Media

Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Becca Balint, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, and Senator Mazie Hirono led 130 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief at the Supreme Court in the cases of West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox where the court will be considering whether categorical bans on transgender students participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity violate Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause.

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:

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:

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:

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.