SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED - JUNE 10, 2003

Agenda Item No. 8

Introduced by the County Services Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION DESIGNATING JUNE 14, 2003 AS "LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE DAY" IN INGHAM COUNTY

RESOLUTION #03-149

WHEREAS, for the fifteenth consecutive year, Michigan Pride, Inc. will host the state's largest pride event in Lansing; and

WHEREAS, the Michigan Pride Steering Committee is a volunteer organization that raises funding and coordinates the march, festival and rally, promoting pride in and knowledge of the richness and diversity of Michigan's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community; and

WHEREAS, formed in 1988 after the words "sexual orientation" were removed from the state's Ethnic Intimidation Act, Michigan Pride continues to raise awareness around issues that concern Michigan's LGBT community; and

WHEREAS, Michigan has the honor of being one of the few states in the nation which hosts a march and rally on its Capitol steps each year; and

WHEREAS, like many other groups around the nation, Michigan Pride hosts this annual event to commemorate the beginning of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Movement which began outside New York's Stonewall Bar over thirty years ago; and

WHEREAS, "We The People - Refusing To Be Silenced" is the theme for 2003, this year's event will be held on June 14, 2003 at the State Capitol in Lansing.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby designate June 14, 2003, as "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Day" in Ingham County.

COUNTY SERVICES: Yeas: Celentino, Holman, De Leon, Schor, Nevin

Nays: None Absent: Severino Approved 6/3/03