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The proposed resolution, introduced by Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Sen. Edward Markey, would provide a framework of protections for trans and nonbinary people.
"This resolution honors the lives of the trans people we have lost to senseless violence and stands as a symbol of their resilience," says U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
The House version of the National Defense Authorization Act includes bans on trans health care, Pride flags, drag shows, and more.
The prominent Democratic members of Congress say it's time to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, particularly of transgender people.
Gautam Raghavan is moving up to director of the Office of Presidential Personnel.
Dozens of the nation's lawmakers have hung the transgender flag at their offices in a show of support as Trump's trans military ban moves forward.
Gautam Raghavan, a veteran of the Obama administration, will be deputy director of the Office of Presidential Personnel.
The Trump administration is launching another attack on transgender Americans.
"Violence against transgender Americans, particularly Black and Brown [trans] women, has become a national epidemic and we cannot allow ourselves to turn a blind eye towards this gross injustice."
“Too many transgender people have been killed just for living as their true, authentic selves,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal said.
U.S. House committees approved an anti-trans sports bill and one allowing faith-based discrimination by college groups.
California Democratic U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs is leading the charge.
Representative-elect McBride stated in response to the question on trans people and Democratic losses, "The party that was focused on culture wars and trans people was the Republican Party."
The resolution recognizes the accomplishments of trans people and commits to affirming their rights.
A proposed bill in Congress would ban trans people from bathrooms in museums, national parks and other federal property. How would it be enforced, and what are the consequences?
Read up on the queer candidates who ran for their political lives.
