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March 17, 2025
Today, 82 Members of Congress, led by Congressional Equality Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Julie Johnson (TX-32) and Rep. Emily Randall (WA-06) and CEC Members Rep. Kevin Mullin (CA-15) and Rep. Gabe Amo (RI-01), sent a public comment letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demanding OMB reject proposed changes to U.S. passport forms that would further implement Trump’s anti-trans passport policy by requiring applicants to list their “biological sex at birth” and by only providing male and female options.
March 17, 2025
Department of Veterans Affairs leaders said Monday that they will phase out coverage of gender transition care for veterans, rescinding a 2018 policy to comply with an executive order President Donald Trump signed that said sex is not changeable.
March 15, 2025
Today, Rep. Mark Takano, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the Veterans Health Administration rescinded a directive that ensured respectful delivery of healthcare to transgender and intersex Veterans:
March 9, 2025
As Republican lawmakers dodge in-person town halls, avoiding direct engagement with voters furious over the Trump administration’s devastating policies, LGBTQ+ Democrats like Washington Rep. Emily Randall and Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan are doing the opposite. They're meeting people where they are and making themselves accessible.
February 28, 2025
Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus announced that CEC Vice Chairs Sara Jacobs and Pramila Jayapal will lead the Transgender Equality Task Force, CEC Vice Chair Suzanne Bonamici will lead the LGBTQI+ Aging Issues Task Force, and CEC Co-Chairs Robert Garcia, Julie Johnson, and Sarah McBride will lead the newly-established International LGBTQI+ Rights Task Force:
February 27, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after President Trump’s Department of Defense issued guidance on ousting transgender servicemembers and banning enlistment by transgender Americans:
February 15, 2025
Washington, DC — Today, Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed motions to dismiss cases the commission had brought against businesses accused of discriminating against employees based on their gender identity and instructed staff to stop investigating gender identity discrimination complaints.
February 10, 2025
Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus is announcing the 191 U.S. Representatives who have joined the Congressional Equality Caucus for the 119th Congress, the most members the Caucus has ever had at the start of a Congress, and making it the largest caucus in the House:
February 7, 2025
Today, the leaders of the Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC), Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), released the following statements highlighting how President Trump has spent his first three weeks in office undermining civil rights protections and enforcement for workers:
February 5, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) and Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statements after President Trump issued an Executive Order that seeks to ban trans girls and women from participating in girls and women’s sports: