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March 31, 2026
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Chiles v. Salazar, a case on the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban on licensed mental health professionals engaging in conversion therapy for minors, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement:
March 31, 2026
Reps. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Mark Takano (CA-39), and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced legislation to commemorate Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31st, recognize the many achievements and progress made by people in the transgender and gender non-conforming communities, and affirm their human rights.
March 18, 2026
Chair Takano calls GOP effort “poisoned, partisan pony show”
March 17, 2026
Today, Republicans on the House Committee on Education and Workforce advanced H.R. 7661, a federal “Don’t Say Trans” bill, out of committee. Following the vote, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement:
February 27, 2026
A U.S. civil rights agency has determined that the federal government can bar transgender employees from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity, dismissing an appeal from a transgender woman who worked for the U.S. Army.
February 26, 2026
Following the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) reversal of its landmark decision in the transgender rights case, Lusardi v. Department of the Army (2015), Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement:
February 17, 2026
Today, Equality Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL), Transgender Equality Task Force Co-Chairs Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Equality Caucus Vice Chairs Rep. Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06), and Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05) led 106 Members of Congress in a comment letter opposing two rules proposed by the Trump Administration that would decimate access to medically-necessary care for young transgender people:
February 10, 2026
Rep. Mark Takano of California, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, said the move reflects a broader political agenda. “Removing Pride flags from a place that is so deeply connected to our fight for equality is about more than the flag itself—it is a symptom of the Trump Administration’s larger priority of ending all support for the LGBTQI+ community and attacking our rights wherever possible,” Takano said.
February 3, 2026
After the House Judiciary Committee advanced H.R. 1028, the so-called “Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act,” which would be more aptly titled the “Sexual Predator Empowerment Act,” Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano, CEC Co-Chair Rep. Becca Balint, and CEC Transgender Equality Task Force Co-Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal released the following statements:
January 23, 2026
Today, the leadership of the Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC), Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC), Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Asian and Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) released the following joint statement in response to the Trump administration’s unprecedented expansion of the Mexico City Policy, or Global Gag Rule: