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Senator Baldwin is the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to the U.S. Senate.

On June 25, 2021, TIME hosted its second-annual virtual Pride Summit, featuring Billy Eichner, Hayley Kiyoko, and more.

Supporters said not bill only was this a question of equality and safety for trans dependents, but also for their family members.

Equality California, the statewide LGBTQ rights group, will hold its virtual Evening for Equality Wednesday, April 28, beginning at 6 p.m. Pacific Time. Headlining the show will be Grammy Award-winning R&B, hip-hop, and soul singer-songwriter Estelle. Other entertainers include Peppermint, Justin Tranter, and Jake Wesley Rogers. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) will be a special guest. Lee, vice chair and founding member of Congress' LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, is a longtime ally of the queer community and has authored many bills around HIV/AIDS and other progressive issues. Also appearing a...

Bayard Rustin and Alicia Garza weer both named in the resolution. (Getty) House Democrats have vowed to “uplift” the contributions of queer Black people, recognising them as “fearless trailblazers in American culture and society”. House Resolution 170 was introduced by congresswoman Barbara Lee, a vice-chair and founding member of the Equality Caucus, and co-sponsored by 29 other congress members. It specifically names 26 Black LGBT+ people deserving of celebration, including civil rights activists Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Marsha P Johnson and Black Lives Matter co-...