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Date of Hearing: June 16, 2025
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Blanca Pacheco, Chair
HR 43 (Ward) – As Introduced May 22, 2025
SUBJECT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month.
SUMMARY: Proclaims June 2025 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer
(LGBTQ+) Pride Month; and, urges all Californians to join in celebrating the culture,
accomplishments, and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1) Our great state and nation strives to promote the principles of equality and justice, and the
inalienable rights of all people to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. To achieve a
more just and fair society, we must teach our children to respect one another, to appreciate
our differences, and to recognize the common good in all of us.
2) LGBTQ+ people come from all walks of life, regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion,
ancestry, national origin, economic status, physical or mental ability, medical condition, sex,
or gender identity or expression.
3) LGBTQ+ people have made important and lasting contributions to our great state and nation
in every field of endeavor, including, but not limited to, business, medicine, law, humanities,
science, literature, politics, education, music, philanthropy, sports and athletics, arts, and
culture, that enrich our national life.
4) While our great state and nation have progressed in our journey toward dignity,
understanding, and mutual respect for all, we still have a long way to go in eradicating the
prejudice and discrimination that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people and
their families encounter.
5) Each year, June marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising that gave birth to the
modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer civil rights movement. The first New
York City Pride Rally occurred one month after the Stonewall Uprising in June 1969, when
500 people gathered for a “Gay Power” demonstration in Washington Square Park, followed
by a candlelight vigil in Sheridan Square.
6) On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, the NYC Pride organization
simultaneously hosted “WorldPride” during its 2019 season. This was the first WorldPride
celebration hosted on United States soil, and the second North American WorldPride in the
event’s over 20 year history.
7) June 2019 marked the first annual proclamation of the month as LGBTQ+ Pride Month by
the Governor of California.
8) On December 13, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden signed into law the Respect for Marriage
Act, which statutorily repealed the Defense of Marriage Act, and ensured that the federal
government and all state governments continue to recognize and respect all marriages,
without discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, or race.
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9) In January 2023, California became the first state legislature in the nation to reach 10 percent
representation for LGBTQ+ individuals, matching the estimated 10 percent of people
identifying as LGBTQ+ in California.
10) Nationally, there are already nearly 600 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in state legislatures
across the nation as of April during the 2025 legislative year.
11) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, their families and friends, and all
those committed to justice and equality celebrate, during the month of June, the rich culture,
the notable achievements, and the outstanding services that lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer people make to our great state, nation, and territories.
FISCAL EFFECT: This resolution is keyed non-fiscal by Legislative Counsel.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Michael Erke / RLS. / (916) 319-2800