not too long ago they tried to pass a -- without transgender community protection. never ben again will we leave our transgendered brothers and sisters behind. thank you happy pride. >> hello, everyone. my name is jose cisneros. i am an openly gay latino elected official also here in san francisco for almost eight years. i'm proud to stand with you for transrights and i'm proud also to have stood with you in 2004 in the march that year to make sure that everybody recognizes the diversity of our community and stands with each and every member here in san francisco. have a great pride, everyone. [applause] >> i'm christina lagi. i represent district five.

haigt asbury. i'm really proud to be here. people told me i'm the first outside sexual member of the board of supervisors and i'm happy to stand here in solidarity with the transcommunity. i think the sun has come out is a sign the universe is saying yes to transgendered equality and rights. we stand in solidarity with the sun and all of you today. happy pride. have a wonderful party. >> i just wanted to say i wanted to invite -- up here. without se cillia, she is one of the founders, one of the original people that actually brought communities together to make transpride possible. not only that, she is a transidentified -- >> give it up for cecillia.

>> well, i love you guys. it is great to see that this event continues to grow. it is on a shoe string budget. it is great to see that now we have all the airlines and everybody coming from different parts of the country just to attend and there are so many events happening also in different cities. so it shows, you know, that if we continue this, we will show everyone we can win this war on discrimination. [applause] >> thank you. let's put our hands together once again for our city officials and allies. coming to transmarch. >> i think the mayor had to go to another event. we want to thank you. >> thank you very much. >> yep, yep, all right. cool. >> this is very overwhelming.

>> good morning, everyone. thank you for making this a reality. without you, it would not have happened. let's hear it for the volunteers. [applause] >> i have organized this for 17 years. together, we are the friends of the pink chronicle. we are trying to get the message

out of what can happen. we are all wearing our print -- pink triangle t-shirts income robbery with those who were in it in concentration camps. there are reminders of hate and intolerance and an appreciation of what we -- of where we stand during pride weekend. it is to remind you of the hatred and prejudice of the past and that it still exists in some parts of the world. while we have a wonderfully tolerance city, it is not as tall or elsewhere. i would like to welcome congresswoman democratic leader nancy pelosi. [applause]

the mayor of santa francisco, the honorable ed lee. [applause] former mayor and lifetime achievement grand marshal, brown jr. [applause] senator mark leno. [applause] assemblyperson tom amiano. [applause] san francisco treasurer jose cisneros. [applause] the recorder of the city, phil. [applause] the president of the sentences court of supervisors, david ch

iu. [applause] supervisor campos. [applause] supervisor wiener. [applause] supervisor cohen. [applause] and we're thrilled to have so many of the grand marshals at the parade. [applause] carmen carrera of ru paul's drag race. [applause] global grand marshal bishop christopher.

[applause] [applause] gilbert baker award recipient, gilbert baker himself. he is the creator of the international symbol, the rainbow flag. [applause] individual community grand marshals rebecca, gary -- i do not know if he is here today because he has a very busy day. he hosts the pride run that is gone on in about 30 minutes. -- that is going on in about 30 minutes. and we are thrilled to once again have the san francisco lesbian and gay bad, the

official bant -- band, the official band of pride week. [applause] we have the board chair, lisa williams as well as the executive director. [applause] the sisters of perpetual indulgence skerrit -- of perpetual indulgence, the castro alliance club, thankyou all. [applause] thanks to danny for the website and d.j. josh, one of the community grand marshals.

[applause] and i would like to thank all of you for your help, especially my sister colleen and my partner, jose. [applause] and my mother. everyone is so lucky to have you. we start off the program each year with a reminder of what the pink triangle is about. to tell the history of the pink triangle, please welcome the star of greece. -- of grease. [applause] >> good morning writ -- good morning. this is too much to take in this early. you guys are amazing.

the history of the pink triangle. the pink triangle was used by nazis in concentration camps to identify and shame homosexuals. this symbol, which was used in an attempt to label and shame, has been embraced by the gay community as a symbol of pride. [applause] that is right. however, in the 1930's and 1940's, there was nothing to celebrate. gays were forced to wear the pink triangle on their pockets in the concentration camps. to identify them as homosexuals, to set them apart from the other prisoners. triangles of various colors were used to identify each category of undesirable. yellow for the jewish, brown for

gypsies, red for political prisoners, green for prisoners, black for anti-socialist, purple for jehovah's witness, blue for immigrants, and tank for homosexuals. the pink triangles were slightly larger than the other triangle'' so that the guards could identify them from a distance. it is said that those who wore the pink triangles were singled out by the guards to receive harsher treatment and when the guards were finished with them, some of the other inmates would harm them as well. at the end of the war, when the concentration camps were finally liberated, virtually all of the prisoners were released except for those with the pink triangle. many of those with pink triangles on their pockets were put back into prison and the nightmare continued. it is the same kind of

senseless, irrational hatred that still haunts days, jews, blacks, and other minorities today. the taliban in afghanistan required non-muslims to wear identifying badges on their clothing, just as the nazis required their undesirables to wear those logos so long ago. history repeats itself. that is why 26 -- excuse me, that is why the twin peaks this play is so important. -- display is so important. we have to help educate others and present -- and prevent it from happening again. what happened during the holocaust must never be repeated. [applause]

>> to illustrate that that same kind of it hatred -- same kind of hatred exists, we would like to welcome mr. christopher to talk about his efforts in uganda, where they try to have legislation to execute days. [applause] -- execute gays. >> what has been happening in you gonjeh. -- in uganda, in the old days of the yemen persecution of the homosexuals.

