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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1332 

Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQIA+ Pride 

Month. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 28, 2024 

Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. AMO, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. BEATTY, 

Mr. BERA, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. 

BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. BUDZINSKI, 

Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CASE, Mr. 

CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. CLARKE of 

New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CORREA, Mr. 

COSTA, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. CROW, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. 

FLETCHER, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. GARCIA

of Texas, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

HIMES, Mr. HOYER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina, 

Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. 

KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. LEE

of California, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 

MAGAZINER, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. 

MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. NICKEL, 

Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. 

PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. 

RAMIREZ, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 

DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. SOTO, Ms. 

STEVENS, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, 

Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. 

VARGAS, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WILSON of 

Florida, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. IVEY, and Ms. ADAMS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 


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RESOLUTION 

Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as 

LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. 

Whereas this resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Original 

LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Resolution of 2024’’; 

Whereas the Honorable Barney Frank, Member of Congress 

from 1981 to 2013, is recognized as an honorary cosponsor of this resolution; 

Whereas Members of this Congress support the rights, freedoms, and equality of those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual 

(LGBTQIA+); 

Whereas, in August of 1966, the ‘‘Screaming Queens’’ of the 

Gene Compton’s Cafeteria Uprising in the Tenderloin 

District of San Francisco led one of the first recorded 

transgender uprisings that erupted in response to police 

harassment, and continued to protest against police brutality and improper policing of the LGBTQIA+ community; 

Whereas those who took a stand for human rights and dignity at the Stonewall Inn Uprising in New York City on 

June 28, 1969, were led by two brave and visible 

transgender women of color, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera; 

Whereas the LGBTQIA+ protesters at the Stonewall Inn 

Uprising and Gene Compton’s Cafeteria Uprising were 

subject to police harassment and invidious discrimination 

based on sexual orientation and gender identity; 


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Whereas within years of these decisive moments in history, 

LGBTQIA+ rights organizations were created in every 

major city of the United States; 

Whereas Brenda Howard, often called ‘‘The Mother of 

Pride,’’ helped to plan a Gay Pride Week and the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in June of 1970 to 

commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Inn 

Uprising; 

Whereas Brenda Howard’s Gay Pride Week and Christopher 

Street Liberation Day Parade evolved into the annual 

New York City Pride March and Pride celebrations now 

known around the world; 

Whereas the Stonewall Inn Uprising and the Gene Compton’s 

Cafeteria Uprising have been followed by many historic 

milestones for the LGBTQIA+ community; 

Whereas, in December of 1973, the board of the American 

Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality 

from the list of mental illnesses of the American Psychiatric Association; 

Whereas, in 1974, Elaine Noble became the first openly 

LGBTQIA+ candidate elected to a State legislature in 

the United States when she won a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives; 

Whereas, in 1975, the Civil Service Commission eliminated 

the ban on the employment of gay people in most Federal 

jobs; 

Whereas, on January 8, 1978, Harvey Milk made national 

news when he was sworn in as an openly gay member of 

the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; 

Whereas, on June 25 of 1978, gay artist Gilbert Baker 

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dom Day, and the flag was officially established as a 

symbol for LGBTQ pride in 1994; 

Whereas, in October of 1979, 75,000 people participated in 

the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay 

Rights to demand equal civil rights for LGBTQIA+ people; 

Whereas, in 1982, Wisconsin became the first State to ban 

discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; 

Whereas, in 1983, after initial refusal from lead organizers 

to allow an openly LGBTQIA+ person to speak, Audre 

Lorde was selected by Black LGBTQIA+ groups to 

speak at the 20th-anniversary commemoration of Dr. 

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Washington in 

1963; 

Whereas, in 1987, Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts became the first United States Representative to 

voluntarily come out as an openly gay Member of Congress; 

Whereas Urvashi Vaid cofounded the Creating Change Conference in 1988, the largest annual LGBTQIA+ conference convening in the United States; 

Whereas, in 1991, Monica Helms designed the transgender 

flag and introduced it at the 2000 Phoenix Pride parade 

to represent the rights and diversity of transgender people; 

Whereas, on April 25, 1993, more than a million people took 

part in the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and 

Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, one of the largest protests in United States history; 

Whereas, on October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, tortured, 


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and left to die, drawing attention to sexual-orientation related hate crimes and ultimately to the passage of the 

Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009; 

Whereas, on November 28, 1998, Rita Hester, a Black 

transgender woman, was brutally murdered in her home, 

sparking the advent of Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is observed every year on November 20, to 

remember those who have been killed due to transphobia; 

Whereas, in 2003, David Cicilline became the first openly gay 

mayor of a United States capital when he was elected to 

lead Providence, Rhode Island; 

Whereas, on June 26, 2003, the Supreme Court of the 

United States held in Lawrence v. Texas that under the 

14th Amendment, States could not criminalize the private, intimate relationships of same-sex couples; 

Whereas, in 2008, a Latino transgender man, Diego Miguel 

Sanchez, became the first openly transgender person appointed to the Platform Committee of the Democratic 

