Mark Takano: “I want to remind folks that community colleges are not just entities that serve as steppingstones to 4-year…”

Providers who engage in these practices are actively endangering the wellbeing of young LGBTQI+ people and defrauding their families by promising to “fix” something that is simply not broken.

I am frustrated that Speaker Johnson also excluded several provisions that have bipartisan and bicameral support.

We should be investing in these students and the institutions that serve them—not eliminating the very programs that make their education possible.

The Congressional Equality Caucus will continue to push federal legislation to address this harmful and fraudulent practice.