the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community has a variety of idiosyncrasies, but i'd like to o go back to your first point, too, and say that one reason to have culturally specific treatment is because sometimes people cannot access treatment. stepping stone came into existence 35 years ago because gay men and lesbian women in san diego could not get into those recovery resources that were available then. or if they could, their experience was negative. so a number of people came together and said, well, let's start something for our community, and that was really the beginning of stepping stone, and i think that is true for a lot of these kind of culturally specific treatment programs. idiosyncrasies, sure. life in an alcohol and drug treatment program for the lgbt community is very different in many ways because the issues are very different. for example, when we built the facility 10 years ago, we had this very nice staircase that was going up to the second level. and our then ceo said to the architect, "i want that staircase to look like a woman's high heel shoe." it does,

about 75% of americans know somebody who's gay or lesbian, bisexual or transgender. however, knowing them, very impactful, but isn't as impactful if the folks who are gay don't actually talk about it. and so being out... being out, and in particular being out and talking about the ways in which you're less equal. about 70% of america thinks it's illegal to fire somebody in the workplace because they're gay, but it's only illegal in 21 states. 29 states you can get fired. if america would understand that... >> hinojosa: so let's just be clear, just so we can make it clear. so that means that, for example, i'm your boss, and in 29 states, i suddenly say, "you know what? i don't like the fact that jarrett made a nice compliment to a fellow coworker who's a man. therefore i can fire jarrett"? >> well, that can be sexual harassment, so let's be clear about that. >> hinojosa: okay. but i don't like the fact that... >> you don't like the fact that i've got a picture of a guy on my desk who happens to be the person i'm in a committed lifetime relationship with, you can say,

applause] tom amiano, who has been a historic figure and trailblazer, coming from the lesbian, gay, bisexualansgendered community. [applause] also, our newest elected official, supervisor cohen, with her election last november at age 32, is the youngest african-american ever to be elected to the board of supervisors. [applause] she is now san francisco's highest-ranking elected official who is african-american, one of three women on the 11-member body, and the only african- american on that 11-member body. let me read -- since we are short on time -- the letter from the united states senator, dianne feinstein. it reads, "dear mrs. colvin, it is a pleasure for me to join your friends, family, and colleagues in recognizing you for all the work you have done in the fight for civil rights. thank you for dedicating your life to the cause of equality. you have given so much to this country. when you refuse to give up your bus seat on march 2, 1955, it ignited a spark within montgomery, alabama, that helped begin the process of change. the landmark united states supreme court case that eventually e

the past 25 years, the history museum is an i illuminate niet nate go life ofople gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the bay area. >> straight people learn about their history in school or from their families. gay people's families don't have gay histories to them them. >> they are donated to the museum, a drag queen gown with the jewelry. there is men in dresses. match books from many gay and lesbian bars. it's about life changing events. he wore these clothes when they were san francisco's first gay married couple.uple. and people remember it again. >> i often say that we are the community like grandma's attic where i can find traces of your ancestors. >> struggles, failures and triumphs. >> it's how people saw themselves. their ideals and fantasies. of the gay liberation of the 60s to 60s to the 70s and the tragedy of aids in the 80s. >> it was tragedy and when violence flared. they have 3,000 periodicals and 27,000 t-shirts. they validate the need for a permanent museum. >> a real san francisco story, it's about san francisco how we love all of our communities and portr

alaska natives, hispanics, african americans, and the same thing would be applicable to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender. the key issue is of cultural competence and that is the thing that if indeed you know you've got a diverse population, you want your practitioners, your facilitators to be aware of some of these unique issues. and moving prior to the person even getting a problem as we address again the whole issue of prevention, are there some idiosyncrasies, going back to that word, of special populations that folks need to be aware of, you know, in terms of the viewership, in terms of what the types of programs that they get their messaging from. even the whole notion, as you were mentioning, john, of using the individuals that are in recovery to go out in the community, right? i think you were mentioning that. we have an amends part of our program where people make amends. that can commonly look like distributing bags of lunches to homeless populations. and that's when prevention comes in because that person receiving that lunch bag from one of our clients as part of their amends

can how conservative policies that constantly work against people who are homosexual or lesbian or bisexual how that actually fits into his little equation how that's good for everybody you know i did and then he said that he just had to look past those things and look to the more important things that he thinks that the g.o.p. stands for that. look past all those things like his rights because they're not all that. i just don't understand and i know you've talked about the surly or the sweet but this whole you know if the conservative movement of the republican movement is all against small government against government intervention in our lives how can you possibly identify with the g.o.p. when you have a faction of the party that wants to control what you do with your uterus and who you sleep with that no. i mean i just don't understand how those values are compatible with wanting the government to be out of your personal business because they're the biggest hypocrites of all time happy that you had a fun time with their little party and that's what they do is they get you because they'r

committee selected 20 names for the proposed rainbow honor walk honoring heroes of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. they include, sylvester james, fred door rico garcia -- frederico garcia. the list did not include harvey milk. >>> we are following breaking news out of egypt. in the last ten minutes there have been multiple tweets saying google's executive has been released from police custody. jade hernandez is outside of google's headquarters. that what you are hearing? >> reporter: yes. "reuters" is reporting that he's been released. i just government -- got off the phone with his cousin. she says the family says the -- the news agencies are reporting that he's been released. he's taken to the streets of cairo to continue to protest. take a look at this. we've been monitoring the tweets all morning. the wees -- tweets are on the level of the government. while it was reported that he would be released 6:00 our time and it was reported on his last tweet on january 25th when he had been in egypt for only a few days. we know on that day, he tweeted, "pray for egypt. very w