New York J 1252: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025, as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in the State of New York

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J01252 Summary:

BILL NOJ01252 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRADDABBO, ASHBY, BAILEY, BASKIN, BORRELLO, BRISPORT, BROUK, BYNOE, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CHAN,
 CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, GRIFFO, HARCKHAM,
 HELMING, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LANZA, LIU, MARTINEZ, MARTINS, MATTERA, MAY, MAYER,
 MURRAY, MYRIE, OBERACKER, O'MARA, PALUMBO, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RHOADS, RIVERA, ROLISON, RYAN C,
 RYAN S, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, STEC,
 STEWART-COUSINS, SUTTON, TEDISCO, WALCZYK, WEBB, WEBER, WEIK

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BILL NOJ01252 

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06/12/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

06/12/2025REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION

06/12/2025ADOPTED

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Senate Resolution No. 1252

BY: Senator HOYLMAN-SIGAL

 MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
 June 2025, as LGBTQIA+ 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 56th Anniversary of the
Stonewall Riots; and

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

 WHEREAS, The Stonewall uprising 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 LGBTQIA+ 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 marches for LGBTQIA+ equality took place in New York City, Los
Angeles, and San Francisco; and

 WHEREAS, Each year, since the Stonewall uprising, Pride Month has
been celebrated with marches and other events being held throughout New
York State, and throughout 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, 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 em