Press Releases
November 20, 2024
Today, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Sara Jacobs (CA-51), the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Equality Caucus’ Transgender Equality Task Force, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, announced the introduction of a resolution commemorating November 20, 2024, as Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR).
November 19, 2024
Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement in memory of the victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado:
November 13, 2024
Following the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announcement that they had reached a resolution in their Title IX Sexual Harassment Investigation of Owasso Public Schools in Oklahoma, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement:
November 12, 2024
In advance of the December deadline to finish FY25 appropriations, 146 Members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden and Democratic leadership in the House & Senate urging them to reject any attempts to include anti-LGBTQI+ provisions in any final FY25 government funding agreements.
October 26, 2024
Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statements to mark Intersex Awareness Day:
October 24, 2024
Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement after the Congressional Equality Caucus published a report detailing how House Republicans have attempted to implement Project 2025’s anti-LGBTQI+ agenda during the 118th Congress:
October 1, 2024
Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement celebrating the beginning of LGBTQI+ History Month:
September 19, 2024
Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement after House Republicans passed H.R. 3724, the “End Woke Higher Education Act,” which, among other provisions, would force universities to recognize & fund religious student organizations that discriminate against minority students:
September 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after the Committee on Education and the Workforce voted to report H.R. 736, the so-called “PROTECT Kids Act,” favorably out of committee:
September 3, 2024
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Senator Ed Markey (MA), and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) filed an amicus brief to defend transgender Americans’ right to access medically-necessary healthcare in the upcoming Supreme Court case U.S. v. Skrmetti. The brief was joined, in total, by 11 Senators and 153 Representatives, including Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05), and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (CA-33) all of the Equality Caucus Co-Chairs and Vice Chairs. The members’ brief highlights the role that animosity has played in legislation banning medically necessary care for transgender youth and urges the court to strike down Tennessee’s ban.