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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 568 

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

Month. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 30, 2023 

Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 

Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CARSON, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Ms. 

CRAIG, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. BALINT, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 

Mr. FOSTER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. HIGGINS of 

New York, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 

ALLRED, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SOTO, Mr. DAVID

SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Ms. ROSS, Mr. KILMER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. PALLONE, 

Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. MENG, 

Mr. LANDSMAN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. 

BOWMAN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. CROW, Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina, Mrs. MCCLELLAN, Mr. 

NADLER, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. HIMES, 

Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. MORELLE, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. CHU, Ms. 

BROWNLEY, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. MANNING, Ms. PORTER, Mr. 

MULLIN, Mr. MFUME, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mrs. 

FLETCHER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, 

Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. FROST, Ms. 

STANSBURY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. MCGARVEY, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, 

Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. 

TONKO, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 

LARSEN of Washington, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA

of California, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. 

JACOBS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. BROWN, Mr. 

THANEDAR, Mr. HOYER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. COHEN, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 

KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. LIEU, Ms. LEGER

FERNANDEZ, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, 


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Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. NICKEL, Mr. KEATING, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 

Ms. LOFGREN, and Mr. JACKSON of Illinois) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

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 2023’’; 

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 


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subject to police harassment and invidious discrimination 

based on sexual orientation and gender identity; 

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; 


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

debuted a rainbow flag at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade in response to calls by gay elected officials to designate a symbol for the community, 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, which was inspired by the March on Washington in 

1963 and the assassination of Harvey Milk in 1978; 

Whereas Democrats took a stance in support of gay rights at 

the Democratic National Convention in 1980; 

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 October of 1987, thousands of activists took part 

in the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights to demand that President Reagan 

address the AIDS crisis; 

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; 


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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, in March of 1991, Glen Maxey became the first 

openly LGBTQIA+ person elected to the Texas State 

House; 

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 May 20, 1996, the Supreme Court of the United 

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

persons in Colorado was unconstitutional; 

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

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; 

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; 


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Whereas, in 2000, Vermont became the first State in the 

United States to legally recognize civil unions between 

same-sex couples; 

Whereas, on June 8, 2000, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held in Rosa v. Park West Bank that a transgender 

person had recourse under the prohibition on sex discrimination provided for in the Equal Credit Opportunity 

Act after being denied a loan for dressing in traditionally 

feminine attire; 

Whereas, in December of 2000, the Netherlands became the 

first nation to legalize same-sex marriage when the 

States General of the Netherlands passed, by a three-toone margin, a landmark bill allowing same-sex marriage; 

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, on August 5, 2004, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Smith v. City of Salem that title VII of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects transgender employees 

from workplace discrimination; 

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; 


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Whereas, in 2009, Diego Miguel Sanchez became the first 

openly transgender senior congressional 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 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; 

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

sworn in as the first openly lesbian Mayor of Houston; 

Whereas, on November 2, 2010, Victoria Kolakowski was 

elected to the Alameda County Superior Court in California, becoming the first openly transgender woman to 

serve as a trial court judge in the United States; 

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; 


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Whereas 2012 was the first year in which all 50 States in 

the United States had not less than 1 openly 

LGBTQIA+ elected official; 

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 June 12, 2012, Kylar Broadus became the first 

openly transgender person to testify in a hearing before 

the United States Senate; 

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; 

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

Act of 1994 was reauthorized and included protections 

for transgender persons; 

Whereas, on April 29, 2013, National Basketball Association 

athlete Jason Collins became the first active male athlete 

in a North American major sports league to come out as 

gay; 

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

United States v. Windsor that section 3 of the Defense 


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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, in November of 2013, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia issued a policy designed to protect and guarantee equal treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and 

transgender inmates, including allowing transgender individuals to be housed based on the gender they identify 

with instead of their biological sex; 

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 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 Black man to be confirmed as a Federal 

judge; 

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

openly transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy 

Award; 

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; 


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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; 

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

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 


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who are approved for resettlement in the United States, 

including same-sex spouses who come from countries 

where legal unions are not possible; 

