President Joe Biden honored transgender Americans on Transgender Remembrance Day who died by violence in 2021, The Hill reported.  

Around 46 transgender people died in the U.S. this year, with hundreds more around the world, the White House said.  

“Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn those we lost in the deadliest year on record for transgender Americans, as well as the countless other transgender people—disproportionately Black and brown transgender women and girls—who face brutal violence, discrimination, and harassment,” Biden said in a statement. 

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The majority of the deaths were of Black trans women, including Danyale Johnson, 35, who was killed in Memphis earlier this month, and Marquiisha Lawrence, 28, who was shot and killed on Nov. 4 at her Greensville, South Carolina, home, according to The Advocate and The Washington Post, respectively.  

“Transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I know. But no person should have to be brave just to live in safety and dignity. Today, we remember. Tomorrow—and every day—we must continue to act,” Biden said.  

In recent years, states have passed and proposed bills that block gender confirmation treatment for transgender kids and bar transgender girls from participating on sports teams that align with their gender identity. Biden described anti-trans legislation as “bullying.”  

“I also continue to urge the Senate to swiftly pass the Equality Act so that all people are able to live free from fear and discrimination,” he said.