EMILYs List Celebrates Pride Month
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – June marks the start of Pride Month, a celebration that honors the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) community and its history, and highlights the ongoing fight for equality and justice. Recognized in June to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in June 1969, this month is used to recognize the ongoing fight for freedom. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement for Pride Month:
“As we enter the month long celebration of LGBTQ+ pride, we stand firmly and boldly in our commitment that queer people deserve to live their lives unapologetically and authentically. Yet across the country, Republicans are targeting these communities, criminalizing gender-affirming care, and gutting programs that disproportionately support LGBTQ+ Americans. We have a message for Donald Trump and his extremist allies who seek to legislate LGBTQ+ people from existence: it won’t work and we won’t stand for it.
“This month, we’re not just celebrating — we’re fighting back. We’re harnessing the joy that has been at the center of the LGBTQ+ fight for basic rights since the first brick was thrown and the power that is pride to stand with the queer community in the fight for fundamental rights and freedoms.”
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