Bill Text: NY K00485 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim June 2019, as Gay Pride Month in the State of New York

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 65-7)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - adopted [K00485 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00485-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 485

BY: M. of A. Glick

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        June  2019,  as  Gay Pride Month in the State of New
        York

  WHEREAS, Members  of  this  Legislative  Body  support  the  rights,
freedoms,  and  equality  of  those  who  are  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual,
transgender and queer (LGBTQ); and

  WHEREAS, Those who took a stand for human rights and dignity at  the
Stonewall  Inn in New York City on June 28, 1969, are among the pioneers
within this movement; this  year  marks  the  50th  Anniversary  of  the
Stonewall Riots; and

  WHEREAS,  The  LGBTQ  Stonewall  protestors  were  subject to police
harassment and invidious discrimination based on sexual orientation  and
gender identity and expression; and

  WHEREAS,  This  decisive  moment  in  history  was  followed  by the
creation of gay rights organizations in every major city in  the  United
States within two years of the Stonewall uprising; and

  WHEREAS,  The  Stonewall uprising has been followed by many positive
progressive historic moments; and

  WHEREAS, One year after the Stonewall uprising, on  June  28,  1970,
the first gay pride marches took place in New York City, Los Angeles and
San Francisco; and

  WHEREAS,  Each  year,  since the Stonewall uprising, the end of June
has been celebrated as gay pride with  LGBTQ  pride  marches  and  other
events  being  held throughout New York State, and throughout the world;
this 50th Anniversary is being celebrated as World Pride Day; and

  WHEREAS, In December of 1973, the board of the American  Psychiatric
Association  voted  to  remove  homosexuality  from  its  list of mental
illnesses; and

  WHEREAS, A Marriage Equality Bill first passed the  New  York  State
Assembly in 2007; and

  WHEREAS, The Marriage Equality Act passed both houses and was signed
into  law in New York State on June 24, 2011, making the state the sixth
in the nation to do so; and

  WHEREAS, This more than doubled  the  percentage  of  Americans  who
lived  in  states  with fair marriage laws and affected more than 42,000
same-sex couples raising 14,000 children in the state; and

  WHEREAS, The year 2012 marked the first year all 50  States  in  the
United States had at least one openly LGBTQ elected official; and

  WHEREAS,  On  June  26, 2013, New York State resident Edith Windsor,
represented by Roberta Kaplan, won her case against the  United  States;

the  Supreme  Court  ruled that section three of the Defense of Marriage
Act was unconstitutional and the Federal Government cannot  discriminate
against  married lesbian and gay couples for the purposes of determining
Federal benefits and protections; and

  WHEREAS,  On June 9, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced
that the Military Equal Opportunity policy has been adjusted to  include
gay and lesbian military members; and

  WHEREAS,  On  June  26,  2015,  the  Supreme Court ruled that states
cannot ban same-sex marriage; and

  WHEREAS, On June 24, 2016, then President Barack Obama announced the
designation of the first national monument to lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender  (LGBT)  rights;  the  Stonewall  National   Monument   will
encompass  Christopher  Park,  the  Stonewall  Inn  and  the surrounding
streets and  sidewalks  that  were  the  sites  of  the  1969  Stonewall
uprising; and

  WHEREAS,  On  April 4, 2017, the 7th District Court of Appeals ruled
that the Civil Rights Act  prohibits  workplace  discrimination  against
LGBT  employees,  after  Kimberly Hively sues Ivy Tech Community College
for violating Title VII of the act by denying her employment; and

  WHEREAS, The month of June reminds us of all the achievements of the
past and highlights the work that remains to be done; now, therefore, be
it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim June 2019, as Gay Pride
Month in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the  State  of
New York.