; (6) Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, self-proclaimed drag performers and community activists; (7) Larry Kramer, author and cofounder of ACT UP; (8) Elaine Noble, the first openly LGBTQI+ elected State official; (9) Cleve Jones, activist, author, and founder of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt; (10) Gilbert Baker, creator of the rainbow pride flag; (11) We’wha, cultural ambassador for Native Americans and most famous Lhamana on record; (12) Alan Hart, a revolutionary tuberculosis researcher; and (13) Audre Lorde, writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist; Whereas this resolution is by no means a comprehensive documentation of all the achievements and contributions of LGBTQI+ people to American history; Whereas LGBTQI+ people in the United States, and all over the world, face obstacles in the struggle for equality; Whereas Executive Order 10450, the 1953 Immigration Act, the Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government congressional report, sodomy laws, and the Defense of Marriage Act have contributed to the forced erasure and discrimination of LGBTQI+ Americans; Whereas organized LGBTQI+ activist groups have advanced civil rights, including— (1) the Society for Human Rights; (2) the Mattachine Society; (3) the Daughters of Bilitis; (4) the Gay Liberation Front; (5) the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries; (6) the Gay American Indians; and (7) the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance; Whereas the determination and resilience of the LGBTQI+ community in the fight for equality has advanced civil rights protections for all Americans, such as— (1) One Inc. v. Olesen (1958), which expanded free speech protections; (2) Romer v. Evans & Windsor (1996), which prevented State constitutions from denying the LGBTQI+ community basic legal protections; (3) Lawrence v. Texas (2003), which eliminated sodomy laws; (4) Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), which guarantees same-sex couples the right to marriage