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

H. Res. 558 · 118th Congress · Jun 27, 2023 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

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

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

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

(2)

supports the designation of “LGBTQI+ Equality Day”;

(3)

encourages the celebration of “LGBTQI+ 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, transgender, queer, and intersex 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, gender identity, or sex characteristics including in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, Federal funding, credit, and jury service.

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Jun 27, 2023viewing Introduced in House Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Bera, Mr. Carson, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Trone, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Titus, Mr. Evans, Mr. Case, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Bowman, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Himes, Mr. Panetta, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Porter, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Takano, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Quigley, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. Brown, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Nickel, Mr. Keating, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Peters, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Morelle, and Mr. García of Illinois) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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

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