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Richard Blumenthal's Public Statements on Issue: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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07/06/2017 Letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Restore Resources That Protect LGBTQ From Housing Discrimination
07/05/2017 Letter to the Hon. Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Senate Democrats Urge HUD Secretary Ben Carson to Restore Resources That Protect LGBTQ From Housing Discrimination
06/28/2017 Blumenthal Joins Senate's First Ever Resolution Recognizing June as Pride Month
06/27/2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Harmful Actions on Civil Rights Protections, Enforcement
06/16/2017 Letter to President Donald J. Trump - LGBTQ Pride Month Proclamation
06/16/2017 Murphy, Blumenthal Helping to Lead Legislation to Restore Honor to Service Members Discharged Due to Sexual Orientation
06/09/2017 Gillibrand Introduces Legislation To End Discrimination Against Potential LGBT Adoptive and Foster Parents Based on Their Sexual Orientation; Open More Loving Homes To Children Being Left Behind
05/08/2017 Blumenthal, Murphy Reintroduce Historic, Comprehensive LGBT Non-Discrimination Legislation
04/27/2017 Letter to the Hon. Thomas Price, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Restore LGBT Questions to Key Older Americans and Disability Surveys
04/26/2017 Following Widespread Anti-LGBTQ Push under President Trump, Murphy, Blumenthal, Join Efforts to End Dangerous, Fradulent "Conversion Therapy"
04/19/2017 Letter to the Hon. Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State, the Hon. Nikki Haley, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations - Chechen Human Rights Violations Towards LGBTI Community
01/21/2017 Blumenthal Features '#WhyIMarch' Testimonies from Connecticut Marchers on His Facebook Page
01/09/2017 Blumenthal Statement Regarding Discharge Upgrade for Veteran Ed Spires
11/30/2016 Blumenthal: Russell Amendment Stripped from Final Defense Bill, But the Fight Against Discrimination is Not Over
06/21/2016 Letter to Robert Califf, MD, Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - End Discriminatory Blood Donation Ban
05/02/2016 Letter to the Honorable John King, Secretary of the US Department of Education - Urge to Clarify Legal Protections for LGBT Students
04/21/2016 Letter to the Hon. Dannel Malloy, Governor of Connecticut, the Hon. Bob Duff, Connecticut State Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Brendan Sharkey, Connecticut State Speaker of the House - Thanks for LGBT Stance
03/09/2016 Blumenthal, Murphy Introduce Legislation to Impose Sanctions on Foreign Individuals Responsible for Violence Against the LGBT Community
01/15/2016 Letter to the Honorable Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - On the Urgent Implementation of Anti-Discrimination Protections
10/26/2015 Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Implement Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decisions
10/26/2015 Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
05/21/2015 Letter to Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense - Prevent Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
03/06/2015 Brief of 167 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 44 U.S. Senators as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
01/01/2015 Issue Position: Civil Rights
12/15/2014 Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Drop Ban on Blood Donations from Gay Men

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