Mark Takano: “Was that literally the 11th hour, 59th minute before they--that's right. I do remember this now because I was here that…”

We are not here simply to remember history. We are here because the work that began 63 years ago is unfinished.

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.

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

Every generation must take up the work of renewing and perfecting the idea of America so that America lives up to its promise.