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New York County Lawyers Association Issues Statement on Pride Month to Celebrate the LGBTQ+ Community and Honor its LGBTQ+ Attorney Members
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New York County Lawyers Association Issues Statement on Pride Month to Celebrate the LGBTQ+ Community and Honor its LGBTQ+ Attorney Members
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Jun 05, 2023
New York County Lawyers Association
Issues Statement on Pride Month Honoring LGBTQ+ Attorney Members
The New York County Lawyers Association is proud to celebrate Pride Month and honor its many LGBTQ+ attorney members. Pride month commemorates the Stonewall Uprising in the West Village on June 28, 1969, when LGBTQ+ people stood up to resist police harassment and persecution—an event often credited with birthing the modern LGBTQ+ civil rights movement. From Marsha P. Johnson standing up for LGBTQ+ dignity at the Stonewall Inn, to Edie Windsor’s case overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, to the founding of Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP, New York County has been the home and epicenter of numerous milestone moments in LGBTQ+ civil rights history. Of course, the work continues. Lawyers are fighting on behalf of LGBTQ+ rights every day, battling among other things Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” legislation and similar censorship efforts elsewhere, the ongoing assaults against transgender individuals seeking gender-affirming care, and the nationwide campaigns to ban drag performances. As we continue to fight for full equality, let us take a moment to celebrate the richly diverse LGBTQ+ community, and wish our LGBTQ+ attorneys a Happy Pride.
About the New York County Lawyers Association
The New York County Lawyers Association (www.nycla.org) was founded in 1908 as one of the first major bar associations in the country that admitted members without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or gender, and has a long history of supporting the rights of LGBTQ+ people. Since its inception, NYCLA has pioneered some of the most far-reaching and tangible reforms in American jurisprudence. For more information on NYCLA please visit nycla.org.
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This statement was approved for publication by the NYCLA Officers. This statement has not been approved by the NYCLA Board of Directors and does not necessarily represent the views of the Board.