On June 26, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) introduced the first-ever bipartisan U.S. Senate resolution to honor the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.
Stonewall is recognized by many as the event that sparked the modern-day LGBTQ-rights movement.
Additional Senate co-sponsors of the resolution include Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colorado), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), Tom Carper (D-Delaware), Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chris Coons (D-Delaware), Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), Kamala Harris (D-California), Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), Patty Murray (D-Washington), Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Tina Smith (D-Minnesota), Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshir) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon).
The resolution is at http://www.baldwin.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/KAT19077.pdf.