Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 388 Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 17, 2019 Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. TITUS, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. MOORE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SOTO, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. NADLER, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KILMER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. CORREA, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. CRIST, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. JACK- SON LEE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. MENG, Mr. RASKIN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. HIMES, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mrs. CRAIG, Ms. PORTER, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. BLUNT ROCH- ESTER, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. PAYNE, and Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned RESOLUTION Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:17 May 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\HR388.IH HR388 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 388 IH Whereas over 11,000,000 American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), and 1,300,000 high schoolers identify as LGBT; Whereas, according to a February 2013 report by the Wil- liams Institute, an estimated 3,000,000 LGBT Ameri- cans have had a child and as many as 6,000,000 Amer- ican children and adults have an LGBT parent; Whereas the Center for American Progress found 1 in 4 LGBT people reported experiencing discrimination in some area of their lives because of their sexual orienta- tion or gender identity in 2016; Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia con- tribute to disparities in physical and mental health indi- cators such as depression, substance use, cancer, and ex- periences of abuse and violence; Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fur- ther report that homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia limit an individual’s ability to access high-quality health care and negatively affect such individual’s income and employment status; Whereas, according to the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia con- tribute to disproportionately high rates of HIV among men who have sex with men and transgender women; Whereas, according to a 2017 survey by GLSEN (formerly known as the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Net- work), 87 percent of students who identify as LGBT were harassed at school in the past year due to their sex- ual orientation, 60 percent felt unsafe at school because VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:17 May 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR388.IH HR388 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 388 IH of their sexual orientation, and 40 percent because of their gender identity; Whereas youth who are LGBT are 120 percent more likely to experience homelessness than their non-LGBT coun- terparts and are likely to lack access to health care and develop stress-related disorders; Whereas youth who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual are over 4 times more likely to attempt suicide compared to their heterosexual counterparts and transgender youth are over 5 times more likely to attempt suicide than their cisgender counterparts; Whereas homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia are associ- ated with minority stress that may underlie sexual behav- iors that can increase the risk of HIV and AIDS trans- mission, and also create additional barriers for LGBT in- dividuals to access prevention and treatment for HIV and AIDS; Whereas, the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, a study of 27,715 transgender adults, found that 77 percent of those who were out or perceived as transgender in K–12 were harassed, physically or sexually assaulted, or faced other forms of mistreatment because of being transgender, and nearly 1 in 5 (17 percent) were forced to leave a school because of the severity of mistreatment that they faced; Whereas the Center for American Progress found 8 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer survey respondents and 29 percent of transgender respondents reported a doctor refused to see them because of their actual or per- ceived LGBT status and LGBT patients who experienced VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:17 May 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR388.IH HR388 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 388 IH discrimination were nearly 7 times more likely than those who had not to avoid going to a doctor; Whereas LGBT adults are over twice as likely to be unin- sured than their non-LGBT counterparts and LGBT adults, particularly bisexual men and women, are more likely to experience poverty; Whereas 68 countries still criminalize homosexuality, and LGBT people in these countries face violence, increased discrimination, and blackmail; Whereas, according to the World Health Organization, in some countries transgender women are 80 times more likely to have HIV, and there were 2,982 reported killings of transgender people in 72 countries between 2008 and 2018; and Whereas the European Parliament and other international bodies observe May 17 as an International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia: Now, there- fore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) supports the goals and ideals of an Inter- 2 national Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, 3 and Biphobia; 4 (2) encourages the Federal Government, States, 5 localities, nonprofit organizations, schools, and com- 6 munity organizations to observe the day with appro- 7 priate programs and activities, with the goal of in- 8 creasing public knowledge of homophobia, 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:17 May 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR388.IH HR388 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HRES 388 IH transphobia, and biphobia and empowering commu- 1 nities to celebrate and respect their diversity; 2 (3) encourages health care providers to offer 3 culturally and clinically competent care to the LGBT 4 community, schools to support the creation of gay- 5 straight alliances to achieve safer learning environ- 6 ments, and individuals to learn about national re- 7 sources for those who identify as LGBT; and 8 (4) encourages the Federal Government, States, 9 international funding organizations, and United 10 States bilateral and multilateral aid efforts to 11 prioritize the health and human rights of LGBT 12 people. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:17 May 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR388.IH HR388 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS