IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 388 
Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against 
Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2019 
Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Ms. TITUS, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, 
Ms. 
FRANKEL, 
Mr. 
PALLONE, 
Ms. 
MOORE, 
Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 
LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. NADLER, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KILMER, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. CORREA, 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. CRIST, Mr. HIGGINS of 
New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. GARCIA of 
Texas, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
RASKIN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, 
Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. HIMES, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mrs. CRAIG, Ms. PORTER, 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. BLUNT ROCH-
ESTER, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. SWALWELL of 
California, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
PAYNE, and Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day 
Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. 
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Whereas over 11,000,000 American adults identify as lesbian, 
gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), and 1,300,000 
high schoolers identify as LGBT; 
Whereas, according to a February 2013 report by the Wil-
liams Institute, an estimated 3,000,000 LGBT Ameri-
cans have had a child and as many as 6,000,000 Amer-
ican children and adults have an LGBT parent; 
Whereas the Center for American Progress found 1 in 4 
LGBT people reported experiencing discrimination in 
some area of their lives because of their sexual orienta-
tion or gender identity in 2016; 
Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia con-
tribute to disparities in physical and mental health indi-
cators such as depression, substance use, cancer, and ex-
periences of abuse and violence; 
Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fur-
ther report that homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia 
limit an individual’s ability to access high-quality health 
care and negatively affect such individual’s income and 
employment status; 
Whereas, according to the Global Commission on HIV and 
the Law, homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia con-
tribute to disproportionately high rates of HIV among 
men who have sex with men and transgender women; 
Whereas, according to a 2017 survey by GLSEN (formerly 
known as the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Net-
work), 87 percent of students who identify as LGBT 
were harassed at school in the past year due to their sex-
ual orientation, 60 percent felt unsafe at school because 
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of their sexual orientation, and 40 percent because of 
their gender identity; 
Whereas youth who are LGBT are 120 percent more likely 
to experience homelessness than their non-LGBT coun-
terparts and are likely to lack access to health care and 
develop stress-related disorders; 
Whereas youth who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual are 
over 4 times more likely to attempt suicide compared to 
their heterosexual counterparts and transgender youth 
are over 5 times more likely to attempt suicide than their 
cisgender counterparts; 
Whereas homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia are associ-
ated with minority stress that may underlie sexual behav-
iors that can increase the risk of HIV and AIDS trans-
mission, and also create additional barriers for LGBT in-
dividuals to access prevention and treatment for HIV and 
AIDS; 
Whereas, the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, a study of 
27,715 transgender adults, found that 77 percent of 
those who were out or perceived as transgender in K–12 
were harassed, physically or sexually assaulted, or faced 
other 
forms 
of 
mistreatment 
because 
of 
being 
transgender, and nearly 1 in 5 (17 percent) were forced 
to leave a school because of the severity of mistreatment 
that they faced; 
Whereas the Center for American Progress found 8 percent 
of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer survey respondents 
and 29 percent of transgender respondents reported a 
doctor refused to see them because of their actual or per-
ceived LGBT status and LGBT patients who experienced 
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discrimination were nearly 7 times more likely than those 
who had not to avoid going to a doctor; 
Whereas LGBT adults are over twice as likely to be unin-
sured than their non-LGBT counterparts and LGBT 
adults, particularly bisexual men and women, are more 
likely to experience poverty; 
Whereas 68 countries still criminalize homosexuality, and 
LGBT people in these countries face violence, increased 
discrimination, and blackmail; 
Whereas, according to the World Health Organization, in 
some countries transgender women are 80 times more 
likely to have HIV, and there were 2,982 reported 
killings of transgender people in 72 countries between 
2008 and 2018; and 
Whereas the European Parliament and other international 
bodies observe May 17 as an International Day Against 
Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of an Inter-
national Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, 
and Biphobia; 
(2) encourages the Federal Government, States, 
localities, nonprofit organizations, schools, and com-
munity organizations to observe the day with appro-
priate programs and activities, with the goal of in-
creasing 
public 
knowledge 
of 
homophobia, 
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transphobia, and biphobia and empowering commu-
nities to celebrate and respect their diversity; 
(3) encourages health care providers to offer 
culturally and clinically competent care to the LGBT 
community, schools to support the creation of gay- 
straight alliances to achieve safer learning environ-
ments, and individuals to learn about national re-
sources for those who identify as LGBT; and 
(4) encourages the Federal Government, States, 
international funding organizations, and United 
States bilateral and multilateral aid efforts to 
prioritize the health and human rights of LGBT 
people. 
Æ 
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