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You can help protect the housing rights of LGBTQ+ consumers and show your respect for LGBTQ+ colleagues while learning more about the history of Pride Month during June.
Since 1999, June has been recognized as Pride Month in remembrance of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. During a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, approximately 200 patrons and neighbors resisted detention and disbursement, with police eventually barricading themselves inside the bar. Many historians point to Stonewall as the event that galvanized the modern LGBTQ+ movement. On the first anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, the first Gay Pride parade was held in New York City, and in subsequent years, parades were held in a growing number of major cities in the United States and Europe.
U. S. Supreme Court decisions in 2015, 2017 and 2020 upheld the right for same sex couples to be married and affirmed that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation violates federal civil rights laws and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
While much progress has been made with regard to legal rights and social acceptance in the United States, the LGBTQ+ community is not federally protected from housing discrimination. The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) supports the federal Equality Act which would extend fair housing and other civil rights protections to LGBTQ+ Americans. This would bring federal law in line with the REALTOR® Code of Ethics which forbids members from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
NAR partnered in the past with NAGLREP to support the Equality Act and the group also produced the LGBT Real Estate Report, A View of LGBT Homeownership Trends and Economic Impact. NAR has a partnership with the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance or “The Alliance.” The Alliance is an events-oriented networking group in the real estate industry. To learn more about the Chicago Chapter, visit The Alliance’s Facebook page.
While the Equality Act was passed by a bi-partisan vote of the U.S. House of Representatives in February 2021, it did not get approved by the Senate. It has not been reintroduced by the 118th Congress.
Find out more about Pride Month by visiting the Library of Congress’ website.
