Senate Resolution No. 1287

BY: Senator HOYLMAN-SIGAL

MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
June 2023, as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the State of New
York

WHEREAS, New York State's diversity has always been its greatest
strength; and

WHEREAS, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+)
people have made important and lasting contributions to our great State
and Nation in every field of endeavor including business, medicine, law,
humanities, science, literature, politics, education, music,
philanthropy, sports, arts, and culture that enrich our national life;
and

WHEREAS, LGBTQ+ New Yorkers also mobilized the State and Nation to
respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role
in broadening this country's response to the global HIV pandemic; and

WHEREAS, LGBTQ+ people come from all walks of life, regardless of
race, color, religion, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, economic
status, physical or mental ability, medical condition, sex, gender
identity or expression; and

WHEREAS, Each year in June marks the anniversary of the Stonewall
Rebellion; this event is widely considered to constitute the single most
important event leading to the LGBTQ+ liberation movement and the
modern-day fight for LGBTQ+ rights in the United States; and

WHEREAS, The event inspired LGBTQ+ people throughout the country to
organize in support of LGBTQ+ rights, and, within two years, LGBTQ+
rights organizations were founded in nearly every major city; and

WHEREAS, The Stonewall Rebellion was led by trans elders like Marsha
P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, without whom the hard-fought victories
the LGBTQ+ community has come to enjoy in recent years and decades would
not have been possible; and

WHEREAS, In recognition of these contributions, it is incumbent on
the more privileged members of the LGBTQ+ community to fight to defend
trans people and trans youth from unprecedented infringements on their
human rights; and

WHEREAS, LGBTQ+ New Yorkers, their families and friends, and all
those committed to justice and equality celebrate during the month of
June the rich culture, the notable achievements, and the outstanding
contributions that LGBTQ+ New Yorkers make to our great State and Nation
and continue to advocate to uphold and advance LGBTQ+ rights, which are
human rights; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2023, as LGBTQ+ Pride
Month in the State of New York; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.