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The Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in 'Obergefell v. Hodges' a decade ago today.

John Russell at LGBTQ Nation:

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26, 2015, ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark decision that extended the right to same-sex marriage to gay and lesbian couples in all 50 states. It was, as the Democratic Legislative Committee noted in a statement this week, a watershed moment in the decades-long and ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ equality. In honor of what some have taken to calling “Equality Day,” lawmakers, LGBTQ+ advocates, allies, and organizations have taken to social media to celebrate a decade of marriage equality in the U.S. In its statement, the Democratic Legislative Committee noted the state-level efforts that paved the way for the national milestone, and Democratic state legislators’ continued efforts “to protect every American’s civil rights – even in the face of unprecedented and dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ policies that state Republicans” are pushing, as well as the current administration, according to JoeMyGod. “10 years ago today, we won the freedom to marry nationwide, a triumph of love and activism to make a more perfect union,” Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson wrote in an X post, which included a link to The Freedom to Marry, a 2016 documentary exploring his organization’s fight to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. “Happy anniversary, and on to the urgent work still before us.”

[...] The Congressional Equality Caucus, meanwhile, marked Equality Day 2025 by recognizing LGBTQ+ rights victories in Lawrence v. Texas and United States v. Windsor along with Obergefell. “These victories deserve celebration, but there is still work to be done so that our community’s validity never again relies on a court’s ruling,” the post reads. In a subsequent post, the group wrote that “Even a decade later, we’re still fighting for our community’s full equality under the law—especially for our transgender siblings.”

Pro-marriage equality advocates urge for the passage of Equality Day.

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The Advocate: New congressional resolution would make June 26 'Equality Day' celebrating LGBTQ+ victories

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A new resolution would designate June 26 as “Equality Day," marking the anniversary of three historic LGBTQ+ Supreme Court victories.

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Women's Equality Day

Today we celebrate Women's Equality Day, this day is to commemorate the passing of the 19th Amendment in the United States that promised women the right to vote in 1920. This is a day to celebrate however not all women were free to vote nor were men. Millions of women and men were steered away from the polling places for decades. The fight over the amendment was not just about sex; it was also deeply entwined with race.

Nine African-American women posed, standing, full length, with Nannie Burroughs holding banner reading, "Banner State Woman's National Baptist Convention" Photo cred. Library of Congress

NPR: "Yes, Women Could Vote After The 19th Amendment — But Not All Women. Or Men" - Listen to Story (5 mins)

Even in 2021, voting rights are in jeopardy with new voting laws put in place in the more recent months. The fight for the right to vote is never over until ALL citizen's voices are heard at the ballot box.

Today is a day to celebrate but also an opportunity to look to the horizon at what true equality really looks like. There is so much work to do to create a more balanced and represented nation in order to form a more just and fair society.

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Women's Equality Day honors 26 August 1920, when women's votes become legally part of the U.S. constitution. The day makes a turning point in the history of the

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Just a reminder to check your calendar and see if you can join us Wednesday, April 20th for equality day in Jefferson City! We will be bussing with Centrals GSA! It will be a great way to ally with another GSTA and do something for the community, as well as free food, a free trip, new friends, and tons of support for fellow lgbtqia youth! You all are wonderful and we hope to see you there!

Martin Luther King Day is "Equality Day" in my state

I live in Wyoming. And in Wyoming, Martin Luther King Day is known as Equality Day. Why do I take issue with this? For one thing, to rename the actual date of Martin Luther King 's birth "equality day" is to both homogenize MLK's message, and to say that we have already achieved equality. This is utter bullshit. I love how in this country we have Washington's birthday, and Lincoln's birthday and although they were consolidated into one day, it's still a day to celebrate THE MEN.

MLK should be a day to talk about race and how it affects our lives, and what we can do to affect change. It should be a day meant to specifically be aware of these problems. To use MLK to look at the "bigger picture" is to turn MLK into a sticker of approval, and to turn his achievements into accomplishments as "blanketing victories". It's also to turn his achievements into our own, and to take credit for them. We are clearly, and unfortunately, not all equal. Today should be a day to focus on how we can bring an end to racism, not celebrate achievements that are not our own and that we did not do the ground work for. Especially when those achievements were only the precursor, the first step, to bringing us to equality and not the end of the discussion.