledge to commit to interrupting the cycle of violence through self-education, listening
to the communities impacted, and identifying and eliminating the disparities and barriers
disproportionately faced by Black and Brown transgender women.
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Pledge to End Violence Against Black
and Brown Transgender Women
Rates of violence against transgender people, particularly Black and Brown transgender
women, have reached epidemic proportions. Since 2013, HRC and other advocates have
tracked more than 180 cases of anti-transgender fatal violence across more than 33 states,.
spanning across 113 cities and towns in 33 states,the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
This epidemic disproportionately impacts Black and Brown trans women of color,who
comprise approximately 4 in 5 of all anti-transgender homicides.
Violence does not happen in a vacuum. Black and Brown transgender women in this country
face dehumanizing stigma—a stigma that is only worsened by systemic racism and sexism.
That in combination with the all-too-common denial of opportunity to succeed in school and
on the job puts these women at increased risk of intimate partner violence and sexual
assault, engagement in survival sex work, and risk of poverty and homelessness. These
factorsallput Black and Brown transgender womenat greater risk of deadly violence.
As leaders in our communities with the power of elected office,we pledge to do our part to
interrupt this dangerous cycle.
Specifically we pledge to:
-Educate ourselves, our colleagues, and our communities about the root causes of violence
against transgender people, particularly Black and Brown transgender women,which
include:
-Racism
-Sexism
-Misogyny
-Transphobia
-Poverty
Intimate partner.violence
-Sexual assault
-Homelessness and housing insecurity
-Inadequate and discriminatory health care
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-Discriminatory police practices
-Education inequality and discrimination against transgender students
-Listen to and collaborate with Black and Brown transgender women before and during the
development of solutions to eradicate violence, and keep the lines of communication open
to see if the solutions are working and what needs to be changed.
-Assess community resources to determine what resources currently exist and whether
these resources are both responsive to the needs of transgender people as well as offering
culturally competent services. A focus will be placed on trans-specific resources related to:
-Job training and placement
-Discrimination in employment, housing, and places of public accommodation
-Health care
-Intimate partner violence
-Sexual assault
-Homelessness and housing insecurity
-Accountability for discriminatory policing or inappropriate incarceration practices
-Education inequality, including before-and after-care, access to early childhood education,
or school retention policies
-Poverty,food insecurity, and any other public assistance program.
-Address discrepancies where our community can do better to ensure that our community's
providers (as listed above) are offering meaningful services that are inclusive of the needs
of transgender people and offer culturally-competent care. We are accountable for making
sure that members of our community, including Black and Brown transgender women, have
meaningful access to the services our community provides.
-Ensure that every member of our community,including Black and Brown transgender
women, have meaningful access to inclusive,welcoming, and culturally-competent services
and opportunities that can help them succeed, including when they are experiencing:
-a lack of housing, by providing emergency housing that is inclusive of the needs of
transgender people (including youth) and ensuring long term affordable housing is available
in our community;
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• counseling, and legal and financial assistance,with an understanding that transgender
people, particularly Black and Brown transgender women, experience these incidents
differently and may need different support than other survivors; •
-Family rejection that could lead to difficulty remaining in school or homelessness;
-Challenges at school, before or after school,or staying in school, by ensuring that all
education support programs are culturally competent on issues of gender identity as well as
race and that these programs are supported in their efforts to be inclusive of transgender
and gender non-conforming youth;
-Discriminatory police practices, including practices that particularly impact transgender
women because of the color of their skin and/or because of their gender identity;
-Legal challenges that can be addressed through low-cost or no-cost legal services our
community partners can help to fund or provide.
-Ease access and mitigate barriers to name and gender marker changeson government-
issued documents including birth certificates, licenses, and school records and IDs.
-Raiseawareness about transgender people in supportive public education efforts to
combat stigma.
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MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Raul J.Aguila, City Attorney
DATE: November 18, 2020
SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA, ACKNOWLEDGING THE
DISPROPORTIONATE AND RECORD-BREAKING FATAL VIOLENCE
AGAINST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN AMERICA, ESPECIALLY BLACK
AND BROWN TRANSGENDER WOMEN, AND PLEDGING TO COMMIT TO
INTERRUPTING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE THROUGH SELF-
EDUCATION, LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED, AND
IDENTIFYING AND ELIMINATING THE DISPARITIES AND BARRIERS
DISPROPORTIONATELY FACED BY BLACK AND BROWN
TRANSGENDER WOMEN.
ANALYSIS
This item was prepared at the request of Commissioner Michael Gongora
Is this a"Residents Right Does this item utilize G.O.
to Know" item. pursuant to Bond Funds?
City Code Section 2-14?
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