; Whereas, on April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held 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 May 30, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District that transgender students are protected from discrimination under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment; Whereas, on June 27, 2017, residents of the District of Columbia became the first in the United States to be allowed to select a gender-neutral option on their driver license; Whereas the first transgender doll was released in July of 2017, modeled after LGBTQIA+ activist Jazz Jennings; Whereas, on November 7, 2017, the election of Andrea Jenkins to the Minneapolis City Council made her the first openly transgender woman to be elected to 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 be elected to the city council of a major United States city; Whereas, on November 7, 2017, Danica Roem of Virginia became the first openly transgender person to be elected to and seated in a State legislature; Whereas, on March 4, 2018, Daniela Vega became the first openly transgender person to present at the Academy Awards; Whereas, on June 3, 2018, FX aired the show Pose , making television history by featuring the largest cast of transgender actors in a television series; Whereas, on June 4, 2018, the Supreme Court reaffirmed in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission that businesses do not have a broad license to discriminate against LGBTQIA+ Americans; Whereas, on November 6, 2018, Democratic Representative Jared Polis was elected governor of Colorado, becoming the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States