R 357 |
2019 -- S 0964 Enacted 06/11/2019 |
S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING AND COMMEMORATING PRIDE MONTH IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Senators Nesselbush, Bell, Murray, Valverde, and Felag |
Date Introduced: June 11, 2019 |
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. At times, they |
are still subject to being physically beaten and abused, and treated like outcasts or criminals; 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 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 peace; now, therefore be it |
RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
hereby joyously celebrates and commemorates 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 Donald J. Trump, President of |
the United States, the Honorable Gina M. Raimondo, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, and |
the Rhode Island Congressional Delegation. |
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