Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – The Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus applauds the historic confirmation of Chantale Wong as the United States Director of the Asian Development Bank. She is the first out, queer woman and first LGBTQ+ person of color to be confirmed in an ambassador-level role.

Washington, D.C. – Leadership of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus today reacted to the Senate’s failure to pass key voting rights measures, noting how various voter suppression proposals across the county would disproportionately affect LGBTQ Americans.

WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, U.S. Representatives Marie Newman (D-IL-03), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10), Co-Chairs of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus' Transgender Equality Task Force, led 62 of their colleagues in a resolution to commemorate Nov. 20 as Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance to remember the lives lost at the hands of anti-transgender violence.

Washington, D.C. – The Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus welcomed the Biden Administration’s nomination of Gigi Sohn as an FCC Commissioner.

Washington, D.C. – The Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus applauds an announcement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that will allow LGBTQ+ servicemembers who previously received an other-than-honorable discharge for sexual orientation, gender identity, and HIV status to receive VA benefits.

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Equality Caucus, alongside Reps. Mike Levin (CA-49), Kathleen M. Rice (NY-04), Anthony Brown (MD-04), and Jackie Speier (CA-14), reintroduced the SERVE (Securing the Rights our Veterans Earned) Act to guarantee and protect VA benefits for LGBTQ+ veterans discharged from the Armed Forces due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Washington, D.C. – The Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus remembers the legacy of Ambassador James Hormel, the first openly gay ambassador to serve the United States.

Washington, D.C. – The Congressional LGBT+ Equality Caucus congratulates Jessica Stern who has been named by President Biden to serve as the U.S. Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons.