IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 972 
Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQ Pride Month. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2018 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. CLARKE 
of New York, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. KIHUEN, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. POCAN, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. WILSON of 
Florida, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALO-
NEY
of New York, Mrs. MURPHY
of Florida, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. 
CRIST, Mrs. DINGELL, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. KILMER, Ms. 
BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. 
ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. HECK, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. 
POLIS, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. LEE, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 
HIMES, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. WELCH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. CORREA, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. LAR-
SEN of Washington, Mr. SIRES, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. BASS, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. KEATING, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mrs. LAWRENCE, 
Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. O’ROURKE, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. EVANS, 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
PETERS, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. TITUS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. WALZ, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, and Mr. MCEACHIN) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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RESOLUTION 
Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as 
LGBTQ Pride Month. 
Whereas this resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Original 
LGBTQ Pride Month Resolution of 2018’’; 
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, and queer (LGBTQ); 
Whereas in the summer of 1963, Bayard Rustin organized 
the March on Washington as an openly gay African- 
American man; 
Whereas in August of 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 LGBTQ 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 pioneers of the LGBTQ movement, including 
two transgender women of color, Sylvia Rivera and Mar-
sha P. Johnson, who were brave visible leaders in the up-
rising at Stonewall Inn; 
Whereas the LGBTQ Stonewall and Compton’s Cafeteria 
protestors were subject to police harassment and invid-
ious discrimination based on sexual orientation and gen-
der identity; 
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Whereas these decisive moments in history were followed by 
the creation of LGBTQ rights organizations in every 
major city in the United States within years of the 
uprisings; 
Whereas these uprisings have been followed by many historic 
milestones for the LGBTQ community; 
Whereas in December of 1973, the board of the American 
Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality 
from its list of mental illnesses; 
Whereas in 1974, Elaine Noble became the first openly 
LGBTQ candidate elected to a State legislature in the 
United States when she won a seat in the Massachusetts 
House of Representatives; 
Whereas in 1975, the Civil Service Commission eliminated 
the ban on the employment of homosexuals in most Fed-
eral 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 of 1979, 75,000 people participated in 
the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay 
Rights to demand equal civil rights; 
Whereas in 1980, Democrats took a stance in support of gay 
rights at the Democratic National Convention; 
Whereas in 1982, Wisconsin became the first State to ban 
discrimination based on sexual orientation; 
Whereas in 1983, after initial refusal from lead organizers to 
allow an openly LGBTQ person to speak, Audre Lorde 
was selected by Black LGBTQ groups to speak at the 
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