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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1014 

Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQ Pride Month. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 22, 2020 

Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. ESHOO, 

Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. CASTOR

of Florida, Mr. WELCH, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 

Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 

LEWIS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MOORE, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. PANETTA, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. BASS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. KILMER, Mr. HIMES, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. 

MENG, Mr. LUJA ́N, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 

Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 

MOULTON, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. COSTA, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 

CASE, Ms. WILD, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. HECK, and Mr. BERA) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as 

LGBTQ Pride Month. 

Whereas this resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Original 

LGBTQ Pride Month Resolution of 2020’’; 


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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, and queer (LGBTQ); 

Whereas, in the summer of 1963, Bayard Rustin organized 

the March on Washington as an openly gay AfricanAmerican man; 

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

Gene Compton’s Cafeteria riot in the Tenderloin District 

of San Francisco were recorded as one of the first 

transgender riots that erupted after police harassment 

and continued as protestation against police brutality and 

improper policing of the LGBTQ community; 

Whereas those who took a stand for human rights and dignity at the Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 28, 

1969, were pioneers of the LGBTQ movement, including 

two transgender women of color, Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, who were brave visible leaders in the uprising at Stonewall Inn; 

Whereas the LGBTQ Stonewall and Compton’s Cafeteria 

protestors were subject to police harassment and invidious discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; 

Whereas these decisive moments in history were followed by 

the creation of LGBTQ rights organizations in every 

major city in the United States within years of the 

uprisings; 

Whereas these uprisings have been followed by many historic 

milestones for the LGBTQ community; 


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

Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality 

from its list of mental illnesses; 

Whereas, in 1974, Elaine Noble became the first openly 

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

the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay 

Rights to demand equal civil rights; 

Whereas, in 1980, Democrats took a stance in support of gay 

rights at the Democratic National Convention; 

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

discrimination based on sexual orientation; 

Whereas, in 1983, after initial refusal from lead organizers 

to allow an openly LGBTQ person to speak, Audre Lorde 

was selected by Black LGBTQ groups to speak at the 

20th anniversary commemoration of Martin Luther King, 

Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington; 

Whereas, in October of 1987, thousands of activists took part 

in the National March on Washington to demand that 

President Reagan address the AIDS crisis; 


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Whereas, in 1987, Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts became the first Representative to voluntarily come 

out as an openly gay Member of Congress; 

Whereas, in 1988, Urvashi Vaid cofounded the Creating 

Change Conference, the largest annual LGBTQ convening in the United States organized by the National 

LGBTQ Task Force; 

Whereas, on May 20, 1996, the Supreme Court of the United 

States decided, in Romer v. Evans, that a Colorado constitutional amendment preventing the enactment of nondiscrimination protections for gay, lesbian, and bisexual 

people in that State was unconstitutional; 

Whereas, on October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay 

American student at the University of Wyoming, was 

beaten, tortured, and left to die; 

Whereas at the turn of the century in 2000, Vermont became 

the first State in the country to legally recognize civil 

unions between same-sex couples; 

Whereas, on June 8, 2000, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, in Rosa v. Park West Bank, that a transgender person had recourse under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act’s prohibition on sex discrimination after being 

denied a loan for dressing in traditionally feminine attire; 

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

United States ruled in Lawrence v. Texas, that under the 

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

Whereas, on August 5, 2004, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals determined, in Smith v. City of Salem, that transgender employees are protected from workplace discrimination under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 


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Whereas, in 2008, a Latino transgender man Diego Miguel 

Sanchez became the first openly transgender individual to 

be appointed to the Democratic National Committee’s 

Platform Committee; 

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

Oregon, became the first openly transgender person to be 

elected mayor in the Nation; 

Whereas, in 2009, Diego Miguel Sanchez became the first 

openly transgender congressional senior staffer on Capitol Hill, appointed by Representative Barney Frank; 

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 

Obama, and the bill expanded existing Federal hate 

crimes laws to include crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability; 

Whereas, on January 4, 2010, Mayor Annise D. Parker was 

sworn in as the first openly lesbian mayor of Houston, 

the largest city in the United States to have an openly 

LGBTQ mayor; 

Whereas, on November 2, 2010, Victoria Kolakowski was 

elected as the first openly transgender woman in California to serve as a trial court judge for the Alameda 

County Superior Court; 

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

into the City of Houston Municipal Courts as the first 

openly transgender judge in the Nation; 

