IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 52 
Recognizing and honoring the work of community organizations and individ-
uals who create and maintain services and educational programs for 
marginalized groups ensuring the resilience and prosperity of members 
of the LGBTQIA+ community. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2025 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
SEWELL, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. DOGGETT, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 
SWALWELL, and Mr. CARSON) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing and honoring the work of community organiza-
tions and individuals who create and maintain services 
and educational programs for marginalized groups ensur-
ing the resilience and prosperity of members of the 
LGBTQIA+ community. 
Whereas LGBTQIA+ community spaces provide critical envi-
ronments, both historically and in the present, where in-
dividuals of diverse sexual orientations and gender identi-
ties can express themselves authentically, free from dis-
crimination, violence, or judgment, while fostering a 
sense of belonging, mental and emotional well-being, and 
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community support, and have served as incubators for 
cultural expression, social activism, and education on 
issues of equality and justice; 
Whereas the term ‘‘LGBTQIA+’’ is understood to mean les-
bian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer, 
intersex, asexual, and other identities; 
Whereas community partnership organizations have been in-
strumental in establishing, maintaining, and expanding 
these spaces through their dedication, advocacy, and re-
source mobilization; 
Whereas LGBTQIA+ community spaces include and uplift 
members who are also from racially and ethnically diverse 
backgrounds emphasizing the need for solidarity and mu-
tual understanding; 
Whereas, in June 1969, the Stonewall Inn—a bar known for 
serving LGBTQIA+ community members at a time when 
being LGBTQIA+ was illegal—was raided by the City of 
New York Police Department, leading to a six-day pro-
test led by a diverse coalition including transgender 
women of color such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia 
Rivera, demonstrating intersectional solidarity in main-
taining community support spaces; 
Whereas the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Defamation League, later 
known as GLAAD, held its first meeting in 1985 at the 
New York Community Center, convening over 400 
LGBTQIA+ people and providing an unprecedented op-
portunity for members within the LBGTQIA+ commu-
nity to openly and unabashedly discuss ongoing political 
and social issues facing the LGBTQIA+ community; 
Whereas, in 1987, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, also 
known as ACT UP, was founded through the unity of 
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smaller LGBTQIA+ organizations and individuals to 
fight discrimination against those with Acquired Im-
munodeficiency Syndrome, also known as AIDS, in poli-
tics and the health care industry, often facing military 
and police aggression for holding strategizing meetings in 
semipublic places, and whose valiant efforts helped com-
bat the social and political stigma around AIDS; 
Whereas ballroom, an underground LGBTQIA+ artform that 
emerged out of burlesque shows in the late 1800s and 
gained mainstream prominence in cities such as New 
York and Chicago by the 1990s, provided a platform for 
teams to compete and enhanced recognition of the 
LGBTQIA+ community; 
Whereas bars and nightclubs that have historically held space 
for the LGBTQIA+ community have declined by 37 per-
cent in the last decade, making up only 1.5 percent of 
the total share of bars and clubs in the United States, 
with only 32 lesbian bars and nightclubs in existence 
across the Nation; 
Whereas, according to a 2020 analysis of the National Crime 
Victimization Survey by the Williams Institute at UCLA 
Law School, sexual and gender minorities disproportion-
ately face victimization, experiencing violent victimization 
at a rate of 71.1 per 1000 people compared with 19.2 per 
1000 people for those who are not sexual or gender mi-
norities; 
Whereas the New York City Anti-Violence Project’s 
LGBTQIA+ 2022 Safe Spaces National Needs Assess-
ment found that 62.1 percent of 380 LGBTQIA+ busi-
nesses, groups, and organizations surveyed experienced at 
least 1 incident of hate violence in 2022 and 9 in 10 or-
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ganizations expressed a need for security measures they 
do not currently have; 
Whereas ensuring access to resources and investments for 
LGBTQIA+ businesses, groups, and organizations to 
continue supporting vulnerable populations is a critical 
need; and 
Whereas when protected spaces are infiltrated by violence and 
hatred, innocent people are the ones who pay the price, 
oftentimes with their lives, and the 2016 Pulse Nightclub 
shooting in Orlando took the lives of 49 individuals, and 
the 2022 Club Q shooting took the lives of 5 individuals, 
both of which gravely damaged the psyche and sense of 
security for the respective local communities and 
LGBTQIA+ organizations: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the necessity and work of those 
who create LGBTQIA+ community spaces with the 
goals of equality; 
(2) commends those who foster community 
partnerships between marginalized groups and local 
resources; 
(3) acknowledges the historical importance of 
community-building spaces in the intersectional fight 
against homophobic, racist, misogynistic, and hateful 
oppression; 
(4) honors current and past organizations and 
individuals dedicated to providing marginalized 
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groups, like the LGBTQIA+ community and people 
of color, with space to commune and organize; 
(5) affirms the importance of education and 
awareness initiatives that highlight the historical 
and cultural significance of LGBTQIA+ community 
spaces; and 
(6) encourages continued support by Congress 
for community organizations and individuals who 
continue to create community for marginalized 
groups. 
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