A resolution recognizing September 20, 2025, as "National LGBTQ+ Servicemembers and Veterans Day".
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced
Summary
National LGBTQ+ Servicemembers and Veterans Day would be designated on September 20, 2025 to honor LGBTQ+ people who served in the Armed Forces. The bill also urges the Defense and Veterans Affairs Departments to repair past harms, improve outreach for those discharged over sexual orientation or gender identity, and expand access to gender-affirming health care.
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- LGBTQ+ servicemembers and veterans: Celebrates their contributions and formally acknowledges historical and ongoing discrimination that cut careers short and denied benefits.
- Veterans discharged for sexual orientation or gender identity: Directs the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to pursue policy changes, restore justice where possible, and conduct outreach so affected veterans can access benefits.
- Transgender servicemembers, veterans, and their families: Urges access to the full range of health care, including gender-affirming care, and asks the VA to remove the exclusion on gender-affirming surgery from its benefits package.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
OR • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
WI • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
CO • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Richard Blumenthal
CT • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Tammy Duckworth
IL • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
PA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
WA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
VT • I
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
MA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
RI • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
IL • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
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