(Washington) The National Black Justice Coalition will honor Congressional Black Caucus members who are founders of the LGBT Equality Caucus in Congress on Monday.

The LGBT Equality Caucus is the first Congressional Caucus to advance the rights of equality, repealing discriminatory laws, and educating lawmakers on gay issues. The five members are Reps. Yvette Clarke (NY), Keith Ellison (MN), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX), and Barbara Lee (CA) – all Democrats.

“We are proud to have members of the Congressional Black Caucus stand up for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people as we try to move an inclusive and progressive civil rights agenda forward for Black LGBT people of color,” said H. Alexander Robinson, executive director of NBJC, the nation’s largest African-American gay group.

The event will be held at the office of Robert Raben, a political consultant and the former assistant attorney general during the Clinton administration.

It will be followed on Tuesday by a historic convening of the 36 member organizations of the Black Leadership Forum to discuss LGBT issues in the Black community.

Robinson said he hoped the forum would agree to a common action plan and memorandum of understanding.