IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 772 
Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQ Pride Month. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2016 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. POCAN, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. POLIS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 
Mr. TAKANO, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as 
LGBTQ Pride Month. 
Whereas this resolution shall be cited as the Original LGBTQ 
Pride Month Resolution of 2016; 
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 those who took a stand for human rights and dig-
nity at the Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 28, 
1969, are among the pioneers within this movement; 
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Whereas the LGBTQ Stonewall protestors were subject to 
police harassment and invidious discrimination based on 
sexual orientation and gender identity; 
Whereas this decisive moment in history was followed by the 
creation of gay rights organizations in every major city 
in the United States within two years of the Stonewall 
uprising; 
Whereas the Stonewall uprising has been followed by many 
positive progressive historic moments; 
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 October 1987, thousands of activists took part in 
the National March on Washington to demand that 
President Reagan address the AIDS crisis; 
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Whereas in 1987, Congressman Barney Frank of Massachu-
setts became the first Representative to voluntarily come 
out as an openly gay Member of Congress; 
Whereas in May of 1996, in Romer v. Evans, the United 
States Supreme Court decided that a Colorado constitu-
tional amendment preventing the enactment of protec-
tions for gays and lesbians in that State was unconstitu-
tional; 
Whereas at the turn of the century in 2000, Vermont became 
the first State in the country to legally recognize civil 
unions between gay and lesbian couples; 
Whereas, on June 26, 2003, the Supreme Court of the 
United States ruled in Lawrence v. Texas, that under the 
14th amendment, States could not criminalize the pri-
vate, intimate relationships of same-sex couples; 
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 Obama; 
Whereas the bill expanded existing Federal hate crimes laws 
to include crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or per-
ceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or dis-
ability; 
Whereas, on January 4, 2010, Mayor Annise D. Parker was 
sworn in as Houston’s first openly gay mayor; 
Whereas in December of 2010, Congress approved and Presi-
dent Obama signed the repeal of the ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t 
Tell’’ law, allowing gays, lesbians, and bisexuals to serve 
openly in the United States Armed Forces; 
Whereas the year 2012 marked the first year that all 50 
States in the United States had at least one openly 
LGBTQ elected official; 
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Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin 
was sworn in as the first openly gay United States Sen-
ator; 
Whereas, on June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme 
Court ruled, in United States v. Windsor, that section 3 
of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitu-
tional and that the Federal Government cannot discrimi-
nate against married lesbian and gay couples for the pur-
poses of determining Federal benefits and protections; 
Whereas, on July 21, 2014, President Obama took action to 
protect LGBT workers by signing an Executive order 
prohibiting Federal contractors from discriminating on 
the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; 
Whereas, on June 8, 2015, Triathelete Chris Moiser became 
the first transgender athlete to earn a spot on the United 
States national team; 
Whereas, on June 9, 2015, the United States military’s equal 
opportunity policy was updated to protect LGBT service 
men and women from harassment and discrimination; 
Whereas, on June 23, 2015, New York City’s Stonewall Inn 
received a landmark designation by the city’s Landmarks 
Preservation Commission so that the bar cannot be torn 
down or developed without approval; 
Whereas, on June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme 
Court in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges decided by a 
vote of 5–4 that the 14th amendment requires all States 
to license marriages between same-sex couples and to rec-
ognize all marriages that were lawfully performed out of 
State; 
Whereas, on July 2015, the Equality Act was introduced on 
July 23, 2015, by Congressman David Cicilline with bi-
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partisan support, as the first comprehensive civil rights 
bill, which amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to in-
clude sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among 
the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation 
in places of public accommodation; 
Whereas, on July 17, 2015, the United States Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission rules that discrimination 
based on sexual orientation is ‘‘sex discrimination’’ as 
outlined in title VII of the Civil Rights Act; 
Whereas, on October 31, 2015, the Obama administration 
announced that it would approve the spouses of refugees 
who are approved for resettlement in the United States, 
even gay spouses who come from countries where legal 
unions are not possible; 
Whereas, on November 10, 2015, President Obama is named 
Out Magazine’s ‘‘Ally of the Year’’ and is the first sitting 
President featured on the cover of a national LGBT news 
and entertainment periodical; 
Whereas, on December 21, 2015, the Food and Drug Admin-
istration shortened the lifetime ban that was enacted in 
1983 to allow some blood donations by gay men; 
Whereas in the first 10 weeks of 2016, according to a 
Human Rights Campaign tally, more than 200 bills 
across 34 States were introduced that are considered 
anti-LGBT, the threat on the civil liberties of LGBT peo-
ple has increased on the State level since the Supreme 
Court ruling on marriage equality; 
Whereas, on May 13, 2016, the U.S. Departments of Justice 
and Education released joint guidance to help provide 
educators the information they need to ensure that all 
students, including transgender students, can attend 
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school in an environment free from discrimination based 
on sex; 
Whereas, on May 18, 2016, Eric Fanning was sworn in as 
the first openly gay Secretary of the Army, marking the 
first time a branch of the military is led by an openly gay 
person; and 
Whereas the inclusion of our transgender brothers and sisters 
into United States society continues to expand every day, 
with an understanding that we will remain steadfast in 
pursuing the goal of complete equality, respect, and toler-
ance for all, regardless of the gender a person is assigned 
at birth: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Original 
LGBTQ Pride Month Resolution of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING THE CELEBRATION OF THE MONTH 
OF JUNE AS LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH. 
That— 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that— 
(A) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and 
queer (LGBTQ) rights are human rights to be 
recognized and protected by the United States 
Constitution; and 
(B) the United States should continue to 
strive to ensure that the promise of equality is 
realized for all people in the United States; and 
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(2) the House of Representatives— 
(A) recognizes that all people in the United 
States should be treated fairly and equally re-
gardless of sexual orientation or gender iden-
tity; 
(B) acknowledges the struggle of the 
Stonewall 
protestors 
and 
countless 
other 
LGBTQ people for equality; and 
(C) encourages the celebration of LGBTQ 
Pride Month to provide a continuing oppor-
tunity for all people in the United States to 
learn about the discrimination and inequality 
that has faced, and continues to face, LGBTQ 
people. 
Æ 
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