; Whereas, on July 5, 2016, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, known as the National PTA, adopted a resolution on the Recognition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning Individuals as a Protected Class; Whereas, on July 28, 2016, Human Rights Campaign national press secretary Sarah McBride spoke at the Democratic National Convention, making her the first trans­gen­der person to address a major party convention; Whereas, on June 24, 2016, President Obama designated the first national monument to LGBTQ rights at the site of the Stonewall uprising; Whereas, on October 3, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services began a project which funds grants in relation to assessing the needs and determining intervention strategies of homeless LGBTQ youth; Whereas, on November 8, 2016, Kate Brown of Oregon became the first openly bisexual person to win a gubernatorial election; Whereas, on January 30, 2017, the Boy Scouts of America announced that they would open membership to transgender boys; Whereas, on April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, that lesbian, gay, and bisexual employees are protected from workplace discrimination under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Whereas, on June 27, 2017, residents of the District of Columbia became the first in the Nation to be allowed to select a gender-neutral option on their driver’s license; Whereas, in July 2017, the first transgender doll was released, modeled after LGBTQ+ activist Jazz Jennings; Whereas, on November 7, 2017, Andrea Jenkins’ election to the Minneapolis City Council made her the first openly transgender woman to win public office in a major United States city; Whereas, on November 7, 2017, Phillipe Cunningham’s election to the Minneapolis City Council made him the first openly transgender man to win a seat on the city council of a major United States city