1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal and Uniform Treatment in the Military Act or the EQUITY Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Women, Black, Native American, and LGBTQIA+ Americans have served in the Armed Forces since the Revolutionary War. (2) In 1948, 16 years before the enactment of the Civil Rights Act ( Public Law 88–352 ; 78 Stat. 241), which desegrated civilian spaces, President Truman issued Executive Order 9981, which allowed Black members of the Armed Forces to serve side-by-side with white members. (3) In 1948, President Truman signed the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act ( Public Law 80–625