National Committee; 

Whereas, on November 4, 2008, Stu Rasmussen, of Silverton, 

Oregon, became the first openly transgender person to be 

elected mayor in the United States; 

Whereas, on October 28, 2009, the Matthew Shepard and 

James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was passed 

by Congress and signed into law by President Barack 

Obama, and the bill expanded existing Federal hate 

crimes laws to include crimes motivated by the actual or 

perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or 

disability of a victim; 


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Whereas, on November 17, 2010, Phyllis Frye was appointed 

to the City of Houston Municipal Courts as the first 

openly transgender judge appointed in the United States; 

Whereas Congress passed and President Barack Obama 

signed the repeal of Defense Directive 1304.26 (‘‘Don’t 

Ask, Don’t Tell’’) in December of 2010, allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons to serve openly in the United 

States Armed Forces; 

Whereas, in October of 2011, the Girl Scouts of America 

opened membership to a 7-year-old transgender girl; 

Whereas, in December of 2011, Lane Lewis became the first 

gay man elected County Chair of the Democratic Party 

of Harris County, the 3rd largest county in the United 

States; 

Whereas, on April 20, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that discrimination on the basis 

of gender identity is ‘‘sex discrimination’’ for purposes of 

title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 

Whereas, on November 6, 2012, Representative Mark Takano 

of California, a Japanese American, became the first 

openly gay, person of color elected to Congress; 

Whereas, in 2013, the first LGBTQ Pride Month resolution 

was introduced by Representative Al Green of Texas; 

Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin 

was sworn in as the first openly gay United States Senator; 

Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona 

was sworn in as the first openly bisexual Member of Congress; 


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Whereas, on March 7, 2013, the Violence Against Women 

Act of 1994 was reauthorized and included protections 

for transgender persons; 

Whereas, on June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court held in 

United States v. Windsor that section 3 of the Defense 

of Marriage Act was unconstitutional and that the Federal Government cannot discriminate against married 

same-sex couples when determining Federal rights, benefits, and obligations; 

Whereas, on November 20, 2013, President Barack Obama 

posthumously awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom 

to civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin, an openly gay 

Black man who organized the March on Washington in 

1963 and presented the crucial 10 demands of the March 

on Washington in the summer of 1963; 

Whereas, on June 17, 2014, Darrin P. Gayles was the first 

openly gay Black man to be confirmed as a Federal 

judge; 

Whereas, on July 21, 2014, President Barack Obama took 

action to protect LGBTQIA+ workers by signing an Executive order prohibiting Federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender 

identity; 

Whereas, on June 8, 2015, Olympic triathlete Chris Mosier 

became the first transgender athlete to earn a spot on 

Team USA; 

Whereas, on June 9, 2015, the equal opportunity policy of 

the United States Armed Forces was updated to protect 

servicemembers from harassment and discrimination on 

the basis of sexual orientation; 


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Whereas, on June 23, 2015, Stonewall Inn in New York City 

received a landmark designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York City so that the Stonewall Inn cannot be torn down or developed without approval; 

Whereas, on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court in Obergefell 

v. Hodges held in a 5–4 ruling that the 14th Amendment 

requires all States to license marriages between same-sex 

couples and to recognize all marriages that were lawfully 

performed in a different State; 

Whereas, on July 17, 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that discrimination on the basis 

of sexual orientation is ‘‘sex discrimination’’ for purposes 

of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 

Whereas, since the 114th Congress, the Equality Act has 

been introduced every Congress, first by Representative 

David Cicilline and most recently by Representative Mark 

Takano to amend the Nation’s Federal civil rights laws 

to explicitly include sexual orientation, gender identity, 

and sex characteristics among the prohibited categories 

of discrimination in employment, housing, credit, education, public accommodation, federally funded programs, 

and jury service; it passed the House of Representatives 

with bipartisan support in both the 116th and 117th 

Congresses; 

Whereas the American Civil Liberties Union is currently 

tracking 515 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills that have been introduced in State legislatures across the United States thus 

far in 2024; 

Whereas, in February of 2016, the Greater Houston LGBT 

Chamber of Commerce launched, becoming one of the 


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leading economic voices in the greater Houston region focusing on economic empowerment and inclusion for 

LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs and professionals; 

Whereas, on May 13, 2016, the Department of Justice and 

the Department of Education jointly released guidance to 

provide educators the information they need to ensure 

that transgender students attend school in an environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex; 

Whereas, on May 18, 2016, Eric Fanning was sworn in as 

Secretary of the Army, the first time a branch of the 

United States Armed Forces was led by an openly gay 

person; 

Whereas members of the LGBTQIA+ community are disproportionately affected by violence, including fatal violence with guns, intimate partner violence, and hate 

crimes; 

Whereas, on June 12, 2016, one of the deadliest mass shootings in the modern history of the United States occurred 

at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on Latin night, 

leaving 49 people dead and another 53 people wounded; 

Whereas, between 2013 and 2023, nearly 70 percent of 

known fatal violent activities toward transgender and 

gender-nonconforming people have involved a gun; 

