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March 31, 2025
Reps. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chairs of the Transgender Equality Task Force, and Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, introduced legislation to recognize Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31st, celebrate the many contributions and achievements of the transgender and gender non-conforming communities, and affirm their human rights. 70 Members of the House have co-sponsored the resolution so far – breaking the record and setting a new threshold of support for this resolution.
March 31, 2025
More than two dozen House Democrats are looking to protect and expand availability to gender-affirming care for transgender youths and adults as the Trump administration takes steps to sharply curb access.
March 31, 2025
More than two dozen House Democrats are looking to protect and expand availability to gender-affirming care for transgender youths and adults as the Trump administration takes steps to sharply curb access.
March 28, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) led 69 Members of Congress in condemning Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins’ recent attacks on transgender veterans and demanding answers to a series of questions to further Congressional Democrats’ oversight of VA’s attacks on veterans.
March 17, 2025
Eighty-two members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed on to a letter opposing the implementation of the Trump administration’s anti-transgender passport policy.
March 17, 2025
Today, Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs announced it will phase out veterans’ treatments for gender dysphoria:
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.