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January 29, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) made the following statement after President Trump issued an Executive Order targeting LGBTQI+ education and students:

January 28, 2025
Today, Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) made the following statement after President Trump issued an Executive Order to target medically necessary health care for transgender individuals under 19 years of age:

January 28, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after President Trump issued an Executive Order that would effectively ban transgender people from serving in the United States military:

January 20, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after President Trump issued several anti-LGBTQI+ Executive Orders on his first day back in office:

January 16, 2025
LGBTQ and civil rights advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives denounced legislation passed on Tuesday by the Republican majority that would prohibit schools that receive federal education funding from allowing transgender students to participate in girls’ and women’s sports.

January 14, 2025
Today, Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after House Republicans passed H.R. 28, a federal ban on transgender girls from participating in school sports—one of the first bills to pass the House in the 119th Congress.

January 10, 2025
Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus announced that the following members will serve as Co-Chairs of the caucus in the 119th Congress: Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Angie Craig (MN-02), Sharice L. Davids (KS-03), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), Becca Balint (VT-AL), Robert Garcia (CA-42), Eric Sorensen (IL-17), Julie Johnson (TX-32), Sarah McBride (DE-AL), and Emily Randall (WA-06). The CEC previously announced that Representative Mark Takano (CA-39) as Chair for this Congress.

January 2, 2025
Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus announced that Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) will serve as the Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus in the 119th Congress:

December 24, 2024
Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025—which contained a ban on medically necessary care for servicemembers’ transgender dependents—was signed into law:

December 16, 2024
States receiving federal funding for foster care and adoption assistance programs would be required to prohibit certain surgeries for foster children born with intersex traits under legislation introduced Monday by Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas).