| R 293 |
| 2021 -- H 6387 Enacted 06/03/2021 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING AND COMMEMORATING JUNE OF 2021, AS PRIDE MONTH IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Representatives Kislak, Shekarchi, Ruggiero, Blazejewski, Filippi, Donovan, McGaw, Cortvriend, Ajello, and Williams |
| Date Introduced: June 03, 2021 |
| WHEREAS, Annually, June is the month chosen to celebrate Pride, a time for the |
| Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities |
| and all Americans to reflect on the struggles and injustices endured by LGBTQIA+ communities. |
| It is a month to take pride in the progress that has been made since the fateful Stonewall Riots in |
| 1969, in Greenwich Village, New York, which were in response to rampant discrimination by |
| police and a legal system that was hostile to the LGBTQIA+ community; and |
| WHEREAS, LGBTQIA+ people still experience harassment and discrimination based on |
| their sexual orientation and gender identity locally, nationally and internationally. LGBTQIA+ |
| people of color and particularly trans women of color face greater disparities in the areas of |
| health, housing, and criminal justice and are many more times likely to be the victims of fatal |
| violence; and |
| WHEREAS, Although much progress has been made, including, but not limited to, |
| gaining civil rights protections in Rhode Island in 1995 and 2001, winning the right to marry in |
| Rhode Island in 2013, and nationally in 2015, more progress needs to be made; and |
| WHEREAS, Pride is a time to celebrate the right to live authentically and to be proud of |
| who you are instead of ashamed by a social stigma that was, and unfortunately still is, a reality in |
| our society; and |
| WHEREAS, In order to form a more perfect union, America was founded on the |
| principles of equality and liberty and justice for all, but for too long, since our nation's founding, |
| LGBTQIA+ and many other Americans have been denied those precious rights and freedoms that |
| were supposed to be granted to all; and |
| WHEREAS, In this month of June, the LGBTQIA+ communities will be celebrating |
| notions of love, equality, understanding, respect, acceptance, and justice, and the belief that love |
| is love and that trans rights are human rights, and expressing solidarity in the continued fight for |
| social justice against all intersecting forms of oppression; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
| joyously celebrates and commemorates June of 2021, as Pride Month in the State of Rhode |
| Island; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Honorable Joseph Biden, President of the |
| United States, the Honorable Daniel McKee, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, the Rhode |
| Island Congressional Delegation, the LGBTQ Action Network, TGI Network of Rhode Island, |
| SAGE-RI, PrYSM, Youth Pride, Inc., Project Weber/Renew, Open Door Health, Black and Pink, |
| and Thundermist Health Center. |
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