IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 489 
Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQIA+ Pride 
Month. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2021 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. WELCH, Mr. KEATING, Mrs. CAROLYN 
B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 
BASS, Ms. DEAN, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. 
LYNCH, 
Ms. 
NORTON, 
Mr. 
MOULTON, 
Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 
AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. BARRAGA´N, 
Ms. MENG, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. CICILLINE, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. OCASIO-COR-
TEZ, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. TITUS, 
Ms. BUSH, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
TORRES of New York, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SIRES, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. 
BROWNLEY, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. 
TORRES of California, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. KAHELE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. LIEU, 
Ms. STEVENS, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. NADLER, Ms. ESCOBAR, 
Mr. CARSON, Mr. KILMER, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mr. TRONE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. JONES, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. CHU, Mr. COSTA, Ms. 
NEWMAN, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
WATERS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTER of Lou-
isiana, Ms. JACOBS of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. CRIST) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
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•HRES 489 IH 
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 2021’’; 
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 the summer of 1963, Bayard Rustin organized 
and presented the crucial 10 demands of the March on 
Washington as an openly gay African-American man; 
Whereas, in August 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 LGBTQIA+ community; 
Whereas those who took a stand for human rights and dig-
nity at the Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 28, 
1969, were led by brave and visible pioneers of the 
LGBTQIA+ movement, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia 
Rivera, two transgender women of color; 
Whereas the LGBTQIA+ Stonewall Inn and Compton’s Caf-
eteria protesters were subject to police harassment and 
invidious discrimination based on sexual orientation and 
gender identity; 
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Whereas these decisive moments in history were followed by 
the creation of LGBTQIA+ rights organizations in every 
major city of the United States within years of the 
uprisings; 
Whereas these uprisings have been followed by many historic 
milestones for the LGBTQIA+ community; 
Whereas, in December 1973, the board of the American Psy-
chiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from 
its list of mental illnesses; 
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; 
Whereas, in October 1979, 75,000 people participated in the 
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay 
Rights to demand equal civil rights for LGBTQIA+ indi-
viduals and was inspired by the 1963 March on Wash-
ington as well as the assassination of Harvey Milk in 
1978; 
Whereas Democrats took a stance in support of gay rights at 
the 1980 Democratic National Convention; 
Whereas, in 1982, Wisconsin became the first State to ban 
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; 
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