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The bill prioritizes standardized federal displays and modest taxpayer savings by banning government-sponsored Pride promotions, while reducing visible recognition, outreach, and services for LGBTQI people and creating potential legal challenges.
Federal employees and visitors will see fewer identity-specific flags and displays on federal property, creating a standardized rule for workplace displays that can reduce disputes and administrative burden.
Taxpayers will not fund government-sponsored LGBTQI Pride Month promotions, modestly reducing federal discretionary spending on symbolic observances.
LGBTQI federal employees, visitors, and allies will lose visible workplace recognition and targeted outreach, which may harm inclusion, morale, and sense of belonging in federal workplaces.
LGBTQI people, students, and others may face reduced access to federally supported education, outreach, and tailored services or information about sexual orientation and gender identity.
Employees or visitors barred from expressive displays or targeted recognition could bring First Amendment or equal protection legal challenges, exposing agencies to litigation risk and legal uncertainty.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bars federal agencies from using federal funds to support or promote LGBTQI Pride Month events and from displaying flags representing sexual orientation or gender identity on federal property.
Prohibits federal agencies from using federal funds to develop, support, promote, or recognize LGBTQI Pride Month or similarly themed events, including events, initiatives, official communications, social media posts, educational programs, and public campaigns. Also bars federal agencies from displaying any flag that represents sexual orientation or gender identity on federal property or grounds. Applies to federal agencies as defined by federal law; the measure does not appropriate funds or create new programs but places limits on how federal funds and federal property can be used for Pride-related recognition or promotion. No effective date is specified in the text provided.
Introduced June 17, 2025 by Josh Brecheen · Last progress June 17, 2025