please welcome, sophia derantes. [applause] >> hello. sisters, brothers and siblings. y name is sophia. i'm the deputy director for--the only as just mentioneonly trans lead organization in the city and county of san francisco and northern california. honor the history and residents of transgender people, transgender women of r, who have been the backbone of our movement. as a mexican indigenous transjnder woman in th proud to stand before you on this and. we are facing a critical moment anti-transjnder bills are sweeping the nation. --our identities, voices and our life. but we will not be erased. we will not be silent. we will not be defeated. we are the descendants of a rich and broud heritage resisted--who fought for our survival. we are the children of the aztecs, [indiscernible] many more tribes and we will not let anyone ay from us. [applause] this will determine our fate. it will to face discrimination and marginalization or whether we can continue walking toward the recognition and respect we deserve. it will determine whether we continue to work, to have acces