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TO SERVE WHILE OPENLY GAY, BUT

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MORE WORK IS STILL NEEDED TO BE

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DONE.

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JOINING ME NOW IS CIARA JOHNSON,

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SHE IS THE NEW EXECUTIVE

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DIRECTOR OF THE LGBTQ TASK

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FORCE, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

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THE PENTAGON HAS SLOWLY BEEN

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CHANGING ITS STANCE ON THE LGBTQ

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COMMUNITY WITHIN THE MILITARY.

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BIDEN’S REVERSAL ON THE

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TRANSGENDER BAN IS A BIG STEP IN

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THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

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WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO

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PROTECT THOSE WHO WANT TO SERVE

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IN THE MILITARY?

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>> YEAH, I MEAN, WE KNEW THAT

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THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION

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WAS GOING TO MEAN NEW

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED

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FOLKS AND WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE

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A SWIFT RESPONSE IN OVERTURNING

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THAT CRUEL BAN.

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I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT TO

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CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK OF

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PICKING UP THE PIECES.

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FOR EXAMPLE, ARE WE SURE THAT

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PENSIONS AND HEALTH CARE

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BENEFITS, ACCESS TO THE V.A., IS

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STILL AVAILABLE FOR THOSE

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MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WHO ARE

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FORCED OUT DUE TO THIS BAN?

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AND WE HAVE TO EXPAND AND INSURE

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BROADER FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR

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LGBTQ PEOPLE, INCLUDING

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TRANS FOLKS FEDERALLY.

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I THINK THE NEXT BIG STEP IS

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INSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE

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CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT PASS

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THE EQUALITY ACT.

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>> THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN

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REPORTED THAT IN 2020 ALONE, AT

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LEAST 44 TRANSGENDER OR

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NONCONFORMING PEOPLE HAD BEEN

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VIOLENTLY KILLED.

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THE MAJORITY OF WHOM WERE BLACK

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OR BROWN.

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A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF

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ANTI-GAY TRANSPHOBIC CRIMES HAVE

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BEEN INFLICTED UPON PEOPLE OF

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COLOR.

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DURING THE CONTINUED FIGHT FOR

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LGBTQ RIGHTS, WHAT CAN BE DONE

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TO INSURE RACIAL EQUITY WITHIN

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THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY?

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>> YOU KNOW, THAT IS A PERFECT

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EXAMPLE OF WHERE OUR IDENTITIES,

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RIGHT, AND OUR MOVEMENTS COME

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TOGETHER.

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WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING

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ABOUT THE RAMPANT VIOLENCE THAT

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TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY FOLKS

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ARE EXPERIENCING ON THE JOB, IN

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THE STREETS, IN THEIR HOMES.

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AND THERE IS A DISPROPORTIONATE

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NUMBER OF THESE FOLKS WHO

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IDENTIFY AS BLACK.

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BLACK AND BROWN.

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AND SO RACIAL EQUITY IS TIGHTLY

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CONNECTED TO OUR LGBTQ

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IDENTITIES.

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I MEAN, I CAN’T BE BLACK ONE DAY

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AND BE A QUEER WOMAN THE NEXT

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DAY AND BE A MOM THE NEXT DAY.

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WE BRING ALL OF OUR IDENTITIES,

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AND THE IMPORTANCE IS THAT THE

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS

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RECOGNIZING ALL OF THOSE

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IDENTITIES AND DOING MORE TO

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PROTECT ALL OF THEM.

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>> NOW, AS YOU BEGIN YOUR NEW

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ROLE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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TODAY, WHAT NEW APPROACHES DO

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YOU HOPE TO SEE FROM THE WHITE

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HOUSE WITHIN -- WHEN ADDRESSING

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THE LGBTQ ISSUES?

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>> WELL, FIRST, I WANT TO SAY

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HOW EXCITED I AM TO SEE MORE

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LGBTQ PEOPLE WHO RAN FOR OFFICE

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AND WERE ELECTED TO FIRST AND

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SECOND TERMS.

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WE’RE SEEING MORE LGBTQ, OUT

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LGBTQ PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING

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APPOINTED INTO THE

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ADMINISTRATION.

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AND I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS

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ABOUT EXPANDING WHAT WE THINK OF

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AS LGBTQ ISSUES.

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THE REALITY IS, VOTING RIGHTS,

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HOUSING EQUITY, IMMIGRATION

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REFORM, THESE ARE ALL LGBTQ

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ISSUES.

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AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT

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LGBTQ VOICES, EXPERIENCES, AND

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STRATEGISTS ARE AT THE TABLE TO

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INSURE THAT WE’RE CREATING

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SOLUTIONS, BOTH POLICY AND

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CULTURE CHANGE, THAT CENTERS OUR

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COMMUNITY.

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>> AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I

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HAVE NOTICED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS

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COMMUNITY IS PEOPLE BEGINNING TO

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OPENLY EMBRACE THAT WE ALL MUST

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FIGHT TOGETHER, AND WE ALL MUST

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DEAL WITH THIS AND SAY IT OUT

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LOUD.

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I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I

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STARTED STANDING UP FOR LGBTQ

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RIGHTS, A LOT OF THE CIVIL

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RIGHTS COLLEAGUES OF MINE

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WOULDN’T.

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THEN THEY WOULD START SAYING,

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WELL, WE HAVE TO BE FOR

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EVERYBODY’S RIGHTS.

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NO, SAY IT.

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LET’S IDENTIFY ALL OF THE SILOS

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THAT ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED

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AGAINST THAT FACE BIAS AND HARM

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BASED ON WHO THEY ARE.

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AND I’M BEGINNING TO SEE IN THE

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LAST SEVERAL YEARS A COMFORT

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LEVEL, BECAUSE YOU CAN’T FIGHT

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FOR ANYBODY’S RIGHTS UNLESS YOU

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FIGHT FOR EVERYBODY’S RIGHTS.

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>> THAT’S RIGHT.

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NO PERSON LEFT BEHIND, RIGHT?

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WE’RE JUST WRAPPING UP OUR

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ACTIVIST CONFERENCE.

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2500 PEOPLE WHO ARE SHOWING UP

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WITH US IN A DIGITAL CONFERENCE,

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LGBTQ PEOPLE AND ALLIES, AND

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OVERWHELMINGLY, THOSE ARE PEOPLE

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OF COLOR.

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THEY’RE COMING FROM THE BIBLE

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BELT, THE RUST BELT.

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WE HAVE FOLKS FROM HAWAII.

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WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN

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HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND

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ELDERS IN THEIR 70s AND 80s.

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THIS IS WHAT IT’S ABOUT.

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HOW DO WE BRING OUR BEST SELVES

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AND WORK TOGETHER TO GREAT NEW

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SOLUTIONS TO OLD PROBLEMS.

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LGBTQ ISSUES ARE RACIAL JUSTICE

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ISSUES AND VICE VERSA.

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>> WELL, I’M GLAD YOU DID YOUR

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FIRST INTERVIEW AS EXECUTIVE