homosexuality in uganda can be punished by death, hanging. and imprisonment for life. and for those who have called for homosexuality, they will be in prison for a number of years. and a woman cannot be a homosexual or else she will be punished. it will be very difficult -- the execution of the people in

uganda. we thought that this bill had been forgotten or thrown out. but the support that we heard from all over the world since 2009. it has been revived. some of the leaders are behind the revival of the bill. i am really worried what is going to happen. if it is passed, those things could take place in this modern world it. i wonder how this could be possible? i do.

it is my hope to resist and oppose this prejudice. this is a time of love for all. [applause] i have been hearing from the speech of the different -- it goes to show we need your freedom. so that people are not discriminated because of what they are. homosexuals or lgbt people are also created by god and they should be respected. [applause]

in you gotta -- in uganda, we hope that we will be able to think again. all people are created by god and should be respected. we need love for all without discrimination. [applause] >> congresswoman and democratic leader nancy pelosi has a long history of being one of the very best friends of the lgbt community. she is an ideal representation of san francisco values. when he spoke at the pink

triangle a number of years ago, she just announced she was running for minority whip of the house. it was a pleasure to introduce her as the next minority whip as well as a future speaker of the house. we are hoping that comes true again. [applause] please welcome our very own congresswoman, nancy pelosi. [applause] >> good morning. thank you very much for your kind words and great leadership, bring us all together time and time again. as you were making the introductions earlier, all of the elected officials, the community leaders who are here, and the list goes on, i was recalling one time i was in

liberia and we were dedicating a library to my colleague. when we were there, everybody in liberia was there. they listed all of these people. there may have been 12, 13, 14 speakers. everybody listed the names of those who had been named, what an honor it was to be your. -- t -- to be here. it was boiling hot writ it was warmer and warmer and one speaker got up and got the biggest applause all when he said, "to all of the honored guests who are here, honor is granted." that does not mean i am not for early delighted to be here with

everyone. it is always an honor to be here with the mayor. i cannot acknowledge how honored we are. that mayor lee and all the leadership he brings with him is with us to mark -- is with us this morning curvet willie brown started it with his legislation way back when. gilbert baker, you decorated many of our homes with your rainbow flags. and again, this of, welcome. we are like family to each other. i said, this is not about tolerance. it is about respect, taking pride. that is what this weekend is about. [applause]

as was mentioned so well, the history of this, it was a symbol of discrimination. it is now a source of pride. i want to take a moment to say to the bishop that i had the occasion to meet with the speaker of the parliament of uganda. a woman. she came to my office and we had a foreign policy cooperation. we give them aid. we talk about that. i think she was coming to talk about that. but i was coming to the meeting to talk about the legislation in you gotta. -- in uganda. i told her that was such a deal breaker for us that a country would even consider this legislation. she said that this is not what

you think it is. it is just about protecting children. that is what she said. but i made it clear that that may be the public face they want us to put that in -- to put on it in the united states, but we are following it very closely. the willingness for us to do more in terms of cooperation really rested on that, what happened with all that. you have done good work in trying to address the aids crisis and that is one of the reasons we are cooperating. but to say that we respect a country to the extent that it respects its own people and this is a very important measure of that respect for us to it i am not sure she expected the

speaker of the house to have the top priority in the conversation. so i accept your kind words on behalf of our house democratic caucus. to pass a fully inclusive hate crimes legislation. what we can do is just take off the transgender part. i said, let's just do that. there are the most discriminant against people. mr. mayor, thank you. for associating yourself with the aspirations of the transgender area and we were so excited to have the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. [applause] to make short that military

families get the same opportunities as other military families do. and when our servicemen and women might have been discharged under less than ideal circumstances, that the record is set straight for them. if they want to be reconditioned, it is done with all the respect they deserve. they have more work to do in terms of the implementation of it. we have got to win to do that. aren't we proud of our president? [applause] marriage be quality. -- marriage equality. all of the years we have been seeking it, wasn't it an

emotional experience? the president of the united states, in such a beautiful way, explaining -- [applause] people told me that the naacp coming out for it almost had a bigger impact, but they are not politicians. we have a lot to be proud of. so much of it started here. i will give them credit in new york -- [applause] but we are also very proud of the work that was done here. members of congress from this area have taken the lead on funding the research on aids. from day one, we had an international mobilization against aids parade, a vigil in san francisco right from the

start. there was a recognition. in order to deal with it appropriately at home, we had to deal with it globally. you're seeing global equality, whether it is hiv, aids, or marriage the quality. -- marriage equality. i am very pleased to be here with you. you thought maybe i would have brief remarks. i did have a full speech and i will not read it if you promise to read it on the internet. this is really such a source of pride to all of us. what a son you have. y('t you proud? [applause] thank you all very much. in two weeks, i will be going to massachusetts to attend the wedding of the first member of

congress to be married in a same-sex wedding ceremony. the marriage of barney frank. i am going to tell them about all of you. [applause] he will make history when he does that. a lot of love up here. [applause] he will make history when he gets married to jimmy. when he makes that history, we will all be making progress. as i said to him in new york when we had an engagement party for him, all of this, all of the statement about the pink triangle, all of the statement about the gay pride parades, all

of the fight and discrimination we have in the workplace and hate crimes, thank you for doing what is so patriotic. in doing so, we honor the bows of our founders and we make america more american. thank you all. [applause] >> our lifetime achievement grand marshal is going to take over my duties and introduce all of the other elected officials. i would like to remark that as an architect it was a great

honor to be the team liaison to the joint venture that renovated city hall. worked directly with willie brown to achieve presentations. in our first meeting, you came in and said, do what is right for the building and i will take care of the money and the politics. and you certainly held true to your word. the building is beautiful because we made sure that we did the right thing. [applause] >> how about the pink suede jacket? [laughter] [applause] >> it is a great honor for me to be part of what is always an incredible san francisco's celebration.