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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 270 

Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 27, 2019 

Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. COLLINS, 

Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. CASEY, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. MURPHY, 

Mr. BENNET, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. 

WYDEN, Mr. CARPER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. 

DUCKWORTH, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. HASSAN, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 

agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. 

Whereas the Stonewall Inn opened on or around March 18, 

1967, at 53 Christopher Street in the Greenwich Village 

neighborhood of New York City; 

Whereas the neighborhood of Greenwich Village, and establishments like the Stonewall Inn, served as a sanctuary 

for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 

and queer (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘LGBTQ’’) 

community from persecution by police and society at 

large; 


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Whereas during the time around the opening of the Stonewall 

Inn, many State and local governments, including New 

York City, criminalized how LGBTQ individuals express 

their identities and relationships, which resulted in 

LGBTQ individuals frequently being harassed by law enforcement, including the New York City Police Department (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘NYPD’’); 

Whereas LGBTQ individuals had begun to stand up to such 

police harassment, including at Cooper Do-nuts in Los 

Angeles in 1959, Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco 

in 1966, and Black Cat Tavern in Los Angeles in 1967; 

Whereas, in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, the 

NYPD raided the Stonewall Inn and arrested many patrons; 

Whereas brave individuals, particularly transgender women of 

color, stood up to injustice the night of June 28, 1969, 

which sparked an uprising against the NYPD, with confrontations and protests at the Stonewall Inn and the 

surrounding area lasting until July 3, 1969; 

Whereas the Stonewall uprising empowered thousands of 

LGBTQ individuals to emerge from the shadows and 

come out publicly as they stood up for their community 

the night of June 28, 1969 and beyond, putting their 

lives and safety at risk; 

Whereas, along with public protests in Chicago, Los Angeles, 

New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, 

D.C., and elsewhere, the Stonewall uprising became a 

catalyst for the LGBTQ civil rights movement to secure 

social and political equality and inspired the formation of 

many advocacy organizations; 


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Whereas, on June 27–28, 1970, members of the LGBTQ 

community commemorated the first anniversary of Stonewall and reaffirmed the solidarity of the LGBTQ community by organizing the first Pride marches, or gatherings, 

in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Los Angeles; 

Whereas the Stonewall uprising is remembered and celebrated every year in June during ‘‘LGBTQ Pride 

Month’’; 

Whereas in June 2016 the Stonewall Inn and its surrounding 

area was declared a national monument, becoming the 

first national monument to commemorate the LGBTQ 

civil rights movement; 

Whereas WorldPride will be held in June 2019 for the first 

time in the United States in New York City to commemorate the Stonewall uprising, bringing representatives of the global LGBTQ community to recognize these 

historic events; 

Whereas on May 30, 2019, New York City announced that 

it would dedicate a monument honoring pioneering 

transgender activists and key leaders in the Stonewall uprising, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, the first 

permanent public monument in the world honoring 

transgender women; 

Whereas on June 6, 2019, the NYPD officially apologized for 

the raid on the Stonewall Inn; 

Whereas, despite the progress made since the Stonewall uprising, members of the LGBTQ community have experienced biased policing and are still at significant risk of 

violence and discrimination; 


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Whereas, according to the annual hate crimes report published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, LGBTQ 

individuals, particularly LGBTQ individuals of color, continue to be the target of bias-motivated violence, and efforts to address this violence may be hindered by a continued lack of trust in law enforcement; 

Whereas not less than 100 transgender individuals, primarily 

women of color, have been murdered in the United States 

since the beginning of 2015; and 

Whereas no individual in the United States should have to 

fear being the target of violence because of who they are 

or who they love: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the 

3 Stonewall uprising; 

4 (2) condemns violence and discrimination 

5 against members of the LGBTQ community and re6 commits itself to securing justice, equality, and well7 being for LGBTQ individuals; and 

8 (3) commends the bravery, solidarity, and resil9 iency of the LGBTQ community in the face of vio10 lence and discrimination, both past and present. 

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