A resolution 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.
Sponsored By: Senator Edward Markey
Introduced
Summary
This resolution would call for a federal Transgender Bill of Rights to codify protections and expand access to health care, legal recognition, and safety for transgender and nonbinary people.
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- Would expand legal protections and guarantee access to gender-affirming and reproductive health care for an estimated 1.6 million transgender adults and their families. It would remove unnecessary limits on care, protect providers who follow accepted standards, ban conversion practices, and prohibit nonconsensual surgeries on intersex infants.
- Would strengthen protections for workers, renters, and borrowers by amending Title VII, the Fair Housing Act, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to bar discrimination based on gender identity and sex characteristics. It would also make it easier to update federal IDs, allow an "X" gender marker, and simplify voter registration updates tied to name or gender changes.
- Would boost safety and legal protections by improving housing and health services for survivors, requiring individualized housing and health care decisions in custody settings, protecting asylum claims based on gender identity, ensuring transgender service members can serve openly, and creating a Department of Justice liaison plus sustained federal data collection and enforcement capacity.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Edward Markey
MA • D
Cosponsors
Jeff Merkley
OR • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Elizabeth Warren
MA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Mazie Hirono
HI • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Ron Wyden
OR • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Martin Heinrich
NM • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Alex Padilla
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Bernie Sanders
VT • I
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Adam Schiff
CA • D
Sponsored 4/14/2026
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