Greg Stanton believes every person deserves the freedom to live openly, safely, and equally under the law. No one should lose a job, a home, access to care, or the right to build a family because of who they are or who they love. For Greg, this has never been a side issue or a slogan. It is a basic question of dignity, fairness, and whether the law protects everyone equally.

That belief has shaped his work for years.

 

As Mayor of Phoenix, Greg led a citywide nondiscrimination ordinance that protected people from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment, and public accommodations.

 

In Congress, he's helping to carry that same fight to the federal level by backing the Equality Act, helping to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, and pushing the government to end discriminatory policies that tread LGBTQ+ Americans as second-class citizens. And as anti-trans attacks come from the courts, Congress, and state legislatures, Greg is speaking up and fighting back. 

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Through his work in Congress, he has:

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• Co-sponsored and voted for the Equality Act, backing explicit federal civil-rights protections for LGBTQ+ Americans in employment, housing, education, public accommodations, credit, jury service, and federally funded programs.
   

• Helped introduce and pass the Respect for Marriage Act, protecting marriage equality under federal law.
   

• Pushed to end discriminatory blood-donation restrictions targeting gay and bisexual men, helping force a shift toward a more science-based policy.
   

• Supported measures recognizing Pride Month and Equality Day and backed efforts to improve federal data collection on anti-LGBTQ violence and suicide.
   

• Condemned court rulings and policies that opened the door to discrimination, including major decisions that weakened protections for same-sex couples and LGBTQ+ Americans.
   

• Opposed anti-LGBTQ and anti-trans measures that target health care, youth, military service, and basic public participation.
   

• Backed protections for LGBTQ+ youth, including support for suicide prevention and crisis-response services.
   

• Worked with Arizona advocates, families, and community organizations to respond to real threats facing LGBTQ+ and transgender Arizonans.
   

Greg’s record on these issues is not performative and it is not occasional. He has taken action in city government, in Congress, and in public when it mattered. He has worked to make equality enforceable, not rhetorical, and to make clear that Arizona families should never be treated as less worthy of protection because of who they are.