Press Releases
April 19, 2024
Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement after the Department of Education released a final rule updating the regulations that implement Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972:
April 3, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement after the Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled that the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023, a law that further criminalizes LGBTQI+ people, including by imposing the death penalty in some circumstances, is constitutional:
March 29, 2024
Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chairs of the Transgender Equality Task Force, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced bicameral legislation to recognize Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31st, celebrate the many contributions and achievements of the transgender and gender non-conforming communities, and affirm their human rights.
March 22, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), released the following statement after the House successfully passed the final funding bills for Fiscal Year 2024:
March 21, 2024
Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after Republican Members of the House Committee on Education & the Workforce passed the Equal Campus Access Act of 2023 out of committee as part of a broader bill (H.R. 7683):
March 21, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement after Republicans on the House Committee on the Judiciary reported H.R. 7187, a new transgender athlete ban, favorably out of committee:
March 1, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement in response to the Department of Education’s letter to the Human Rights Campaign announcing it is opening an investigation into the Owasso Public Schools, where Nex Benedict attended school:
March 1, 2024
Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after receiving a written response from the Fellowship Foundation in which they were unwilling to denounce Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act:
February 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus published its report, Obsessed: House Republicans’ Relentless Attacks Against the LGBTQI+ Community in 2023, and released the following statement:
January 30, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) sent a letter to Katherine Crane, President of the Fellowship Foundation (also known as The Family), regarding the Foundation’s potential involvement in legislation abroad that imposes the death penalty for LGBTQI+ people, including the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Acts (AHA), and their involvement with both international and domestic anti-LGBTQI+ causes.