; Whereas, on June 27 and 28, 1970, members of the LGBTQ community commemorated the first anniversary of Stonewall and reaffirmed the solidarity of the LGBTQ community by organizing the first Pride marches or gatherings in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Los Angeles; Whereas the Stonewall Uprising is remembered and celebrated every year in June during LGBTQ Pride Month ; Whereas, in June 2016, the Stonewall Inn and its surrounding area was declared a National Monument, becoming the first national monument to commemorate the LGBTQ civil rights movement; Whereas, in June 2019, World Pride will be held for the first time in the United States in New York City to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising, bringing representatives of the global LGBTQ community together to recognize these historic events; Whereas, on May 30, 2019, the government of New York City announced that it would dedicate a monument honoring pioneering transgender activists and key leaders in the Stonewall Uprising, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, the first permanent, public monument in the world honoring transgender women; Whereas, on June 6, 2019, the New York City Police Commissioner issued an official apology on behalf of the New York City Police Department, stating, The actions taken by the NYPD were wrong—plain and simple. ; Whereas, despite the progress made since the Stonewall Uprising, members of the LGBTQ community continue to experience biased policing and are still at significant risk of violence and discrimination; Whereas according to the annual hate crimes report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, LGBTQ people, particularly LGBTQ people of color, continue to be the target of bias-motivated violence, and efforts to address this violence may be hindered by a continued lack of trust in law enforcement; Whereas at least 100 transgender individuals, primarily women of color, have been murdered in the United States since the beginning of 2015