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

. >> today, he's among those celebrating ability of the estimated 65,000 gays and bisexual troops now in the military to serve openly. with change in policy this, 25-year-old will try to reenlist. he served 28 months in the middle east before being discharged. >> i don't think what happened to me wasn't sing yu lar. it happened to others but it's not reflected. the policy change skpk discarded is testament that the country and the service don't believe in that treatment. >> a recent poll in military times show there's is still opposition. 57% said the repeal will not affect them. and 22% said they'll accept and support the change. but 19% said wilt have a negative affect on their morale. and 14% say they'll personally oppose the change. but a retired tech sargeant pointed out and i other gays have been there throughout history. >> for years, gay and lesbian people have been serving in the military. so it's not going to hurt anyone. not going to hurt, nor harm, the military. >> this retired general told us he believes the question is what will happen to those who want to reenlist. and

. >> you've always given wonderful interviews over the years and came out as a bisexual and said i likemen. are you sure you're on the right side of the fence? >> i am. up my marriage for either of you. josh, maybe. >> what do you think of all these politicians who, on the tea party side of the republicans, coming out saying, same-sex marriage is disgusting, it isn't happen? >> well, i think, you know, america is full of such hatred in terms of politics and the politics of hate is so rampant. now with the minority that can really be dealt with in that way is the gay population. so it kind of makes sense. but i think it's awful. i think the tea party has some quite sensible notions actually on paper. but also that kind of seems to be an umbrella that covers up a lot of real homophobia and racism. >> let's have a good break and come back and talk about the new season. i want to know all the gory details. what can we look forward to, about the debate whether there is any butt action. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfas

. >> you came out as a bisexual and you said, i like women and men.o you think you're on the right side of the fence? >> i am. >> are there any -- are there attractive ladies? >> i -- do you mean, jules and christy, i'm not going to break up my marriage for either of them. george, maybe. >> to my husband. >> yeah. >> what do you think of all of the politicians talking politicians who the tea party side of the republicans saying same-sex marriage is disgusting. it can't happen. >> i think, you know, americans in this country full of such hatred in terms of politicians and the politics of hate and now the only kind of minority that can really be dealt with in that way is the gay population. so it came to make sense. of course, i think it's awful. i think that the tea party have some very, very, some quite sensible notions actually on paper. but also, that kind of seems to be an umbrella that just covers up a lot of real homophobia and racism. >> i think most of america has moved past it. >> i get the sense they're moving past it. >> i think the tea part

in 2008, the suicide prevention center reported that search shows lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths couldas much as seven times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. his parents say the school told them they were able to stop at times incidents of bullying against their son. but one educator says it's not easy. >> it's incredibly difficult. i think if there was an easy solution, a school district or a school community would have found it by now. >> his family and neighbors say they will continue to speak out so the world can learn from his death. >> you have to hold your head up. that's all you have to do. just love yourself and your sex. >> i have to tell you, police are investigating whether skull bullies could be charged with harassment or hate crimes related to jamie's suicide. his idol has written on her twitter account that she wants to name an anti-bullying law after him. we're going to talk more about this story in our 7:00 eastern hour here on kcnn. make sure you join us on october 9th when anderson cooper will hold a town hall to stop bullying. i talk about t

a message on to youtube as part of it gets better project a message of hope to lesbian, gay you bisexual children n his sadness, jamie was reach out to help others. this is jamie rode meyer in his own words. >> hi this is jamie from buff low, new york. and i'm just here to tell you does get better. here is a little bit of my story. um -- um, december 2010, i thought i was bi. and then i always got made fun of because i virtually have no guy friends. and i only have friends that are girls and bothered me because be like tag got tag and caught me in the hallways and i felt like i could never escape t and i made a form spring, which i shouldn't have done and people would constantly send me hate, telling me that gay people go to hell. >> jamie says he constantly got messages, hate messages on form spring, a social networking site that allows kids to send anonymous messages to each other. back then, as you hear, he says he rose above the negativity. here is more of what jamie had to say. >>. >> and i just want to tell you does get better. i came out being bi, i got so much from my friends, ma

. >> he gave me a conciliatory -- >> you give wonderful interviews over the years, came out as a bisexualsaid, i like women and men. >>> tonight, is this the most dangerous man in the world? >> while using their imperialistic, they question any who questions the holocaust. >> mahmoud ahmadinejad came to meet the world's leaders. >> i wonder whether you're prepared to admit you are not perfect. >> everyone makes mistake. i'm certainly one of those many. i will certainly make a list, perhaps you specifically. >> i'll ask what does iran really want? plus a worldwide exclusive, saudi princess married to one of the richest man in the world, crusading for women's whites. >> cheating headlines. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> i've exchanged photos of an explicit nature with about six women in the last three years. >> i've been unfaithful in a way that violates my obligation to my family or sense of right and wrong. >> what goes on behind closed doors? tonight, emmy winner, marianna margulies and "the good wife." this is piers morgan toni

it is really misleading because it makes people think under the policy you can be gay, lesbian or bisexual and serve but just not talk about it. it's a lot more than that. >> don't ask, don't tell also meant i would lead a very empty life by myself. to be able to follow the law. >> my professional judgment as an old straight bald guy who spent 35 years in the military, don't ask, don't tell actually takes away from military readiness. we have critical very, very difficult to fill military occupation specialties where we discharged fully qualified, fully trained combat veterans who are exactly what the military wanted simply because we had a don't ask, don't tell law on the books which most of the military thought didn't make sense. >> we are not a nation that says don't ask, don't tell. we are a nation that says out of many, we are one. we are a nation that welcomes the service of every patriot. we are a nation that believes that all men and women are created equal. those are the ideals that generations have fought for. those are the ideals that we uphold today and now it is my honor to si

