Expressing support for the designation of June 28, 2024, as "Stonewall Day".

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Introduced on June 20, 2024 by Kirsten Gillibrand

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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