[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1332 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1332

  Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQIA+ Pride 
                                 Month.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2024

 Mr. Green of Texas (for himself, Mr. Amo, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. Beatty, 
 Mr. Bera, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Boyle of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
 Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Case, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of 
Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. 
 Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Ms. Craig, Mr. Crow, Mr. 
Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, 
 Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, 
 Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Garcia 
of Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Himes, 
Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jackson of North Carolina, Ms. Jayapal, 
 Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of 
 Illinois, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Mr. 
 Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, 
 Mr. Levin, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moulton, Mr. 
   Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Nickel, Ms. 
 Norton, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Peters, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Pingree, 
  Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. 
Ruiz, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Schiff, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, 
 Mr. Sherman, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. 
 Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of 
   New York, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Williams of 
Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Ivey, and Ms. Adams) 
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 LGBTQIA+ Pride 
                                 Month.

Whereas this resolution may be cited as the ``Original LGBTQIA+ Pride Month 
        Resolution of 2024'';
Whereas the Honorable Barney Frank, Member of Congress from 1981 to 2013, is 
        recognized as an honorary cosponsor of this resolution;
Whereas Members of this Congress support the rights, freedoms, and equality of 
        those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and 
        asexual (LGBTQIA+);
Whereas, in August of 1966, the ``Screaming Queens'' of the Gene Compton's 
        Cafeteria Uprising in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco led one 
        of the first recorded transgender uprisings that erupted in response to 
        police harassment, and continued to protest against police brutality and 
        improper policing of the LGBTQIA+ community;
Whereas those who took a stand for human rights and dignity at the Stonewall Inn 
        Uprising in New York City on June 28, 1969, were led by two brave and 
        visible transgender women of color, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera;
Whereas the LGBTQIA+ protesters at the Stonewall Inn Uprising and Gene Compton's 
        Cafeteria Uprising were subject to police harassment and invidious 
        discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity;
Whereas within years of these decisive moments in history, LGBTQIA+ rights 
        organizations were created in every major city of the United States;
Whereas Brenda Howard, often called ``The Mother of Pride,'' helped to plan a 
        Gay Pride Week and the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in June 
        of 1970 to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Inn 
        Uprising;
Whereas Brenda Howard's Gay Pride Week and Christopher Street Liberation Day 
        Parade evolved into the annual New York City Pride March and Pride 
        celebrations now known around the world;
Whereas the Stonewall Inn Uprising and the Gene Compton's Cafeteria Uprising 
        have been followed by many historic milestones for the LGBTQIA+ 
        community;
Whereas, in December of 1973, the board of the American Psychiatric Association 
        voted to remove homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses of the 
        American Psychiatric Association;
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 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, on June 25 of 1978, gay artist Gilbert Baker debuted a rainbow flag at 
        the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day, and the flag was officially 
        established as a symbol for LGBTQ pride in 1994;
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 for 
        LGBTQIA+ people;
Whereas, in 1982, Wisconsin became the first State to ban discrimination on the 
        basis of sexual orientation;
Whereas, in 1983, after initial refusal from lead organizers to allow an openly 
        LGBTQIA+ person to speak, Audre Lorde was selected by Black LGBTQIA+ 
        groups to speak at the 20th-anniversary commemoration of Dr. Martin 
        Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington in 1963;
Whereas, in 1987, Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts became the first 
        United States Representative to voluntarily come out as an openly gay 
        Member of Congress;
Whereas Urvashi Vaid cofounded the Creating Change Conference in 1988, the 
        largest annual LGBTQIA+ conference convening in the United States;
Whereas, in 1991, Monica Helms designed the transgender flag and introduced it 
        at the 2000 Phoenix Pride parade to represent the rights and diversity 
        of transgender people;
Whereas, on April 25, 1993, more than a million people took part in the March on 
        Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, one of 
        the largest protests in United States history;
Whereas, on October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of 
        Wyoming, was beaten, tortured, and left to die, drawing attention to 
        sexual-orientation related hate crimes and ultimately to the passage of 
        the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 
        2009;
Whereas, on November 28, 1998, Rita Hester, a Black transgender woman, was 
        brutally murdered in her home, sparking the advent of Transgender Day of 
        Remembrance, which is observed every year on November 20, to remember 
        those who have been killed due to transphobia;
