Maloney Celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month, No Official Proclamation from Trump

Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) released the following statement in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month.

“Randy and I want to wish everyone in the LGBTQ community a happy Pride!

“Pride Month is a time to celebrate who we are and what we’ve achieved in the face of hatred and discrimination. It’s also a time to commit to protecting the progress we’ve made towards achieving real equality at all levels of government.

“We also have to recognize that LGBTQ human rights abuses internationally are a continuing problem. Horrifying reports from Chechnya to Indonesia are a clear indication that there is still work to be done to protect our community internationally.

“I hope everyone will join me in celebrating Pride Month and working together to finish the work that’s left to be done.”

 Representative Sean Patrick Maloney is the first openly gay member of Congress from New York. After 22 years together, he married his husband Randy Florke in June 2014 in Cold Spring, NY where they live with their three children.  

According to USA Today, President Trump has yet to declare June as LGBT Pride Month.  "No Republican president has ever recognized June as pride month. The White House did not immediately return a request for comment on whether the president would follow in the footsteps of former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. The first president to issue a presidential proclamation about pride month was Clinton, back in 1999." Click here for full article.

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