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ROY COOPER
GOVERNOR

PRIDE MONTH
2019
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month is celebrated nationwide each
year in the month of June; and

WHEREAS, this month was chosen to commemorate the riots that took place 50 years ago at the Stonewall Inn in
Manhattan, New York, the morning of June 28, 1969, often viewed as the birth of the modern rights movement; and

WHEREAS, it is important during this month to take time to re?ect on the rights movement; and

WHEREAS, it is ?tting that several major United States Supreme Court decisions impacting rights in a
positive way have been announced in June, including Lawrence v. Texas, 539 US. 558 (2003), which struck down sodomy
laws; US. v. Windsor, 570 US. 744 (2013), which struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act; Obergefell v. Hodges,
135 S. Ct. 2584 (2015), which af?rmed the right of same-sex couples to marry; and Pavan v. Smith 137 S. Ct. 2075 (2017),
which held that both mothers of a child had the legal right to be listed on their child's birth certi?cate; and

WHEREAS, despite this extraordinary progress, Americans still face discrimination simply for being who
they are; and

WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina stands with the community in the struggle to ensure equal treatment
for all, and to defend and advocate for LGBT rights as human rights; and

WHEREAS, Exec. Order No. 24, 32 NC. Reg. 958-962, which was issued on October 18, 2017, established policies
prohibiting discrimination, harassment, and retaliation on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in
state employment, state services, and state contracts under the jurisdiction of the Of?ce of the Governor; and

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 24 directed the Secretary of the Department of Administration to create the
Commission on Inclusion to identify additional policies and measures that promote diversity and inclusion; and

WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina will continue to advocate for statewide protections for all individuals
to make our state a place where all people regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression are
treated with dignity and respect;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim June, 2019, as
PRIDE in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.

 

Roy Coopf?r
Governor

  

IN WIT I have hereunto set my hand and af?xed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the
Capitol in Raleigh this third day of June in the year of our Lord two thousand and nineteen and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.