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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
PROCLAIMING PRIDE MONTH 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 the Southern Poverty Law Center, in 2024, the number of anti-LGBTQ+ groups increased by about 13% from the previous year; and
WHEREAS, according to the ACLU there are over 588 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in the U.S.; and
WHEREAS, according to the ACLU, almost 60 of these introduced anti-LGBTQ+ bills have already passed in several states, including Iowa's S.F.418 signed by Governor Kim Reynolds on February 28, 2025, that removed "gender identity" protections from discrimination in housing, employment, wages and public accommodations from the state's civil rights code in addition to removing transgender Iowans' ability to change their sex designation on a birth certificate after receiving medical transition care.; and
WHEREAS, according to th...
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