my name is ashley scarborough, and i'm working in primary care central? it's my pleasure to represent a large and interdisciplinary group and working to include lgbt in the group, so thank you? for this initiative, it's really more than data collection? it offers an opportunity for staff to align with our values and moving towards true north equity creating culture change and ultimately providing more inclusive care for the lgbtq population. i want to recognize the longer term efforts in the department for gender equity data collection? and just the staff advocating for this data and advocating for this community so aligning with that over the last few years has also been structural policy incentives and mandates that have been elevating the priority of data collection, including local ordinances authored by scott wiener, state legislative bills, and pay-for-performance dollars, part of the prime program over three years, $1.7 million for the collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data? each of these mandates have focused on data collection,