IV 
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. BLU-
MENAUER, 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. CROCK-
ETT, 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. STRICK-
LAND, 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 Kan-
sas, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. BROWN, Mr. 
THANEDAR, Mr. HOYER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. COHEN, Ms. LEE of Pennsyl-
vania, 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 res-
olution; 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 cospon-
sor of this resolution; 
Whereas Members of this Congress support the rights, free-
doms, and equality of those who are lesbian, gay, bisex-
ual, 
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 bru-
tality and improper policing of the LGBTQIA+ commu-
nity; 
Whereas those who took a stand for human rights and dig-
nity 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 Syl-
via 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 Chris-
topher 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 Psy-
chiatric 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 Massachu-
setts 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 Free-
dom Day parade in response to calls by gay elected offi-
cials 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+ peo-
ple, 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 Les-
bian and Gay Rights to demand that President Reagan 
address the AIDS crisis; 
Whereas, in 1987, Representative Barney Frank of Massa-
chusetts became the first United States Representative to 
voluntarily come out as an openly gay Member of Con-
gress; 
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Whereas Urvashi Vaid cofounded the Creating Change Con-
ference in 1988, the largest annual LGBTQIA+ con-
ference 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 peo-
ple; 
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 pro-
tests in United States history; 
Whereas, on May 20, 1996, the Supreme Court of the United 
States held in Romer v. Evans that a Colorado constitu-
tional amendment preventing the enactment of non-
discrimination protections for gay, lesbian, and bisexual 
persons in Colorado was unconstitutional; 
Whereas, on October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay stu-
dent at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, tortured, 
and left to die, drawing attention to sexual-orientation re-
lated hate crimes and ultimately to the passage of the 
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Pre-
vention 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 Remem-
brance, 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 Ap-
peals held in Rosa v. Park West Bank that a transgender 
person had recourse under the prohibition on sex dis-
crimination 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-to- 
one 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 pri-
vate, intimate relationships of same-sex couples; 
Whereas, on August 5, 2004, the Sixth Circuit Court of Ap-
peals 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 ap-
pointed 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 Cap-
itol 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 Cali-
fornia, 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, les-
bian, 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 Oppor-
tunity 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 Sen-
ator; 
Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona 
was sworn in as the first openly bisexual Member of Con-
gress; 
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 Fed-
eral Government cannot discriminate against married 
same-sex couples when determining Federal rights, bene-
fits, and obligations; 
Whereas, in November of 2013, Harris County Sheriff Adri-
an Garcia issued a policy designed to protect and guar-
antee equal treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and 
transgender inmates, including allowing transgender indi-
viduals 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 Maga-
zine; 
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 Ex-
ecutive order prohibiting Federal contractors from dis-
criminating 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 Pres-
ervation Commission of New York City so that the Stone-
wall Inn cannot be torn down or developed without ap-
proval; 
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 Oppor-
tunity 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 em-
ployment, housing, credit, education, public accommoda-
tion, 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 anti- 
LGBTQIA+ 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 fo-
cusing 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 environ-
ment 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 dis-
proportionately affected by violence and hate crimes; 
Whereas, on June 12, 2016, one of the deadliest mass shoot-
ings 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 activi-
ties toward transgender and gender-nonconforming peo-
ple have involved a gun; 
Whereas 40 percent of transgender people report having at-
tempted suicide in their lifetime, nearly 9 times the na-
tional 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 des-
ignated 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 an-
nounced 
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, Bisex-
ual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Indi-
viduals 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 be-
came the first openly bisexual person to win a guber-
natorial 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 Ap-
peals 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 Ap-
peals held in Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School Dis-
trict that transgender students are protected from dis-
crimination 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 Co-
lumbia became the first in the United States to be al-
lowed to select a gender-neutral option on their driver li-
cense; 
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 Jen-
kins 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 elec-
tion 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 be-
came 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’’, mak-
ing 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 Commis-
sion that businesses do not have a broad license to dis-
criminate 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 Rep-
resentative 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 Com-
mander Blake Dremann, Army Captain Alivia Stehlik, 
Army Captain Jennifer Peace, Army Staff Sergeant Pa-
tricia 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 admit-
ting 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 sex-
ual 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 punish-
able 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 con-
ference; 
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 Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development issued a 
memorandum prohibiting discrimination based on an in-
dividual’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 re-
quiring confirmation by the Senate, and on October 19, 
2021, became the first openly transgender four-star offi-
cer 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+ per-
sons 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes that lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, 
queer, 
intersex, 
and 
asexual 
(LGBTQIA+) rights are human rights and are pro-
tected by the Constitution; 
(2) recognizes that all United States citizens 
should be treated fairly and equally regardless of 
sexual orientation, sex characteristics, or gender 
identity and that LGBTQIA+ history plays an inte-
gral role in the history of the United States; 
(3) acknowledges the struggle of the Stonewall 
Inn and Gene Compton’s Cafeteria protesters and 
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countless other lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 
queer, intersex, and asexual people for equality; 
(4) encourages the celebration of LGBTQIA+ 
Pride Month to provide a continuing opportunity for 
all people in the United States to learn about the 
discrimination and inequality that lesbian, gay, bi-
sexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual 
people have faced, and continue to face, in tandem 
with triumphs over tragedy and victories in spite of 
barriers; and 
(5) agrees that the United States must continue 
to strive to ensure that the promise of equality is re-
alized for all people of the United States. 
Æ 
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