Whereas, according to a Human Rights Campaign tally, more 

than 200 items of legislation considered to be antiLGBTQIA+ were introduced across 34 States during the 

first 10 weeks of 2016; 

Whereas threats to the civil liberties of LGBTQIA+ people 

have increased on the State level since the holding of the 

Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges; 

Whereas, in February of 2016, the Greater Houston LGBT 

Chamber of Commerce launched, becoming one of the 

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 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; 


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Whereas, since 2013, nearly two-thirds of fatal violent activities toward transgender and gender-nonconforming people have involved a gun; 

Whereas 40 percent of transgender people report having attempted suicide in their lifetime, nearly 9 times the national average; 

Whereas 54 percent of transgender people responding to a 

2015 survey experienced some form of intimate partner 

violence, including acts involving coercive control and 

physical harm; 

Whereas LGBTQIA+ youth experience dating violence at 

rates significantly higher than their non-LGBTQIA+ 

peers; 

Whereas, on June 24, 2016, President Barack Obama designated the first national monument to LGBTQIA+ 

rights at the site of the Stonewall Uprising, cementing its 

significance in LGBTQIA+ history as well as the overall 

history of the United States; 

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 5, 2016, the National Congress of Parents 

and Teachers, known as the National PTA, adopted a 

resolution entitled ‘‘Recognition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Individuals as a Protected Class’’; 

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; 


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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 held 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, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held 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; 

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 the first transgender doll was released in July of 

2017, modeled after LGBTQIA+ activist Jazz Jennings; 

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 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 television series; 

Whereas, on June 4, 2018, the Supreme Court reaffirmed in 

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission that businesses do not have a broad license to discriminate against LGBTQIA+ Americans; 

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, on November 6, 2018, Democratic Representative 

Sharice Davids became the first openly lesbian Representative from Kansas in Congress; 

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

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 

Wyatt became the first openly transgender 

servicemembers to testify before Congress; 


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

openly LGBTQIA+ person elected as mayor in Tampa, 

Florida; 

Whereas, in April of 2019, Morehouse College announced 

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

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

passed the Equality Act, which amends the Federal civil 

rights laws of the United States 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 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, in May of 2019, the Supreme Court of Brazil held 

that homophobia and transphobia would become punishable under the same law banning racial discrimination; 

Whereas, in June of 2019, New York City became the first 

city in the United States to host the WorldPride conference; 

Whereas June 28, 2019, marked the 50th anniversary of the 

courageous uprising at Stonewall Inn; 

Whereas, in July of 2019, Megan Rapinoe, an openly lesbian 

co-captain of the United States Women’s National Soccer 

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

in France; 


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

first openly gay Black man to win an Emmy for best lead 

actor in a drama series; 

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; 

Whereas, in November of 2020, 1,006 or more LGBTQIA+ 

candidates ran for office in the United States, more than 

ever before; 

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 February 11, 2021, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a 

memorandum prohibiting discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity; 

Whereas, on February 18, 2021, Representative David 

Cicilline of Rhode Island introduced the Equality Act, 

H.R. 5, in the 117th Congress, which amends 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; 


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

the first openly transgender person to hold an office requiring 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, as of 2023, marriage between same-sex couples is 

legally performed and recognized in 34 Nations; 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; 

6 (2) recognizes that all United States citizens 

7 should be treated fairly and equally regardless of 

8 sexual orientation, sex characteristics, or gender 

9 identity and that LGBTQIA+ history plays an inte10 gral role in the history of the United States; 

11 (3) acknowledges the struggle of the Stonewall 

12 Inn and Gene Compton’s Cafeteria protesters and 


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1 countless other lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 

2 queer, intersex, and asexual people for equality; 

3 (4) encourages the celebration of LGBTQIA+ 

4 Pride Month to provide a continuing opportunity for 

5 all people in the United States to learn about the 

6 discrimination and inequality that lesbian, gay, bi7 sexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual 

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

9 with triumphs over tragedy and victories in spite of 

10 barriers; 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 people of the United States. 

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