Whereas, in December of 2010, Congress approved and 

President Obama signed the repeal of the ‘‘Don’t Ask, 


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Don’t Tell’’ law, allowing gays, lesbians, and bisexuals 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 2012 marked the first year that all 50 States in the 

United States had at least 1 openly LGBTQ elected official; 

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

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

title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 

Whereas, on June 12, 2012, Kylar Broadus became the first 

openly transgender person to testify in a United States 

Senate hearing; 

Whereas, on November 6, 2012, Representative Mark 

Takano, 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 Congressman Al Green; 

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 was sworn in 

as the first openly bisexual Member of Congress; 

Whereas, on March 11, 2013, a transgender inclusive version 

of the Violence Against Women Act was reauthorized; 

Whereas, on April 29, 2013, Jason Collins of the NBA became the first active male athlete in a North American 

major sports league to come out as a gay man; 


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Whereas, on June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the 

United States ruled, in United States v. Windsor, that 

section three of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) 

was unconstitutional and that the Federal Government 

cannot discriminate against married lesbian and gay couples for the purposes of determining Federal rights, benefits, and obligations; 

Whereas, on November 20, 2013, President Obama posthumously presented Bayard Rustin with a Presidential 

Medal of Freedom; 

Whereas, on June 9, 2014, Laverne Cox became the first 

openly transgender person on the cover of Time Magazine; 

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

openly gay African-American man to be confirmed as a 

Federal judge; 

Whereas, on July 10, 2014, Laverne Cox became the first 

openly transgender individual to be nominated for an 

Emmy Award; 

Whereas, on July 21, 2014, President Obama took action to 

protect LGBTQ 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, triathlete Chris Moiser became 

the first transgender athlete to earn a spot on the United 

States national team; 

Whereas, on June 9, 2015, the United States military’s equal 

opportunity policy was updated to protect servicemembers 

from harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation; 


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Whereas, on June 23, 2015, New York City’s Stonewall Inn 

received a landmark designation by the city’s Landmarks 

Preservation Commission so that the bar cannot be torn 

down or developed without approval; 

Whereas, on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the 

United States in Obergefell v. Hodges decided by a vote 

of 5–4 that the 14th Amendment requires all States to 

license marriages between same-sex couples and to recognize all marriages that were lawfully performed out-ofState; 

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

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

title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 

Whereas, on July 23, 2015, H.R. 3185, with the short title 

of the Equality Act, was introduced in the 114th Congress by Representative David Cicilline with bipartisan 

support, which amends the Nation’s Federal civil rights 

laws to explicitly include sexual orientation and gender 

identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination 

in employment, housing, credit, education, public accommodation, federally funded programs, and jury service; 

Whereas, on October 31, 2015, the Obama administration 

announced that it would approve the spouses of refugees 

who are approved for resettlement in the United States, 

including same-sex spouses who come from countries 

where legal unions are not possible; 

Whereas, in the first 10 weeks of 2016, according to a 

Human Rights Campaign tally, more than 200 bills 

across 34 States were introduced that are considered 

anti-LGBTQ, and the threat to the civil liberties of 


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LGBTQ people has increased on the State level since the 

Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality; 

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

Education released joint guidance to help provide educators the information they need to ensure that 

transgender students attend school in an environment 

free from discrimination based on sex; 

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

Secretary of the Army, marking the first time a branch 

of the military was led by an openly gay person; 

Whereas, on June 24, 2016, President Obama designated the 

first national monument to LGBTQ rights at the site of 

the Stonewall uprising; 

Whereas, on June 30, 2016, the Department of Defense announced an immediate policy change allowing transgender servicemembers to serve openly without fear of retribution; 

Whereas, on July 5, 2016, the National Congress of Parents 

and Teachers, known as the National PTA, adopted a 

resolution on the Recognition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, 

Transgender, and Queer/Questioning Individuals as a 

Protected Class; 

Whereas, on July 28, 2016, Human Rights Campaign national press secretary Sarah McBride spoke at the Democratic National Convention, making her the first transgender person to address a major party convention; 

Whereas, on October 3, 2016, the Department of Health and 

Human Services began a project which funds grants in 

relation to assessing the needs and determining intervention strategies of homeless LGBTQ youth; 


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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 April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, 

that lesbian, gay, and bisexual employees are protected 

from workplace discrimination under title VII of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964; 

Whereas, on May 30, 3017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, in Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District, that transgender students are protected from discrimination under title IX of the Education Amendments 

of 1972 and under the Equal Protection Clause of the 

14th Amendment to the Constitution; 

