New York K 1528: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2026, as Gay Pride Month in the State of New York

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K01528 Summary:

BILL NOK01528 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRules (Glick)

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MLTSPNSRAlvarez, Barrett, Bichotte Hermelyn, Bores, Braunstein, Bronson, Burdick, Buttenschon, Carroll P,
 Cashman, Chandler-Waterman, Cruz, Davila, De Los Santos, Dinowitz, Gallagher, Gonzalez-Rojas,
 Griffin, Hevesi, Hooks, Hunter, Kassay, Kay, Kelles, Lee, Levenberg, Lunsford, Lupardo, Magnarelli,
 McDonald, McMahon, Otis, Paulin, Pheffer Amato, Reyes, Romero, Rosenthal, Rozic, Santabarbara,
 Shimsky, Simon, Simone, Taylor, Woerner

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BILL NOK01528 

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05/29/2026referred to calendar

06/01/2026adopted

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Assembly Resolution No. 1528

BY: M. of A. Rules (Glick)

 MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
 June 2026, as Gay Pride Month in the State of New
 York

 WHEREAS, Members of this Legislative Body support the rights,
freedoms, and equality of those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual/agender (LGBTQIA+); and

 WHEREAS, Those who took a stand for human rights and dignity at the
Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 28, 1969, are among the pioneers
within this movement and this year marks the 57th Anniversary of the
Stonewall Rebellion; and

 WHEREAS, The Stonewall protestors were subjected to police
harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender
identity and expression; and

 WHEREAS, The Stonewall Rebellion and the LGBTQIA+ movement included
the contributions of transgender and gender non-conforming Americans
like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who brought attention to the
continued struggle for the rights of this community; and

 WHEREAS, Various decisive moments in history were followed by the
creation of gay rights organizations in every major city in the United
States within two years of the Stonewall uprising; and

 WHEREAS, The Stonewall uprising has been followed by many positive
progressive historic moments; and

 WHEREAS, One year after the Stonewall uprising on June 28, 1970, the
first gay pride marches took place in New York City, Los Angeles, and
San Francisco; and

 WHEREAS, Each year, since the Stonewall uprising, the end of June
has been celebrated as gay pride with pride marches and other events
being held throughout New York State and the world; and

 WHEREAS, A Marriage Equality Bill first passed the New York State
Assembly in 2007; and

 WHEREAS, The Marriage Equality Act passed both houses and was signed
into law in New York State on June 24, 2011, making the state the sixth
in the nation to do so; and

 WHEREAS, The year 2012 marked the first year all 50 states in the
United States had at least one openly LGBTQIA+ elected official; and

 WHEREAS, On June 26, 2013, New York State resident Edith Windsor,
represented by Roberta Kaplan, won her case against the United States;
the Supreme Court ruled that section three of the Defense of Marriage
Act was unconstitutional and the Federal Government cannot discriminate
against married lesbian and gay couples for the purposes of determining
Federal benefits and protections; and

 WHEREAS, On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that states
cannot ban same-sex marriage; and

 WHEREAS, On June 24, 2016, then President Barack Obama announced the
designation of the first national monument to lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights; the Stonewall National Monument
encompasses Christopher Park, the Stonewall Inn and the surrounding
streets and sidewalks that were the sites of the 1969 Stonewall
uprising; and

 WHEREAS, In June of 2019, the LGBTQIA+ Pride Flag was flown over the
New York State Capitol for the first time in history; and

 WHEREAS, On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court affirmed
that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQIA+ Americans from
discrimination in the workplace after Gerald Bostock, the late Aimee
Stephens, and the late Donald Zarda, also a New Yorker, brought suit
against their former employers when they were fired for identifying as
either gay or transgender only after their employer was made aware of
their gender or sexual identity despite positive job perfor