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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
PROCLAIMING PRIDE MONTH 2026 IN COOK COUNTY
WHEREAS, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month is celebrated every June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan and works to achieve equal justice and opportunity for LGBTQIA+ Americans, as well as recognize the impact that LGBTQIA+ individuals have had on society at local, national, and international levels; and
WHEREAS, the Stonewall Riots were a series of demonstrations in which members of the LGBTQIA+ community protested police raids and harassment and marked the beginning of the modern LGBTQIA+ rights movement; and
WHEREAS, the first Pride March was held in New York City on June 28, 1970, on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising; and
WHEREAS, the LGBTQIA+ movement and its allies have fought hard to win the right to one's gender, to marry, and to start families while also continuing to fight against hate speech, hate crimes, and ongoing discrimination targeted at both the personal and legal levels; and
WHEREAS, the current national political environment has created very real legal and physical dangers for the LGBTQIA+ community; and
WHEREAS, according to GLAAD's Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker, 2025 saw 1,042 instances of anti-LGBTQ+ incidents across 47 states and Washington, DC, a five percent increase over 984 incidents in 2024; and
WHEREAS, those instances included 128 acts of vandalism, 76 assaults, 22 threats of mass violence, and 15 arson attempts; and
WHEREAS, over half of these incidents targeted transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals, a 10% increase from 2024; and
WHEREAS, GLAAD also found that Pride events, times to celebrate and display individuals' LGBTQ+ identity, were also the sites of dramatic increases in threats and violence with over 265 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents in June 2025; and
WHEREAS, this marks a nearly 400 percent increase from just 54 inc...
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