EMILYs List Recognizes LGBTQ+ Pride Month

For Immediate Release
June 1, 2020

EMILY's List Recognizes LGBTQ+ Pride Month

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“This month, we honor the hard-won advancements and countless contributions that the LGBTQ+ community has made throughout our nation’s history. From ensuring marriage equality for all, to ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ to continuing the fight to end discrimination against all LGBTQ+ Americans, there is so much progress to celebrate and yet so much we must continue to commit ourselves to fighting for.

Sadly, amid the successes and fights for equality from the LGBTQ+ community, the Trump-Pence administration continues its widespread attacks. From aiming to block workplace protections for transgender Americans to pushing dangerous “religious exemptions” that allow for discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in employment, housing, health care, and public accommodations, Donald Trump and his Republican allies have consistently worked to undermine the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans and ignored national crises like the epidemic of violence against transgender women of color.”

“EMILYs List is proud to be an ally of the LGBTQ+ community as we fight to ensure their diverse perspectives are reflected at all levels of office. We are thrilled to support many LGBTQ+ champions including Governor Kate Brown (OR) and Attorney General Maura Healey (MA); Senators Tammy Baldwin (WI) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ); Congresswomen Angie Craig (MN-02) and Sharice Davids (KS-03); state Rep. Brianna Titone (CO-HD27), Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes (CA-AD60), Del. Danica Roem (VA-HD13); and Mayor Jane Castor (Tampa), to name a few. We look forward to electing many more LGBTQ+ candidates including Gina Ortiz Jones (TX-23), Sarah McBride (DE-SD01), Kristen Browde (NY-AD93), and Carrie Hamblen (NM-SD38) this November who will work toward a future of justice, equality, and inclusion.”  

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