Expressing support for the designation of June 28, 2024, as "Stonewall Day".
senate
Introduced on June 20, 2024 by Kirsten Gillibrand
Legislation Details
- Expresses support for the designation of June 28, 2024, as “Stonewall Day.”
- Recognizes the Stonewall Inn riots of June 28, 1969, as a pivotal event in the LGBTQIA+ rights movement.
- Acknowledges the first Pride marches in 1970 in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising.
- Highlights the contributions of Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Storme DeLarverie, and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy to the LGBTQIA+ movement.
- Notes the ongoing struggle for full equality for LGBTQIA+ individuals in various aspects of life, including health care, employment, education, housing, immigration, and the justice system.
- Points out the disproportionate barriers and discrimination faced by transgender people and LGBTQIA+ people of color.
- Mentions the lack of consistent legal protection against discrimination for LGBTQIA+ people in the United States.
- Celebrates the establishment of the Stonewall National Monument on June 24, 2016, as the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQIA+ equality.
- Announces the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center on June 28, 2024, at the location of the Stonewall Uprising.
- Recognizes Pride Live’s efforts in establishing Stonewall Day and the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center.
- Supports the rights and well-being of LGBTQIA+ individuals and acknowledges the need to dismantle discrimination against them.
- Encourages the celebration of “Stonewall Day” to commemorate the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center and the ongoing fight for equality.
Last updated 8/29/2024