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Whereas, on July 21, 2014, President Obama took action to protect LGBT workers by signing an Executive order prohibiting Federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity Windsor, that section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional and that the Federal Government cannot discriminate against married lesbian and gay couples for the purposes of determining Federal benefits and protections Whereas, on June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in United States v. Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin was sworn in as the first openly gay United States Senator Whereas the year 2012 marked the first year that all 50 States in the United States had at least one openly LGBTQ elected official
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Whereas in December of 2010, Congress approved and President 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
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Parker was sworn in as Houston’s first openly gay mayor Whereas, on January 4, 2010, Mayor Annise D. Whereas the bill expanded existing Federal hate crimes laws to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability Hate Crimes Prevention Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama Whereas, on October 28, 2009, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Texas, that under the 14th amendment, States could not criminalize the private, intimate relationships of same-sex couples Whereas, on June 26, 2003, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Lawrence v. Whereas at the turn of the century in 2000, Vermont became the first State in the country to legally recognize civil unions between gay and lesbian couples Evans, the United States Supreme Court decided that a Colorado constitutional amendment preventing the enactment of protections for gays and lesbians in that State was unconstitutional Whereas in 1987, Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts became the first Representative to voluntarily come out as an openly gay Member of Congress Whereas in October 1987, thousands of activists took part in the National March on Washington to demand that President Reagan address the AIDS crisis Whereas in 1980, Democrats took a stance in support of gay rights at the Democratic National Convention Whereas in October of 1979, 75,000 people participated in the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights to demand equal civil rights 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 1975, the Civil Service Commission eliminated the ban on the employment of homosexuals in most Federal jobs Whereas in 1974, Elaine Noble became the first openly LGBTQ candidate elected to a State legislature in the United States when she won a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Whereas in December of 1973, the board of the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses Whereas the Stonewall uprising has been followed by many positive progressive historic moments Whereas this decisive moment in history was followed by the creation of gay rights organizations in every major city in the United States within two years of the Stonewall uprising Whereas the LGBTQ Stonewall protestors were subject to police harassment and invidious discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity Whereas those who took a stand for human rights and dignity at the Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 28, 1969, are among the pioneers within this movement Whereas Members of this Congress support the rights, freedoms, and equality of those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Whereas the Honorable Barney Frank, Member of Congress from 1981 to 2013, is recognized as an honorary cosponsor of this resolution Whereas this resolution shall be cited as the Original LGBTQ Pride Month Resolution of 2016 Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQ Pride Month.