Whereas, in 2003, David Cicilline became the first openly gay mayor of a United 
        States capital when he was elected to lead Providence, Rhode Island;
Whereas, on June 26, 2003, the Supreme Court of the United States held in 
        Lawrence v. Texas that under the 14th Amendment, States could not 
        criminalize the private, intimate relationships of same-sex couples;
Whereas, in 2008, a Latino transgender man, Diego Miguel Sanchez, became the 
        first openly transgender person appointed to the Platform Committee of 
        the Democratic National Committee;
Whereas, on November 4, 2008, Stu Rasmussen, of Silverton, Oregon, became the 
        first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in the United 
        States;
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 Barack Obama, and the bill expanded existing Federal hate 
        crimes laws to include crimes motivated by the actual or perceived 
        gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of a victim;
Whereas, on November 17, 2010, Phyllis Frye was appointed to the City of Houston 
        Municipal Courts as the first openly transgender judge appointed in the 
        United States;
Whereas Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed the repeal of Defense 
        Directive 1304.26 (``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'') in December of 2010, 
        allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons 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, in December of 2011, Lane Lewis became the first gay man elected County 
        Chair of the Democratic Party of Harris County, the 3rd largest county 
        in the United States;
Whereas, on April 20, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled 
        that discrimination on the basis of gender identity is ``sex 
        discrimination'' for purposes of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
        1964;
Whereas, on November 6, 2012, Representative Mark Takano of California, 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 
        Representative Al Green of Texas;
Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin was sworn in as the 
        first openly gay United States Senator;
Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona was sworn in as the first 
        openly bisexual Member of Congress;
Whereas, on March 7, 2013, the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 was 
        reauthorized and included protections for transgender persons;
Whereas, on June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court held in United States v. Windsor 
        that section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional and 
        that the Federal Government cannot discriminate against married same-sex 
        couples when determining Federal rights, benefits, and obligations;
Whereas, on November 20, 2013, President Barack Obama posthumously awarded a 
        Presidential Medal of Freedom to civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin, an 
        openly gay Black man who organized the March on Washington in 1963 and 
        presented the crucial 10 demands of the March on Washington in the 
        summer of 1963;
Whereas, on June 17, 2014, Darrin P. Gayles was the first openly gay Black man 
        to be confirmed as a Federal judge;
Whereas, on July 21, 2014, President Barack Obama took action to protect 
        LGBTQIA+ 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, Olympic triathlete Chris Mosier became the first 
        transgender athlete to earn a spot on Team USA;
Whereas, on June 9, 2015, the equal opportunity policy of the United States 
        Armed Forces was updated to protect servicemembers from harassment and 
        discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation;
Whereas, on June 23, 2015, Stonewall Inn in New York City received a landmark 
        designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York City so 
        that the Stonewall Inn cannot be torn down or developed without 
        approval;
Whereas, on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges held in a 
        5-4 ruling that the 14th Amendment requires all States to license 
        marriages between same-sex couples and to recognize all marriages that 
        were lawfully performed in a different State;
Whereas, on July 17, 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled 
        that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is ``sex 
        discrimination'' for purposes of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
        1964;
Whereas, since the 114th Congress, the Equality Act has been introduced every 
        Congress, first by Representative David Cicilline and most recently by 
        Representative Mark Takano to amend the Nation's Federal civil rights 
        laws to explicitly include sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex 
        characteristics among the prohibited categories of discrimination in 
        employment, housing, credit, education, public accommodation, federally 
        funded programs, and jury service; it passed the House of 
        Representatives with bipartisan support in both the 116th and 117th 
        Congresses;
Whereas the American Civil Liberties Union is currently tracking 515 anti-
        LGBTQIA+ bills that have been introduced in State legislatures across 
        the United States thus far in 2024;
Whereas, in February of 2016, the Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce 
        launched, becoming one of the leading economic voices in the greater 
        Houston region focusing on economic empowerment and inclusion for 
        LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs and professionals;
Whereas, on May 13, 2016, the Department of Justice and the Department of 
        Education jointly released guidance to provide educators the information 
        they need to ensure that transgender students attend school in an 
        environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex;
Whereas, on May 18, 2016, Eric Fanning was sworn in as Secretary of the Army, 
        the first time a branch of the United States Armed Forces was led by an 
        openly gay person;
Whereas members of the LGBTQIA+ community are disproportionately affected by 
        violence, including fatal violence with guns, intimate partner violence, 
        and hate crimes;
Whereas, on June 12, 2016, one of the deadliest mass shootings in the modern 
        history of the United States occurred at a gay nightclub in Orlando, 
