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November 6, 2025
Today, Congressman Mark Takano (CA-39)—Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Chair of Congressional Equality Caucus—released the following statement reflecting on the extraordinary career of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi after she announced she would not run for re-election:
October 7, 2025
Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar today, 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 and Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu released the following statements:
October 3, 2025
On the first day of the federal government shutdown, FBI Director Kash Patel dismissed a trainee agent after learning that the person had displayed a rainbow Pride flag at their desk during a prior assignment in Los Angeles during the Biden administration.
September 17, 2025
After comments by two Republican Members of Congress calling for the institutionalization of transgender people, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement:
September 15, 2025
The Congressional Equality Caucus has demanded Secretary of State Marco Rubio restore international support for LGBTQ+ rights.
September 15, 2025
Last week, the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Equality Caucus’s International LGBTQI+ Rights Task Force—Rep. Robert Garcia (CA-42), Rep. Julie Johnson (TX-32), and Rep. Sarah McBride (DE-AL)—led 61 Members of Congress in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio opposing the removal of LGBTQI-specific data from the 2024 Country Report on Human Rights and urging its restoration.
September 10, 2025
After the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, including with six Republican-sponsored anti-LGBTQI+ amendments, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Mark Takano released the following statement:
September 8, 2025
Andry José Hernández Romero, the gay makeup artist wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, has met virtually with U.S. Rep. Mark Takano.
September 4, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after the House passed the FY26 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which contained several anti-LGBTQI+ riders:
September 3, 2025
Back to school season is one of my favorite times of the year. Kids excitedly skipping to school, wearing backpacks that are almost bigger than they are. As kids in the Bay Area and the country begin another school year, LGBTQI+ students should feel excited about returning to class after summer break, seeing their friends, and finding joy in community as their most authentic selves both in the classroom and in extracurricular activities.