IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 160 
Recognizing Black History Month as an important time to celebrate the 
remarkable and unique contributions of all LGBTQI+ Black Americans 
in United States history. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2023 
Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. POCAN, 
Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BUSH, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTER of 
Louisiana, Mr. CASE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GREEN 
of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MENG, 
Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PORTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Ms. WILSON of Flor-
ida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing Black History Month as an important time to 
celebrate the remarkable and unique contributions of all 
LGBTQI+ Black Americans in United States history. 
Whereas Black History Month is a historic tradition begin-
ning in 1926 to honor and celebrate the aspirations and 
accomplishments of Black individuals, both past and con-
temporary; 
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Whereas our Nation has been enriched by the countless con-
tributions of generations of LGBTQI+ Black individuals, 
most of whom have never been seen or recognized; 
Whereas untold LGBTQI+ Black individuals have experi-
enced the compounding impacts of racism and anti- 
LGBTQI+ bias and hatred, but nonetheless continued to 
fight for justice and equity; 
Whereas it is critically important to reflect upon and cele-
brate the unique contributions that Black LGBTQI+ 
leaders have made throughout the history of our Nation; 
Whereas Alvin Ailey was a famed dancer and choreographer, 
who moved audiences with his thrillingly theatrical dance 
moves for decades; 
Whereas James Baldwin was a powerful novelist, playwright, 
and social critic, who educated and prodded our Nation’s 
conscience with his words; 
Whereas Glenn Burke, a Major League Baseball player for 
the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics, was the 
league’s first openly gay player and delighted the world 
by inventing the high-five; 
Whereas Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, two of the three 
founders of Black Lives Matter, inspired a civil rights 
movement grounded in justice and equality; 
Whereas Andrea Jenkins is the first openly transgender 
woman to be elected to public office in the State of Min-
nesota and the first Black transgender woman elected to 
public office in the Nation; 
Whereas Martin Jenkins made history in 2020 as the first 
openly gay California Supreme Court Justice and just the 
third Black man to serve on the State’s highest court; 
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Whereas Marsha P. Johnson was a transgender rights activ-
ist and drag performer who fought anti-LGBTQI+ police 
raids and helped lead the Stonewall Uprising in June 
1969; 
Whereas Barbara Jordan was a lawyer, civil rights leader, 
and the first African American elected to the House of 
Representatives from Texas; 
Whereas Simone Bell made history as the first out Black les-
bian ever elected to serve in a State legislature; 
Whereas Storme´ DeLarverie, born in 1920, was a drag king 
performer of the Jewel Box Revue and a community ad-
vocate; 
Whereas Lori Lightfoot made history in 2019, when she was 
elected the first openly LGBTQI+ person and first Black 
woman to serve as mayor of Chicago, the Nation’s third 
largest city; 
Whereas Karine Jean-Pierre made history in 2022, when she 
was selected the first openly LGBTQI+ person and first 
Black woman to serve as White House Press Secretary; 
Whereas Angela Davis has been a radical champion of civil 
rights and social justice as an author, professor, scholar, 
and activist for LGBTQI+ rights, gender equity, and 
anti-racism; 
Whereas Audre Lorde, an acclaimed poet, author, and essay-
ist, gave countless readers the gift of her insights on 
race, class, and gender; 
Whereas Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a transgender activist 
and Stonewall Uprising veteran, has spoken out for jus-
tice for marginalized communities for decades; 
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Whereas Frances Thompson, a former slave, made history as 
the first transgender woman to testify before a congres-
sional committee in 1886; 
Whereas Pauli Murray, LGBTQI+ feminist, author, lawyer, 
and minister was the first Black woman to be ordained 
an Episcopal priest; 
Whereas Ron Oden made history in Palm Springs, California, 
as the first Black openly gay mayor of a United States 
city; 
Whereas Bayard Rustin was a civil rights activist who stood 
shoulder-to-shoulder with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 
and the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington; 
Whereas Sean Saifa Wall, a Black intersex and transgender 
activist, speaks out against surgical and medical interven-
tions on intersex infants and fights for intersex liberation 
entwined with Black liberation; 
Whereas Bria Brown-King was the first intersex person to 
speak about intersex issues on the steps of the Supreme 
Court; 
Whereas Jewel Thais-Williams founded Jewel’s Catch One in 
1973 as an inclusive, welcoming space for Black 
LGBTQI+ Angelenos to gather and celebrate alongside 
legendary performers such as Whitney Houston, Janet 
Jackson, Donna Summer, and Whoopi Goldberg; 
Whereas Jahni Leggett is a passionate advocate for intersex 
youth of color and fights against medically unnecessary 
surgeries performed on intersex babies and children; 
Whereas Black advocates have deep and valuable experience 
promoting 
equality 
and 
are 
now 
leading 
major 
LGBTQI+ advocacy groups, including Kelley Robinson 
at the Human Rights Campaign, Imani Rupert-Gordon 
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at National Center for Lesbian Rights, Kierra Johnson 
at National LGBTQ Task Force, David Johns at Na-
tional Black Justice Coalition, Gabriel Foster at Trans 
Justice Funding Project, Carter Brown at Black 
TransMen Inc., Melanie Willingham-Jaggers at GLSEN, 
and Stacey Stevenson at Family Equality Council; and 
Whereas Phill Wilson is the visionary founder of the Black 
AIDS Institute and a tireless advocate for people living 
with HIV: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes Black History Month as an important time to cele-
brate the remarkable and unique contributions of all 
LGBTQI+ Black Americans in United States history— 
those whose names we easily recognize and those whose 
names we will never know. 
Æ 
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