; (2) health care, including both medically necessary transition-related medical care and general health care services; (3) public accommodations, such as safe access to public restrooms; and (4) identification documents, including by restricting the ability to realign or correct birth certificates and other forms of identification; Whereas the transgender community has made it clear that transgender individuals will not be erased and deserve to be accorded all of the rights and opportunities made available to all; Whereas, before the creation of the United States, Indigenous two-spirit, transgender individuals existed across North America in many Native American communities, with specific terms in their own languages for these members of their communities and the social and spiritual roles they fulfilled, and while many were lost or actively suppressed by the efforts of missionaries, government agents, boarding schools, and settlers, two-spirit individuals have promoted increase public awareness in recent decades; Whereas transgender individuals continue to tell their stories and push for full equity under the law; Whereas the civil-rights struggle has been strengthened and inspired by the leadership of the transgender community; Whereas transgender individuals in the United States have made significant strides in elected office and political representation; Whereas at least 31 States and the District of Columbia have at least 1 transgender elected official at the State or municipal level; Whereas there are at least 21 transgender, gender-nonconforming, or nonbinary elected officials in State legislatures, including— (1) Lorena Austin; (2) Gerri Cannon; (3) Brion Curran; (4) Emily Dievendorf; (5) Leigh Finke; (6) S.J. Howell; (7) Dominique Johnson; (8) Alicia Kozlowski; (9) Sarah McBride; (10) Samantha Montano; (11) Alissandra Murray; (12) DeShanna Neal; (13) Danica Roem; (14) James Roesener; (15) Abigail Salisbury; (16) Taylor Small; (17) Izzy Smith-Wade-El; (18) Brianna Titone; (19) Mauree Turner