Expressing support for the designation of June 26 as “LGBTQ Equality Day”.

H. Res. 465 · 116th Congress · Jun 26, 2019 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

Expressing support for the designation of June 26 as LGBTQ Equality Day.

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

supports equal rights and protections for all people, regardless of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity;

(2)

supports the designation of “LGBTQ Equality Day”;

(3)

encourages the celebration of “LGBTQ Equality Day” to commemorate the significance of Supreme Court decisions handed down on June 26 in 2003, 2013, and 2015, and to continue educating all people about the forms of discrimination, harassment, and intolerance that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people continue to face; and

(4)

acknowledges the need for further legislation to ensure people in the United States are free from all forms of discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, including in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, Federal funding, credit, and jury service.

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Jun 26, 2019viewing Introduced in House Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Titus, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Frankel, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mrs. Demings, Ms. Brownley of California, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Engel, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Heck, Mr. Welch, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Keating, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Pocan, Mr. McGovern, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Case, Ms. Speier, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Takano, Mr. Cox of California, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Cárdenas, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Crist, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. McEachin, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Foster, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Himes, Ms. Pingree, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Meng, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Allred, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Costa, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Shalala, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Ms. Omar, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kind, Mr. Serrano, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Luján, Mr. Cisneros, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Spanberger, Mrs. Murphy, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Bera, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Trone, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Schrier, Mrs. Lawrence, and Ms. Sherrill) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Expressing support for the designation of June 26 as “LGBTQ Equality Day”.

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