joining us now is raquel willis, an award-winning writer and activist. this. i want to talk first and address how this is going to affect the lives of members of the lgbtq plus community. >> yes. well, thank you, yasmin, for having me. ic we have to be very clear that we are in an unprecedented time in terms of lgbtq attacks, and this is going to continue to diminish the morale around our community. obviously, there have been so many strides in the last few decades for our community, but, of course, there continues to be so much violence, so much discrimination this year alone, over 160 pieces of legislation have been moved to curtail our rights within our communities. and we're just at an inflection point where we have to stand all together and make sure that we protect everyone, particularly our youth. >> what does that look like to you standing all together? how do you affect change? >> i think that it means that we have to all understand that it's not just lgbtq people who are implicated when these restrictions are happening. we should be building a