[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 48225-48226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12482]


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                Proclamation 10767 of May 31, 2024

                
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and 
                Intersex Pride Month, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During Pride Month, we celebrate the extraordinary 
                courage and contributions of the Lesbian, Gay, 
                Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) 
                community. We reflect on the progress we have made so 
                far in pursuit of equality, justice, and inclusion. We 
                recommit ourselves to do more to support LGBTQI+ rights 
                at home and around the world.

                For generations, LGBTQI+ Americans have summoned the 
                courage to live authentically and proudly--even when it 
                meant putting their lives and livelihoods at risk. In 
                1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York, brave LGBTQI+ 
                individuals protested the violence and marginalization 
                they faced, boosting a civil rights movement for the 
                liberation of LGBTQI+ people that has transformed our 
                Nation. Since then, courageous LGBTQI+ Americans 
                continue to inspire and bring hope to all people 
                seeking a life true to who they are. LGBTQI+ people 
                also continue to enrich every aspect of American life 
                as educators, entertainers, entrepreneurs, athletes, 
                actors, artists, scientists, scholars, diplomats, 
                doctors, service members, veterans, and so much more.

                Advancing equality for the LGBTQI+ community is a top 
                priority for my Administration. I signed the historic 
                Respect for Marriage Act, which protects the marriage 
                of same-sex and interracial couples. As Commander in 
                Chief, I was proud to have ended the ban on transgender 
                Americans serving in the United States military. I 
                signed historic Executive Orders strengthening civil 
                rights protections for housing, employment, health 
                care, education, and the justice system. We are also 
                combating the dangerous and cruel practice of so-called 
                ``conversion therapy'' and implementing a national 
                strategy to end the HIV epidemic in this country. We 
                ended the disgraceful practice of banning gay and 
                bisexual men from donating blood. We are doing this 
                work here at home and around the globe, where LGBTQI+ 
                community members are fighting for recognition of their 
                fundamental human rights and seeking to live full 
                lives, free from hate-fueled violence and 
                discrimination.

                But for all the progress, we know real challenges 
                persist. Last year, as we celebrated Pride Month on the 
                South Lawn of the White House, I had the honor of 
                meeting survivors of the Club Q and Pulse shootings, 
                which tragically took the lives of LGBTQI+ Americans. 
                Although my Administration passed the most significant 
                gun law in nearly 30 years, the Congress must do its 
                part and ban assault weapons. At the same time, 
                families across the country face excruciating decisions 
                to relocate to a different State to protect their 
                children from dangerous and hateful anti-LGBTQI+ laws, 
                which target transgender children, threaten families, 
                and criminalize doctors and nurses. These bills and 
                laws attack our most basic values and freedoms as 
                Americans: the right to be yourself, the right to make 
                your own medical decisions, and the right to raise your 
                own children. Some things should never be put at risk: 
                your life, your safety, and your dignity.

                To the entire LGBTQI+ community--and especially 
                transgender children--please know that your President 
                and my entire Administration have your

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                back. We see you for who you are: made in the image of 
                God and deserving of dignity, respect, and support. 
                That is why I have taken historic action to protect the 
                LGBTQI+ community. We are ensuring that the LGBTQI+ 
                community is protected against discrimination when 
                accessing health care, and the Department of Health and 
                Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, and 
                Department of Justice launched a safety partnership to 
                provide critical training and support to the community, 
                including resources to help report hate crimes and 
                better protect festivals, marches, community centers, 
                businesses, and health care providers serving the 
                community. The Department of Education and the 
                Department of Justice are also addressing whether book 
                bans may violate Federal civil rights laws when they 
                target LGBTQI+ students or students of color and create 
                hostile classroom environments. Additionally, we are 
                providing specialized services through the nationwide 
                crisis hotline for LGBTQI+ youth who feel isolated and 
                overwhelmed--anyone who needs help can call 988 and 
                then press 3 to be connected to a professional 
                counselor. We are committing more resources for mental 
                health programs that help families support and affirm 
                their kids and are starting a new Federal initiative to 
                address LGBTQI+ homelessness. We finalized new 
                regulations requiring States to protect LGBTQI+ kids in 
                foster care.

                America is the only Nation in the world founded on an 
                idea: We are all created equal and deserve to be 
                treated equally throughout our lives. We have never 
                fully lived up to that idea, but we have never fully 
                walked away from it either. This month, we recommit to 
                realizing the promise of America for all Americans, to 
                celebrating courageous LGBTQI+ people, and to taking 
                pride in the example they set for our Nation and the 
                world.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2024 as 
                Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and 
                Intersex Pride Month. I call upon the people of the 
                United States to recognize the achievements of the 
                LGBTQI+ community, to celebrate the great diversity of 
                the American people, and to wave their flags of pride 
                high.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                eighth.
                
                
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