Whereas homophobia, biphobia, interphobia, and transphobia are deeply entrenched in societies across the world, including in the United States; Whereas over 11,000,000 American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ), and over 1,300,000 high school students identify as LGBTQ; Whereas, according to a 2018 study by the Williams Institute— (1) 24 percent of female same-sex couples are raising children; and (2) same-sex couples are 7 times more likely than different-sex couples to be raising an adopted or foster child; Whereas, according to a 2020 study by the Williams Institute, 19 percent of transgender adults are raising children; Whereas the Center for American Progress found 1 in 3 LGBTQ people reported experiencing discrimination in some area of their lives because of their sexual orientation or gender identity; Whereas 45 percent of United States employees report hearing anti-LGBTQ remarks in the workplace and 25 percent say that LGBTQ people are treated worse by law enforcement than non-LGBTQ people; 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 COVID–19 has further exacerbated the health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) people; 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