i just will say that, you know, barney frank, the amazing congressman barney frank reflected on some of the same sentiments that senator schatz has said. we have come a long way as a community. we have fleshed a lot. thanks in no -- in great part to the individual courage of all the people who have come out. all the people who sacrificed. and no longer are we on our own 20-yard line. in fact we are on -- we are near a lot of our goals on, we'll say the opposition's 20-yard line. that explains a lot of the desperation we're seeing. the shameful, shameful scapegoating of our community. and our kids. this is shameful. we are here today to say we're rising up to stand up for ourselves. i want to now bring up an amazing advocate from an amazing organization, one that i was familiar with as a teacher, i want to make sure i bring up -- brian diteier from glisten. >> thank you so much, congressman takano, congressman pocan, senator schatz. we are so grateful to have so many leaders who are fighting for safer, more afirming and inclusive school environments, especially k-12. imlisen was found