        Florida, on Latin night, leaving 49 people dead and another 53 people 
        wounded;
Whereas, between 2013 and 2023, nearly 70 percent of known fatal violent 
        activities toward transgender and gender-nonconforming people have 
        involved a gun;
Whereas more than 40 percent of transgender adults report having attempted 
        suicide in their lifetime;
Whereas, according to a 2020 systematic review, transgender people are 1.7 times 
        more likely to experience some form of intimate partner violence 
        compared to cisgender people, and 2.5 times more likely to experience 
        sexual intimate partner violence;
Whereas LGBT+ people are 9 times more likely than non-LGBT+ people to be victims 
        of violent hate crimes;
Whereas LGBTQIA+ youth experience dating violence at rates significantly higher 
        than their non-LGBTQIA+ peers;
Whereas, on June 30, 2016, the Department of Defense announced an immediate 
        policy change allowing transgender servicemembers to serve openly 
        without fear of retribution or penalty;
Whereas, on July 28, 2016, Sarah McBride, national press secretary for the Human 
        Rights Campaign, spoke at the Democratic National Convention, making her 
        the first transgender person to address a major party convention;
Whereas, on November 8, 2016, Kate Brown of Oregon became the first openly 
        bisexual person to win a gubernatorial election;
Whereas, on January 30, 2017, the Boy Scouts of America announced that they 
        would open membership to transgender boys;
Whereas, on June 27, 2017, residents of the District of Columbia became the 
        first in the United States to be allowed to select a gender-neutral 
        option on their driver license;
Whereas, on November 7, 2017, the election of Andrea Jenkins to the Minneapolis 
        City Council made her the first openly transgender woman to be elected 
        to public office in a major United States city;
Whereas, on November 7, 2017, Phillipe Cunningham's election to the Minneapolis 
        City Council made him the first openly transgender man to be elected to 
        the city council of a major United States city;
Whereas, on November 7, 2017, Danica Roem of Virginia became the first openly 
        transgender person to be elected to and seated in a State legislature;
Whereas, on November 6, 2018, Democratic Representative Jared Polis was elected 
        governor of Colorado, becoming the first openly gay man to be elected 
        governor in the United States;
Whereas, in April of 2019, Morehouse College announced that the historically 
        all-male school would begin admitting transgender men in 2020;
Whereas, on May 20, 2019, Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as Mayor of Chicago, 
        becoming the first Black lesbian mayor;
Whereas, on May 24, 2019, Taiwan became the first nation in Asia to legally 
        recognize same-sex marriage;
Whereas, on June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court held that title VII of the Civil 
        Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, 
        also applies to sexual orientation and gender identity, and the Biden 
        Administration has taken steps to enforce all sex nondiscrimination laws 
        to prohibit anti-LGBTQIA+ discrimination;
Whereas, in November of 2020, Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender 
        State senator in the United States, making her the highest-ranking 
        openly transgender public official in United States history;
Whereas, in November of 2020, Representatives Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones, 
        both Members of Congress representing New York districts, became the 
        first openly gay Black persons elected to Congress;
Whereas, on March 24, 2021, Admiral Rachel Levine became the first openly 
        transgender person to hold an office requiring confirmation by the 
        Senate, and on October 19, 2021, became the first openly transgender 
        four-star officer in the uniformed services;
Whereas, on May 16, 2022, Karine Jean-Pierre became the first Black and openly 
        gay White House Press Secretary;
Whereas, on January 2, 2023, Zooey Zephyr became the first openly trans woman to 
        serve in the Montana State legislature and was later barred from the 
        Montana House floor after her comments rebuking proposed legislation 
        that would ban gender-affirming care for children;
Whereas, on October 1, 2023, Laphonza Butler was appointed to the United States 
        Senate, becoming the first openly lesbian Black Senator;
Whereas, on February 8, 2024, Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Indigenous TNB+ 
        (transgender and nonbinary student) in Oklahoma, died following a 
        physical altercation in school that resulted in hospitalization; and
Whereas the inclusion and acceptance of LGBTQIA+ persons in the United States 
        continues to expand, with an understanding that Americans will remain 
        steadfast in pursuing the goal of complete equality and respect for all, 
        regardless of whom they love or who they are: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 
        queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) rights are human rights 
        and are protected by the Constitution;
            (2) recognizes that all United States citizens should be 
        treated fairly and equally regardless of sexual orientation, 
        sex characteristics, or gender identity and that LGBTQIA+ 
        history plays an integral role in the history of the United 
        States;
            (3) acknowledges the struggle of the Stonewall Inn and Gene 
        Compton's Cafeteria protesters and countless other lesbian, 
        gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people 
        for equality;
            (4) encourages the celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month to 
        provide a continuing opportunity for all people in the United 
        States to learn about the discrimination and inequality that 
        lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and 
        asexual people have faced, and continue to face, in tandem with 
        triumphs over tragedy and victories in spite of barriers; and
            (5) agrees that the United States must continue to strive 
        to ensure that the promise of equality is realized for all 
        people of the United States.
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