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June 27, 2025
House Republicans are under fire for advancing a spending bill that threatens to permanently block gender-affirming care for transgender veterans, intensifying an already dangerous environment for LGBTQ+ service members and veterans under the Trump administration’s policies.
June 27, 2025
One case at the U.S. Supreme Court Friday potentially jeopardized funding for preventive care for HIV, breast cancer, and other serious illnesses. But the case - Kennedy v. Braidwood (aka HHS v. Braidwood) - was not about funding for those issues.
June 27, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued their ruling in Kennedy v. Braidwood:
June 27, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued their ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor:
June 26, 2025
Restrictions on the use of federal funds for gender-affirming care will be stripped from the Republican-led Senate reconciliation bill, following a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian on Tuesday that struck down a number of health related provisions.
June 25, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3944, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026:
June 23, 2025
Today, Monday, June 23, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Mark Takano (CA-39), and DWC Equality Caucus Liaison Julie Johnson (TX-32) released a joint statement on the 53rd anniversary of Title IX. Title IX is a vital federal law that has provided women, pregnant & parenting, and LGBTQI+ individuals with opportunities and protected them from sex-based discrimination since 1972.
June 18, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on medically-necessary care for young trans people in U.S. v. Skrmetti:
June 13, 2025
In advance of the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County where the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity, Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC) Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), and CEC Vice Chair Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) led 70 members in sending a letter urging Andrea Lucas, Acting Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), to uphold her obligations under federal law and address discrimination against transgender and nonbinary workers:
June 12, 2025
For the second day in a row, gay U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, confronted a Department of Defense official over the disrespect shown to Harvey Milk in light of reports that Milk’s name is to be removed from a Navy ship.