Text of RI H 6125 (2025)

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY

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2025 -- H 6125 ======== LC002398 ======== S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 ____________ H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY Introduced By: Representatives Kislak, Noret, Felix, Hull, Cotter, Blazejewski, Ajello, Shallcross Smith, Morales, and Potter Date Introduced: March 21, 2025 Referred To: House State Government & Elections WHEREAS, The LGBTQIA+ community is an integral part of Rhode Island’s 1 population; and 2 WHEREAS, The LGBTQIA+ community has fought relentlessly for inclusion and 3 equality, yet LGBTQIA+ people still experience harassment and discrimination based on their 4 sexual orientation and gender identity locally, nationally and internationally; and 5 WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island, which was founded on the principle of individual 6 freedom, celebrates the diversity of its people and their right to live out loud, free of 7 discrimination, fear, and prejudice; and 8 WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island remains committed to protecting the civil rights 9 of the LGBTQIA+ community; and 10 WHEREAS, Transgender and Nonbinary Rhode Islanders are facing threats to their very 11 existence and this Rhode Island State House of Representatives will continue to strengthen its 12 commitment to ensuring dignity and full access to public life; and 13 WHEREAS, LGBTQIA+ people, people of color, and particularly trans women of color, 14 face greater disparities in the areas of health, housing, and criminal justice and are many times 15 more likely to be the victims of fatal violence; and 16 WHEREAS, Every human being has the right to love freely and live their lives openly as 17 who they are; now, therefore be it 18 RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby 19 proclaims its solidarity with and expresses its support for Rhode Island’s LGBTQIA + 20 LC002398 - Page 2 of 2 community; and be it further 1 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to 2 transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Governor of the State of Rhode Island, the 3 Honorable Daniel McKee. 4 ======== LC002398 ========