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June 5, 2025
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids is observing Pride Month by reintroducing a bill aimed at improving mental health care for LGBTQ+ and intersex youth.
June 1, 2025
To celebrate the beginning of Pride Month, the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Equality Caucus and the leadership of the House Democratic Caucus released the following statements:
May 21, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement after the House passed a budget reconciliation bill that would cut Medicaid, take health care away from 13.7 million Americans, and restrict access to medically-necessary care for transgender people of all ages:
May 21, 2025
U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC): Chrissy Houlahan (D-Penn.), Ranking Member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee; Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), Vice Chair of the CEC; and Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), Co-Chair of the CEC; introduced the Fit To Serve Act today, which affirms the rights of transgender people to serve in the United States Armed Forces by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity, including a diagnosis or potential diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
May 20, 2025
Congressional leaders and LGBTQ+ equality advocates are speaking out forcefully after the Trump administration charged Rep. LaMonica McIver, a Black Democrat from New Jersey, with felony assault, accusing her of attacking law enforcement officers during what colleagues say was a lawful congressional oversight visit to an ICE detention facility. The arrest crosses what New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries previously called a "red line."
May 19, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement on the NJ Attorney General’s baseless charges against CEC member Rep. McIver:
New Republican House bill bans transgender troops & seeks to strip trans vets of security clearances
May 15, 2025
House Republicans are planning to introduce a bill that would make President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military service permanent and expand it. The legislation, drafted by Alabama U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, would not only implement the ban through federal law but also require the discharge of any currently serving trans troops and restrict access to national security careers after service.
May 14, 2025
The Congressional Equality Caucus Wednesday denounced the advancement of a budget reconciliation bill that would make deep cuts to Medicaid and bar Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program from paying for gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
May 14, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement after Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a budget reconciliation bill that would cut Medicaid, take health care away from millions of Americans, and restrict access to medically-necessary care for transgender people
May 7, 2025
More than 20 members of Congress have urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to publicly condemn a Hungarian law that bans Pride events.