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…
These policies can result in transgender users being “deadnamed” – or referred to by the birth or legal name that they no longer use – and being “outed” against their will
WASHINGTON – On International Transgender Day of Visibility, U.S. Representative Pramila…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last month, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Joe Kennedy III (MA-04) requested information regarding the agency’s treatment of transgender travelers in a letter to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske.
“As you may know, in 2015,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal released the following statement decrying President Trump’s announcement of a ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. Military:
“This announcement represents another salvo in Donald Trump’s war on the rights of our country’s…
