Mayor Advances Community-Driven Framework to Strengthen Support for Trans Chicagoans

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A non-problem in search of a solution.

Mayor Brandon Johnson Advances Community-Driven Framework to Strengthen Support for Trans Chicagoans
Framework builds on City’s Transfemicide State of Emergency and outlines long-term strategy to improve safety, housing stability, economic opportunity, health care access, and belonging for transgender residents.
Mayor's Press Office 

CHICAGO — Today, Mayor Brandon Johnson is advancing a new community-driven framework to strengthen support for transgender Chicagoans, building on the City’s December 2024 declaration of a Transfemicide State of Emergency and recent investments to strengthen LGBTQ+ leadership across City government. Developed through surveys, listening sessions, and community-led engagement conducted by the Transfemicide Working Group, the framework outlines recommendations to address the systemic barriers that continue to impact transgender residents across Chicago and advance a coordinated, citywide response focused on safety, stability, and inclusion.

“Every Chicagoan deserves to feel safe, valued, and like they belong in the city they call home,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. “For too many transgender residents, that sense of belonging has been denied by exclusion and barriers to opportunity in spaces that should feel safe and welcoming. Since declaring a Transfemicide State of Emergency, our administration has taken meaningful steps to strengthen the City’s capacity to support LGBTQ+ Chicagoans. This framework builds on that work by centering the voices and lived experiences of trans Chicagoans and charting a path toward a safer, more connected city.”

Since declaring the Transfemicide State of Emergency in 2024, the Johnson administration has taken steps to strengthen the City’s infrastructure for advancing equity and supporting LGBTQ+ residents. In 2026, Mayor Johnson appointed Antonio King as Chicago’s first Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs, making Chicago the largest city in the nation with an executive-level position dedicated to advancing LGBTQ+ equity. Mayor Johnson also appointed Kenneth Gunn to lead the Chicago Commission on Human Relations, bringing more than three decades of experience advancing civil rights, inclusion, and human rights. Together, these leadership investments reflect the City’s commitment to building lasting systems of support, accountability, and equity for transgender and gender-expansive Chicagoans.  ...

[mountaineer]

Trans-femicide? Sounds like some sort of feminine hygiene product. Find it at your local grocery store, next to the Tampax.

Thank goodness Chicago isn't having any kind of problem with, oh, black-on-black homicides.

Mayor Brandon Johnson
@ChicagosMayor
For too many transgender Chicagoans, the sense of belonging they deserve in their city has been denied by exclusion and barriers to opportunity in spaces that should feel safe and welcoming. Since declaring a Transfemicide State of Emergency, our administration has strengthened the City’s capacity to support LGBTQ+ Chicagoans. This framework builds on that work by centering the voices and lived experiences of trans Chicagoans to chart a path toward a safer, more connected city.
1:00 PM · Jun 21, 2026

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Chicago mayor ridiculed for touting trans violence state of emergency amid murder-plagued Juneteenth weekend
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Chicago's mayor has become the subject of ridicule after promoting his transgender violence state of emergency amid a deadly Juneteenth weekend where dozens of people in his city were shot and six were killed.

"Since declaring a Transfemicide State of Emergency, our administration has strengthened the City’s capacity to support LGBTQ+ Chicagoans," a Sunday X post from Mayor Brandon Johnson said. "This framework builds on that work by centering the voices and lived experiences of trans Chicagoans to chart a path toward a safer, more connected city."

"Transfemicide" is defined as the "targeted killing of a transgender woman motivated by transphobic and misogynistic hatred." Critics were quick to point out that Johnson appears focused on promoting on Juneteenth weekend the fight against an obscure transgender violence category rather than the killing of black Chicagoans.

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-mayor-ridiculed-for-touting-trans-violence-state-of-emergency-amid-murder-plagued-juneteenth-weekend/ar-AA26hkG2?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=6a3aae91f62b451e954bb62189b4c9ab&ei=41