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Platform of the 1993 March on Washington for
Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation
Action Statement Preamble to the Platform
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender movement recognizes that our quest for social justice
fundamentally links us to the struggles against racism and sexism, class bias, economic injustice and
religious intolerance. We must realize if one of us is oppressed we all are oppressed. The diversity of our
movement requires and compels us to stand in opposition to all forms of oppression that diminish the quality
of life for all people. We will be vigilant in our determination to rid our movement and our society of all forms
of oppression and exploitation, so that all of us can develop to our full human potential without regard to race,
religion. sexual orientation/identification, identity, gender and gender expression, ability, age or class.
THE MARCH DEMANDS
1. We demand passage of a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender civil
rights bill and an end to discrimination by state and federal governments
including the military; repeal of all sodomy laws and other laws that
criminalize private sexual expression between consenting adults.
2. We demand massive increase in funding for AIDS education, research,
and patient care; universal access to health care including alternative
therapies; and an end to sexism in medical research and health care.
3. We demand legislation to prevent discrimination against Lesbians,
Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered people in the areas of family diver-
sity, custody, adoption and foster care and that the definition of family
includes the full diversity of all family structures.
4. We demand full and equal inclusion of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and
Transgendered people in the educational system, and inclusion of Les-
bian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender studies in multicultural curricula.
5. We demand the right to reproductive freedom and choice, to control
our own bodies, and an end to sexist discrimination.
6. We demand an end to racial and ethnic discrimination in all forms.
7. We demand an end to discrimination and violent oppression based on
actual or perceived sexual orientation/identification, race, religion, iden-
tity, sex and gender expression, disability, age, class, AIDS/HIV infection.I
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1993 March on Washington Organizers. [Press Release: 7 Major Demands of the 1993 March Finalized], text, October 13, 1992; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc824904/m1/3/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.