PROTECT TRANS LIVES

On 2026-06-04, Representative Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18) delivered a floor speech titled "PROTECT TRANS LIVES" in the House.

PROTECT TRANS LIVES

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)] [House] [Page H3837] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] PROTECT TRANS LIVES (Mr. MENEFEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. MENEFEE. Mr. Speaker, June is Pride Month, a month celebrating the contributions of the LGBTQ community, but it also must be a month of speaking hard truths. Texas has more anti-trans murders than any other State in the Nation. Over half of Texas victims are Black transgender women. We cannot celebrate Marsha P. Johnson and not protect the women who look like her. Last week, Persia Amarra Conway was killed in Houston. She was 33 years old. She was loved, and she is not alone. Jade Roberts, Diamond Brigman, Muhlaysia Booker, name after name after name, were all from Texas, all taken from this Earth, stripped from their loved ones and from their communities. These killings are happening across our country, and silence is not an option. This Pride Month, I say clearly: We must stop the targeting and killing of members of the trans community in Houston, in Texas, and across our Nation. ____________________