IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1014 
Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQ Pride Month. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2020 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. ESHOO, 
Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. CASTOR 
of Florida, Mr. WELCH, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 
LEWIS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MOORE, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. BASS, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. KILMER, Mr. HIMES, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 
Ms. BROWNLEY
of California, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 
MOULTON, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. COSTA, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 
CASE, Ms. WILD, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. HECK, and Mr. BERA) 
submitted the following resolution; 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 may be cited as the ‘‘Original 
LGBTQ Pride Month Resolution of 2020’’; 
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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; 
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; 
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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 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 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 
20th anniversary commemoration of Martin Luther King, 
Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington; 
Whereas, in October of 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 1988, Urvashi Vaid cofounded the Creating 
Change Conference, the largest annual LGBTQ con-
vening in the United States organized by the National 
LGBTQ Task Force; 
Whereas, on May 20, 1996, the Supreme Court of the United 
States decided, in Romer v. Evans, that a Colorado con-
stitutional amendment preventing the enactment of non-
discrimination protections for gay, lesbian, and bisexual 
people in that State was unconstitutional; 
Whereas, on October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay 
American student at the University of Wyoming, was 
beaten, tortured, and left to die; 
Whereas at the turn of the century in 2000, Vermont became 
the first State in the country to legally recognize civil 
unions between same-sex couples; 
Whereas, on June 8, 2000, the Second Circuit Court of Ap-
peals ruled, in Rosa v. Park West Bank, that a transgen-
der person had recourse under the Equal Credit Oppor-
tunity Act’s prohibition on sex discrimination after being 
denied a loan for dressing in traditionally feminine attire; 
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 August 5, 2004, the Sixth Circuit Court of Ap-
peals determined, in Smith v. City of Salem, that trans-
gender employees are protected from workplace discrimi-
nation under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 
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Whereas, in 2008, a Latino transgender man Diego Miguel 
Sanchez became the first openly transgender individual to 
be appointed to the Democratic National Committee’s 
Platform Committee; 
Whereas, on November 4, 2008, Stu Rasmussen of Silverton, 
Oregon, became the first openly transgender person to be 
elected mayor in the Nation; 
Whereas, in 2009, Diego Miguel Sanchez became the first 
openly transgender congressional senior 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 
Obama, and the bill expanded existing Federal hate 
crimes laws to include crimes motivated by a victim’s ac-
tual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender iden-
tity, or disability; 
Whereas, on January 4, 2010, Mayor Annise D. Parker was 
sworn in as the first openly lesbian mayor of Houston, 
the largest city in the United States to have an openly 
LGBTQ mayor; 
Whereas, on November 2, 2010, Victoria Kolakowski was 
elected as the first openly transgender woman in Cali-
fornia to serve as a trial court judge for the Alameda 
County Superior Court; 
Whereas, on November 17, 2010, Phyllis Frye was appointed 
into the City of Houston Municipal Courts as the first 
openly transgender judge in the Nation; 
Whereas, in December of 2010, Congress approved and 
President Obama signed the repeal of the ‘‘Don’t Ask, 
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Don’t Tell’’ law, allowing gays, lesbians, and bisexuals 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 2012 marked the first year that all 50 States in the 
United States had at least 1 openly LGBTQ elected offi-
cial; 
Whereas, on April 20, 2012, the Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission ruled that discrimination based on 
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 United States 
Senate hearing; 
Whereas, on November 6, 2012, Representative Mark 
Takano, 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 Congressman Al Green; 
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 was sworn in 
as the first openly bisexual Member of Congress; 
Whereas, on March 11, 2013, a transgender inclusive version 
of the Violence Against Women Act was reauthorized; 
Whereas, on April 29, 2013, Jason Collins of the NBA be-
came the first active male athlete in a North American 
major sports league to come out as a gay man; 
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Whereas, on June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the 
United States ruled, in United States v. Windsor, that 
section three of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) 
was unconstitutional and that the Federal Government 
cannot discriminate against married lesbian and gay cou-
ples for the purposes of determining Federal rights, bene-
fits, and obligations; 
Whereas, on November 20, 2013, President Obama post-
humously presented Bayard Rustin with a Presidential 
Medal of Freedom; 
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 African-American man to be confirmed as a 
Federal judge; 
Whereas, on July 10, 2014, Laverne Cox became the first 
openly transgender individual to be nominated for an 
Emmy Award; 
Whereas, on July 21, 2014, President Obama took action to 
protect LGBTQ 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, triathlete 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 servicemembers 
from harassment and discrimination based on sexual ori-
entation; 
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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 Supreme Court of the 
United States in 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 recog-
nize all marriages that were lawfully performed out-of- 
State; 
Whereas, on July 17, 2015, the Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission ruled that discrimination based on 
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 
of the Equality Act, was introduced in the 114th Con-
gress 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 employment, housing, credit, education, public accom-
modation, federally funded programs, and jury service; 
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, 
including same-sex spouses who come from countries 
where legal unions are not possible; 
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-LGBTQ, and the threat to the civil liberties of 
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