‘Epidemic of violence towards transgender people’
President notes 26 trans Americans have been murdered in 2023
Speaker McCarthy: “Frustrating in the sense that I don’t understand why anybody votes against bringing the idea and having the debate"
This follows a lawsuit filed last month by LGBTQ veterans against the Pentagon for allegedly failing to remedy “ongoing discrimination”
Dr. Fan Liang, is the medical director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health in Baltimore, Maryland
"House Republicans backed policies to attack diversity programs that help ensure that those defending our country look like our country"
U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski introduced Global Respect Act
Queer Youth Assemble organized events across the country
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) among measure's sponsors
“They are stooping to new lows- We need to be united and unshakeable in our support of the trans and gender non-conforming communities"