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Darren Soto's Public Statements on Issue: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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03/31/2022 Soto, US Department of Education Secretary Cardona Join Roundtable With LGBTQI+ Students and Families From Florida on Transgender Day of Visibility
02/04/2022 Letter to Hon. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Hon. Rochelle P. Walensky, Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - REPS. MONDAIRE JONES AND RITCHIE TORRES LEAD COLLEAGUES IN URGING CDC AND CMS TO MAKE INJECTABLE HIV PREVENTION DRUG FREE
07/09/2021 Letter to the Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Tae Johnson, Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Quigley Again Calls for End to Detention of Trans Migrants
07/30/2020 Letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Wexton Leads Bicameral Response to Trump Administration's Anti-Trans Equal Access Rule Change
06/26/2020 House Passes Demings, Soto, Murphy Bill to Designate National Pulse Memorial
06/17/2020 Letter to the Hon. Kenneth L. Marcus, Assistant Secretary of Civil Rights for the Department of Education - Hayes Leads Connecticut Delegation Members And 22 House Democrats In Defending Connecticut's Gender-Inclusive Athletic Policy
06/16/2020 Rep. Demings Praises SCOTUS' LGBTQ+ Decision
05/27/2020 Letter to John Barsa, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development - Meng and Brooks Urge USAID to Prioritize Needs of Women and Girls in COVID-19 Response
05/20/2020 Rep. Grijalva and Sens. Menendez, Baldwin Lead Bicameral Push for the Trump Admin to Start Collecting Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity during the COVID-19 Pandemic
05/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Sens. Menendez, Baldwin and Rep. Grijalva Lead Bicameral Push for the Trump Admin to Start Collecting Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity during the COVID-19 Pandemic
05/07/2020 Letter to Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, and John Barsa, Acting Administrator USAID - Senator Markey and Rep. Titus Lead Colleagues in Urging State Department, USAID to Protect Global LGBTQI Population During Coronavirus Pandemic
03/26/2020 Letter to Ambassador Deborah Birx - Haaland, Davids Lead Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus Expressing Concern on Coronavirus and the LGBTQ Community
01/17/2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Maloney Calls on Trump to Defend Ambassador Recalled for Defending LGBTQ People
01/13/2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - 50+ Members Call Out Trump Administration's Removal of Ambassador who Defended LGBTQ People
01/01/2020 Issue Position: LGBT Equality
12/09/2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Jennifer Moughalian, Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Velázquez, Craig and Maloney Press HHS on Removal of LGBTQ Protections
10/22/2019 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary U.S. Department of Education, and the Hon. Kenneth L. Marcus, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Education - Bonamici Leads 58 Lawmakers in Demanding DeVos Protect Civil Rights of LGBTQ Students
09/19/2019 Letter to the Hon. Benjamin Carson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Reps. Pressley, Wexton Slam Carson's Latest Attack on Transgender Americans
06/12/2019 Designation of National Pulse Memorial
06/10/2019 Reps. Soto, Murphy, Demings Call for Designation of Pulse as National Memorial Site
05/13/2019 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Bonamici Leads Effort to Call on DeVos to Reinstate Protections for Transgender Students; Joined by 44 Colleagues
01/29/2019 Letter to the Hon. Michael Pompeo, Sec. of State - House Members Condemn Violence Against LGBT People In Chechnya
10/05/2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Schneider Leads 100+ Democratic Members Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Decision to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Foreign Diplomats
09/06/2018 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - End Ban on Medically Necessary Treatments for Transgender Veterans
08/01/2018 Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons - Reverse Effort Placing Transgender Offenders at Risk for Sexual Assault

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