Whereas more than 40 percent of transgender adults report 

having attempted suicide in their lifetime; 

Whereas, according to a 2020 systematic review, transgender 

people are 1.7 times more likely to experience some form 

of intimate partner violence compared to cisgender people, and 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual intimate partner violence; 


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Whereas LGBT+ people are 9 times more likely than nonLGBT+ people to be victims of violent hate crimes; 

Whereas LGBTQIA+ youth experience dating violence at 

rates significantly higher than their non-LGBTQIA+ 

peers; 

Whereas, on June 30, 2016, the Department of Defense announced an immediate policy change allowing 

transgender servicemembers to serve openly without fear 

of retribution or penalty; 

Whereas, on July 28, 2016, Sarah McBride, national press 

secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, spoke at the 

Democratic National Convention, making her the first 

transgender person to address a major party convention; 

Whereas, on November 8, 2016, Kate Brown of Oregon became the first openly bisexual person to win a gubernatorial election; 

Whereas, on January 30, 2017, the Boy Scouts of America 

announced that they would open membership to 

transgender boys; 

Whereas, on June 27, 2017, residents of the District of Columbia became the first in the United States to be allowed to select a gender-neutral option on their driver license; 

Whereas, on November 7, 2017, the election of Andrea Jenkins to the Minneapolis City Council made her the first 

openly transgender woman to be elected to public office 

in a major United States city; 

Whereas, on November 7, 2017, Phillipe Cunningham’s election to the Minneapolis City Council made him the first 

openly transgender man to be elected to the city council 

of a major United States city; 


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Whereas, on November 7, 2017, Danica Roem of Virginia became the first openly transgender person to be elected to 

and seated in a State legislature; 

Whereas, on November 6, 2018, Democratic Representative 

Jared Polis was elected governor of Colorado, becoming 

the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the 

United States; 

Whereas, in April of 2019, Morehouse College announced 

that the historically all-male school would begin admitting transgender men in 2020; 

Whereas, on May 20, 2019, Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as 

Mayor of Chicago, becoming the first Black lesbian 

mayor; 

Whereas, on May 24, 2019, Taiwan became the first nation 

in Asia to legally recognize same-sex marriage; 

Whereas, on June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court held that 

title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits 

discrimination on the basis of sex, also applies to sexual 

orientation and gender identity, and the Biden Administration has taken steps to enforce all sex nondiscrimination laws to prohibit anti-LGBTQIA+ discrimination; 

Whereas, in November of 2020, Sarah McBride became the 

first openly transgender State senator in the United 

States, making her the highest-ranking openly 

transgender public official in United States history; 

Whereas, in November of 2020, Representatives Ritchie 

Torres and Mondaire Jones, both Members of Congress 

representing New York districts, became the first openly 

gay Black persons elected to Congress; 

Whereas, on March 24, 2021, Admiral Rachel Levine became 

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quiring confirmation by the Senate, and on October 19, 

2021, became the first openly transgender four-star officer in the uniformed services; 

Whereas, on May 16, 2022, Karine Jean-Pierre became the 

first Black and openly gay White House Press Secretary; 

Whereas, on January 2, 2023, Zooey Zephyr became the first 

openly trans woman to serve in the Montana State legislature and was later barred from the Montana House 

floor after her comments rebuking proposed legislation 

that would ban gender-affirming care for children; 

Whereas, on October 1, 2023, Laphonza Butler was appointed to the United States Senate, becoming the first 

openly lesbian Black Senator; 

Whereas, on February 8, 2024, Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old 

Indigenous TNB+ (transgender and nonbinary student) 

in Oklahoma, died following a physical altercation in 

school that resulted in hospitalization; and 

Whereas the inclusion and acceptance of LGBTQIA+ persons in the United States continues to expand, with an 

understanding that Americans will remain steadfast in 

pursuing the goal of complete equality and respect for all, 

regardless of whom they love or who they are: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes that lesbian, gay, bisexual, 

3 transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual 

4 (LGBTQIA+) rights are human rights and are pro5 tected by the Constitution; 


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1 (2) recognizes that all United States citizens 

2 should be treated fairly and equally regardless of 

3 sexual orientation, sex characteristics, or gender 

4 identity and that LGBTQIA+ history plays an inte5 gral role in the history of the United States; 

6 (3) acknowledges the struggle of the Stonewall 

7 Inn and Gene Compton’s Cafeteria protesters and 

8 countless other lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 

9 queer, intersex, and asexual people for equality; 

10 (4) encourages the celebration of LGBTQIA+ 

11 Pride Month to provide a continuing opportunity for 

12 all people in the United States to learn about the 

13 discrimination and inequality that lesbian, gay, bi14 sexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual 

15 people have faced, and continue to face, in tandem 

16 with triumphs over tragedy and victories in spite of 

17 barriers; and 

18 (5) agrees that the United States must continue 

19 to strive to ensure that the promise of equality is re20 alized for all people of the United States. 

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