Bill Text: NY K02375 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2024, as Gay Pride Month in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-06-04 - adopted [K02375 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-K02375-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 2375

BY: M. of A. Rules (Glick)

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        June 2024, 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, queer, intersex, and asexual/agender (LGBTQIA+); 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  and  this year marks the 55th Anniversary of the
Stonewall Rebellion; and

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

  WHEREAS, The Stonewall Rebellion and the LGBTQIA+ movement  included
the  contributions  of  transgender  and gender non-conforming Americans
like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who brought attention  to  the
continued struggle for the rights of this community; and

  WHEREAS,  Various  decisive  moments in history were 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 pride  marches  and  other  events
being held throughout New York State, and throughout the world; 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,  The  year  2012 marked the first year all 50 states in the
United States had at least one openly LGBTQIA+ 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  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,
transgender,  and  queer (LGBTQ) rights; the Stonewall National Monument
encompasses Christopher Park, the  Stonewall  Inn  and  the  surrounding
streets  and  sidewalks  that  were  the  sites  of  the  1969 Stonewall
uprising; and

  WHEREAS, In June of 2019, the LGBTQIA+ Pride Flag was flown over the
New York State Capitol for the first time in history; and

  WHEREAS, On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court  affirmed
that  the  1964  Civil  Rights  Act  protects  LGBTQIA+  Americans  from
discrimination in the workplace after Gerald  Bostock,  the  late  Aimee
Stephens,  and  the  late  Donald Zarda, also a New Yorker, brought suit
against their former employers when they were fired for  identifying  as
either  gay  or  transgender only after their employer was made aware of
their gender or sexual identity despite positive job performance; and

  WHEREAS, On January 20, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  signed
Executive  Order  13985,  which  altered the Social Security Number card
application process to decrease  burdens  for  people  who  identify  as
gender diverse or transgender; and

  WHEREAS,  On January 25, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed
the Executive Order Enabling All  Qualified  Americans  to  Serve  Their
Country  in  Uniform, which allows transgender Americans to openly serve
in the military; and

  WHEREAS, On February 2, 2021, the  United  States  Senate  confirmed
Pete  Buttigieg  with  86 votes in favor as Secretary of Transportation,
and he is the first openly gay member of a Presidential Administration's
Cabinet  and  is  currently  serving  as  the  highest-ranking  LGBTQIA+
American in the Presidential line of succession; and

  WHEREAS,  On June 24, 2022, The Supreme Court issued its decision in
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning  Roe  v.  Wade,
and  therein  indicated  the  desire  to  overturn marriage equality and
access to contraceptives; and

  WHEREAS, On December 13, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed
the Respect for Marriage Act, which codified into  law  protections  for
same-sex marriages and requires states to recognize same-sex couples and
award them with equal federal benefits; 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 Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2024,  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 Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of  New
York.