WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
PROCLAMATION
Hampton Roads Pride serves and represents all seven cities in our region; and”
annually, June is designated as Pride Month, and communities throughout the United States
come together to commemorate the New York City Stonewall uprisings of 1969, a major catalyst
of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) rights movement; and
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) citizens have contributed to the rch
diversity of our City and have made significant strides ina varity of contribu iif
and
members of the LGBTQ communities make their voices fieard, continue to fight for equality and
legislation that profibits discrimination in fousing, employment and reproductive health
services on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; and
during LGBTQ Pride Month, the City of Newport News joins the nation in celebrating
LGBIQ Americans ther struggle, and their contributions to our communities,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Phillip D. Jones, Mayor of the City of Newport News, do hereby proclaim June 2023,
as
in the City of Newport Ni
Mabel Washington Jenkingg MIC
City Clerk,
“PRIDE MONTH”
nd urge all citizens to join me in celebrating our diversity and inctusivity.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 fave
hereunto set my hand and caused to be duly
affixed the Seat of the City of Newport
News, Virginia, this 1* day of June 2023,
xbp 2d. Q,
Phillip D. Jones, Mayg
City of Newport News, Virginia