Whereas over 11,000,000 American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), and 1,300,000 high schoolers identify as LGBT; Whereas, according to a February 2013 report by the Williams Institute, an estimated 3,000,000 LGBT Americans have had a child and as many as 6,000,000 American children and adults have an LGBT parent; Whereas the Center for American Progress found 1 in 4 LGBT people reported experiencing discrimination in some area of their lives because of their sexual orientation or gender identity in 2016; Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia contribute to disparities in physical and mental health indicators such as depression, substance use, cancer, and experiences of abuse and violence; Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention further report that homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia limit an individual’s ability to access high-quality health care and negatively affect such individual’s income and employment status; Whereas, according to the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia contribute to disproportionately high rates of HIV among men who have sex with men and transgender women; Whereas, according to a 2017 survey by GLSEN (formerly known as the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network), 87 percent of students who identify as LGBT were harassed at school in the past year due to their sexual orientation, 60 percent felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation, and 40 percent because of their gender identity; Whereas youth who are LGBT are 120 percent more likely to experience homelessness than their non-LGBT counterparts and are likely to lack access to health care and develop stress-related disorders