LGBTQIA+ Rights

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Sara Jacobs (CA-51), the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Equality Caucus’ Transgender Equality Task Force, and Senator Mazie Hirono (HI) announced the introduction of a resolution commemorating November 20, 2023, as Transgender…

Washington, D.C. — Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Reps. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Co-Chairs of the Transgender Equality Task Force, and Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, led 155 total Democratic House Members in a push to remove…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) led more than thirty lawmakers in calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the prison conditions transgender individuals experience to inform actions to improve the treatment of…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Representatives Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Mark Takano (CA-39), and David Cicilline (RI-01) are re-introducing the Transgender Bill of Rights amidst unprecedented attacks on trans…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement after the Senate voted to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify the right of LGBTQ+ people to marry who they love: “After months of widespread and…

Amidst unprecedented attacks on our rights, this landmark resolution lays out concrete steps for providing protections for transgender and nonbinary folks WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), David Cicilline (RI-01), Marie Newman (IL-03), Mark Takano (CA-41), and Ritchie Torres…