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

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 489 Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 22, 2021 Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. WELCH, Mr. KEATING, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. BASS, Ms. DEAN, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. MENG, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. CICILLINE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. OCASIO-COR- TEZ, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. TITUS, Ms. BUSH, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SIRES, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. KAHELE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. LIEU, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. NADLER, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. CARSON, Mr. KILMER, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. TRONE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. JONES, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. CHU, Mr. COSTA, Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. WATERS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTER of Lou- isiana, Ms. JACOBS of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. CRIST) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:56 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\HR489.IH HR489 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 489 IH 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 2021’’; 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, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+); Whereas, in the summer of 1963, Bayard Rustin organized and presented the crucial 10 demands of the March on Washington as an openly gay African-American man; Whereas, in August 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 LGBTQIA+ 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 led by brave and visible pioneers of the LGBTQIA+ movement, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, two transgender women of color; Whereas the LGBTQIA+ Stonewall Inn and Compton’s Caf- eteria protesters were subject to police harassment and invidious discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:56 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR489.IH HR489 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 489 IH Whereas these decisive moments in history were followed by the creation of LGBTQIA+ rights organizations in every major city of the United States within years of the uprisings; Whereas these uprisings have been followed by many historic milestones for the LGBTQIA+ community; Whereas, in December 1973, the board of the American Psy- chiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses; 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 Massachu- setts 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 1979, 75,000 people participated in the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights to demand equal civil rights for LGBTQIA+ indi- viduals and was inspired by the 1963 March on Wash- ington as well as the assassination of Harvey Milk in 1978; Whereas Democrats took a stance in support of gay rights at the 1980 Democratic National Convention; Whereas, in 1982, Wisconsin became the first State to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:56 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR489.IH HR489 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 489 IH 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, 1963 March on Washington; Whereas, in October 1987, thousands of activists took part in the Second National March on Washington for Les- bian and Gay Rights to demand that President Reagan address the AIDS crisis; Whereas, in 1987, Congressman Barney Frank of Massachu- setts became the first United States Representative to voluntarily come out as an openly gay Member of Con- gress; Whereas, in 1988, Urvashi Vaid cofounded the Creating Change Conference, the largest annual LGBTQIA+ 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 stu- dent at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, tortured, and left to die; Whereas, in 2000, at the turn of the century, Vermont be- came 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 transgender person had recourse under the Equal Credit VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:56 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR489.IH HR489 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HRES 489 IH Opportunity 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 transgender employees are protected from workplace dis- crimination under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 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, VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:56 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR489.IH HR489 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HRES 489 IH the largest city in the United States to have an openly LGBTQIA+ 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 to the City of Houston Municipal Courts as the first openly transgender judge in the Nation; Whereas, in December 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, in October 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 one openly LGBTQIA+ elect- ed official; Whereas, on April 20, 2012, the Equal Employment Oppor- tunity 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 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 Representative Al Green; VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:56 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR489.IH HR489 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 7 •HRES 489 IH 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, NBA player Jason Collins be- came the first active male athlete in a North American major sports league to come out as gay; Whereas, on June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Windsor, that section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional and that the Fed- eral Government cannot discriminate against married les- bian and gay couples for the purposes of determining Federal rights, benefits, and obligations; Whereas, on November 20, 2013, President Obama honored civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin posthumously 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 LGBTQIA+ workers by signing an Executive VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:56 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR489.IH HR489 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 8 •HRES 489 IH order prohibiting Federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; Whereas, on June 8, 2015, Olympic triathlete Chris Moiser became the first transgender athlete to earn a spot on Team USA; 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; 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 in Obergefell v. Hodges decided in a 5–4 ruling that the 14th Amend- ment 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 Oppor- tunity 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, 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, during 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-LGBTQIA+; VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:56 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR489.IH HR489 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 9 •HRES 489 IH Whereas the threat to the civil liberties of LGBTQIA+ peo- ple has increased on the State level since the Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality; Whereas, on May 13, 2016, the Departments of Justice and Education released joint guidance to help provide edu- cators 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, marking the first time a branch of the military was led by an openly gay person; Whereas members of the LGBTQIA+ community are dis- proportionately affected by violence and hate crimes; Whereas, on June 12, 2016, one of the deadliest mass shoot- ings in modern United States history occurred at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on Latin night, leaving 49 people dead and another 53 wounded; Whereas, since 2013, nearly two-thirds of fatal violence to- ward transgender and gender-nonconforming people have involved a gun and the overwhelming majority of those victims were Black trans women under the age of 30; Whereas 40 percent of transgender people report having at- tempted suicide in their lifetime, nearly 9 times the na- tional average; Whereas more than half (54 percent) of transgender people responding to a 2015 survey experienced some form of intimate partner violence, including acts involving coer- cive control and physical harm; Whereas LGBTQIA+ youth experience dating violence at twice the rate of their non-LGBTQIA+ peers; VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:56 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 0192 [Text truncated for display. 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