Whereas, on June 27, 2017, residents of the District of Columbia became the first in the Nation to be allowed to 

select a gender-neutral option on their driver’s license; 

Whereas, in July 2017, the first transgender doll was released, modeled after LGBTQ+ activist Jazz Jennings; 

Whereas, on November 7, 2017, Andrea Jenkins’ election to 

the Minneapolis City Council made her the first openly 

transgender woman to win 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 win a seat on the city council 

of a major United States city; 


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Whereas the election of Andrea Jenkins and Phillipe Cunningham made them the highest ranking openly 

transgender people of color currently serving in public office anywhere in the Nation; 

Whereas, on November 7, 2017, Danica Roem of Virginia became the first openly transgender person to win a seat 

and serve in a State legislature; 

Whereas, on March 4, 2018, Daniela Vega became the first 

openly transgender person to present at the Academy 

Awards; 

Whereas, on June 3, 2018, FX aired the show ‘‘Pose’’, making television history by featuring the largest cast of 

transgender actors in a series; 

Whereas, on June 4, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United 

States reaffirmed in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado 

Civil Rights Commission that businesses do not have a 

broad license to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans; 

Whereas, on November 6, 2018, Democratic Representative 

Jared Polis became the first openly gay man to be elected 

Governor in the United States, winning the race in the 

State of Colorado; 

Whereas, on November 6, 2018, Democratic Representative 

Sharice Davids became the first openly lesbian woman to 

represent Kansas in Congress; 

Whereas, on December 17, 2018, Miss Spain, Angel Ponce, 

became the first transgender woman to compete in the 

Miss Universe pageant; 

Whereas, on February 27, 2019, Navy Lieutenant Commander Blake Dremann, Army Captain Alivia Stehlik, 

Army Captain Jennifer Peace, Army Staff Sergeant Patricia King and Navy Petty Officer Third Class Akira 


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Wyatt became the first openly transgender servicemembers to testify before Congress; 

Whereas, on April 14, 2019, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg became the first openly gay person to run for the 

office of the Presidency; 

Whereas, on April 23, 2019, Jane Castor became the first 

openly LGBTQ person elected as mayor in Tampa, Florida; 

Whereas, in April 2019, Morehouse College announced that 

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

Whereas, on May 17, 2019, the House of Representatives 

passed the Equality Act, which amends the Nation’s Federal civil rights laws to explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identity among the prohibited categories 

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

and jury service; 

Whereas, on May 20, 2019, Lori Lightfoot began to serve as 

Mayor of Chicago, becoming the first African-American 

lesbian Mayor; 

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

in Asia to legally recognize same-sex marriage; 

Whereas, in May 2019, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled that 

homophobia and transphobia will be punishable under the 

same law banning racial discrimination; 

Whereas, in June 2019, New York City becomes the first 

American city to host the World Pride conference; 

Whereas June 28, 2019, was the 50th anniversary of the courageous uprising at Stonewall Inn; 


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Whereas, on June 30, 2019, New York Governor Andrew 

Cuomo signed a law banning the use of the so-called gay 

and trans panic legal defense strategy; 

Whereas, in July 2019, Megan Rapinoe, an openly lesbian cocaptain of the United States Women’s National Soccer 

Team, led her team to victory at the Women’s World Cup 

in France; 

Whereas, on September 22, 2019, Billy Porter became the 

first openly gay Black man to win the Emmy for best 

lead actor in a drama series: 

Whereas, on June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court of the 

United States ruled 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 

Whereas the inclusion of LGBTQ families into United States 

society continues to expand, with an understanding that 

we will remain steadfast in pursing the goal of complete 

equality, respect, and tolerance for all, regardless of who 

someone loves or the gender a person is assigned at birth: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

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

3 transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights are human 

4 rights and are protected by the Constitution; 

5 (2) recognizes that all Americans should be 

6 treated fairly and equally regardless of sexual ori7 entation or gender identity; 


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1 (3) acknowledges the struggle of the Stonewall 

2 and Compton’s Cafeteria protestors and countless 

3 other lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer 

4 people for equality; 

5 (4) encourages the celebration of LGBTQ Pride 

6 Month to provide a continuing opportunity for all 

7 people in the United States to learn about the dis8 crimination and inequality that has faced, and con9 tinues to face, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 

10 and queer people; and 

11 (5) agrees that the United States must continue 

12 to strive to ensure that the promise of equality is re13 alized for all Americans. 

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