; Whereas, on January 4, 2010, Mayor Annise D. Parker was sworn in as the first openly lesbian mayor of Houston, the largest city in the United States to have an openly LGBTQ mayor; Whereas, on November 2, 2010, Victoria Kolakowski was elected as the first openly transgender woman in California to serve as a trial court judge for the Alameda County Superior Court; Whereas, on November 17, 2010, Phyllis Frye was appointed into the City of Houston Municipal Courts as the first openly transgender judge in the Nation; Whereas, in December of 2010, Congress approved and President Obama signed the repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law, allowing gays, lesbians, and bisexuals to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces; Whereas, in October of 2011, the Girl Scouts of America opened membership to a 7-year-old transgender girl; Whereas 2012 marked the first year that all 50 States in the United States had at least 1 openly LGBTQ elected official; Whereas, on April 20, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that discrimination based on gender identity is sex discrimination for purposes of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Whereas, on June 12, 2012, Kylar Broadus became the first openly transgender person to testify in a United States Senate hearing; Whereas, on November 6, 2012, Representative Mark Takano, a Japanese American, became the first openly gay person of color elected to Congress; Whereas, in 2013, the first LGBTQ Pride Month resolution was introduced by Congressman Al Green; Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin was sworn in as the first openly gay United States Senator; Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Kyrsten Sinema was sworn in as the first openly bisexual Member of Congress; Whereas, on March 11, 2013, a transgender inclusive version of the Violence Against Women Act was reauthorized; Whereas, on April 29, 2013, Jason Collins of the NBA became the first active male athlete in a North American major sports league to come out as a gay man