Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), and the Ali Forney Center (AFC) announced three new federal grants to help continue AFC’s important work serving homeless youth in New York City, an estimated 40% of which identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ). Combined, the more than $1 million in federal grants will provide critical resources to… Read more »

Along with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and other New York federal, state and local elected officials, I am proud to announce an initiative to officially honor the site of the Stonewall Rebellion, the birthplace of the early LGBT rights movement and the ongoing struggle for full LGBT equality.… Read more »

New York (Advocate) -- The following piece appeared in The Advocate on September 21st 2015. A full version of the Op-Ed is below, or you can Click Here to read the online version: "In the early morning hours of June 28th 1969, the New York City Police Department raided the Stonewall Inn, a bar that served the LGBT community. What followed were six days of… Read more »

National Campaign Urges President Obama to Designate First National Monument for LGBT Equal Rights at Historic Site of Stonewall Rebellion Read more »

WASHINTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) and the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) announced new federal funding that will help the organization run its services for LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors of intimate partner violence. The 3 year, $400,000 grant supports AVP programs, such as one-on-one counseling, safety planning, and outreach… Read more »

“It is unconscionable, not to mention now illegal, that any government official could continue to deny universal access and recognition to gay and lesbian couples and their families.” Read more »

“We have been long overdue in delivering justice for the men and women who have had to suffer because of who they love” Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet and senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, delivered the following statement on the House Floor urging the United States Supreme Court to rule in favor of full marriage equality for… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler will be attending the landmark marriage equality case being argued before the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 28th. The four cases from Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan and Kentucky challenge state laws that prohibit same-sex couples from marrying and deny recognition to lawful marriages performed by other… Read more »

Congressman Nadler released the following statement in response to President Obama's call for an end to "conversion" therapy for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth: "As President Obama has said, sexual orientation change efforts - colloquially known as 'conversion' or 'reparative' therapy - have been widely discredited… Read more »