. >> he gave me a conciliatory -- >> you give wonderful interviews over the years, came out as a bisexuale on the right side of the fence? >> i am. >> on set, any -- attractive ladies. >> i mean, i -- i mean, jewels and crist tina, i'm not going to break up my marriage for either of you. sorry. josh, maybe. >> my husband. >> what do you think of all these politicians, talking of politics who on the tea party side of the republicans come out and saying same-sex marriage is disgusting and can't happen? >> well, i think if -- i think, you know, there's such -- america's this country full of such hatred in terms of politics and the politics of hate is so ramp pant and now, the only kind of minority that can really be dealt with in that way is the gay population. so, it kind of makes sense but of course, i just think it's awful. i think that the tea party have some very, very -- some quite sensible notions, actually, when -- on paper but also that kind of seems to be an umbrella thing that just covers up a lot of real homophobia. >> i think america has moved past it i do. >> i sense they are m

no matter if they're black, white, gay, bisexual, disabled, fat, skinny. that was his big thing.eated everyone equally. and he was a big fan of lady gaga. and that just emphasized it more to him that people are born that way and there's no reason to pick on people. and there's no reason to make fun of people. you should just accept people for who they are. the other part of this is the message of bullying. and we need to get a better system in our school districts, in our school systems to get rid of these bullies. because it's a rampant problem not just here in western new york, but all over the country and all over the world. and the bullying needs to stop. >> i guess in your own school, in your own career in school you've probably seen bullying as well. what's your message to other kids out there? >> i just want kids to know that if you are being bullied you should go to a teacher, a parent, a counsellor. and you should go to friends. you should find someone. and kids who are seeing bullying need to stop it and they need to get involved and help those kids out. because if -- t

should be treated the same no matter how different they are, no matter if they're black, white, gay, bisexual that was his big thing. he treated everyone equally. and he was a big fan of lady gaga. and that just emphasized it more to him, that people are born that way and there's no reason to pick on people. and there's no reason to make fun of people. you should just accept people for who they are. the other part of this is the message of bullying. and we need to get a better system in our school districts, in our school systems, to get rid of these bullies, because it's a rampant problem, not just here in western new york, but all over the country and all over the world. and the bullying needs to stop. >> alyssa, i guess in your own school, in your own career in school, you've probably seen bullying as well. what's your message to other kids out there? >> i just want kids to know that if you are being bullied, you should go to a teacher, you should go to a parent, you should go to a counsellor. and you should go to friends. you should find someone. and kids who are seeing bullying need to s

convention, the women journalists convention, the hispanic journalists convention, the gay lesbian bisexual and transgender journalist convention. it recruits on the basis of diversity of race, diversity agenda, diversity of orientation, every diversity except the only one that matters, diversity of ideas. and if anyone could use some new ideas right now, it's america's wretched elite ruling class. [applause] >> a. is for arteriosclerosis. which is really the shortest answer to obama. yes, we can. no, he can pick have you tried to? the zoning committee, the planning committee, the environmental impact study. try putting that on the end, the asterisk after yes, we can. america is easing up. i cite the most obvious example in my book, the 10 year hole in the ground in lower manhattan that should shame everyone of us here. because destroying those buildings is something america's enemies did to us. leaving the hole in the ground for a decade is something we did to ourselves. the empire state building, which was the tallest in the world back then, was put up in 18 months during a depression. wh

and today gay and lesbian and bisexual service members showed up for work.he same doctors. they were still the samelingi lingui linguists, they were still the same people. >> has anybody made a statement -- >> i haven't heard any negative statements. >> well, just by people who had been closeted and said, i don't have to do that anymore. >> absolutely, people have come out today, and said, they are gay, and even told their parents today. >> that's pretty emotional. that's thing. what do you make of that? they now have the law on their side, so they can tell mom and dad. that's sort of different. >> i think what's really important, here, chris, is that these service members came out today who elected to do so. but there was no penalty. they did so without any risk of being fired because they spoke to their sexual orientation. some service members elected not to come out today. >> that's very interesting. >> some may come out next week or next year. but the important thing is, they no longer have to lie about who they are. and what's truly important is that we

african-american journalists convention, the women journalists convention, they hispanic, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered convention, recruits on the basis of diversity of race, gender, orientation, every diversity, except the only one that matters, diversity of ideas. if anyone could use some new ideas right now, is america's rich elite ruling class. [applause] [applause] eight is part arteriosclerosis. which is really the shortest answer to obama. yes, we can, no, we can't. the zoning committee, the planning committee, the environmental impact study, try putting that on the end. america is seizing up. i cite the most obvious example, the ten year hole in the ground in lower manhattan that should shame everyone of us because destroying those buildings is something america's enemies. where is that spirit today? that ten year old in the ground in lower manhattan is profound and eloquent in what it is telling us about americans sclerosis. she is for global retreat. as britain, and other great powers quickly learned, the price of big government is in ever smaller presence abroad. first com

be proven to be a harbinger of a situation in which the full integration of gay and lesbian and bisexual and transgender members of the military goes forward with no negative consequences, with all the positive consequences that come from respecting people and abolishing prejudice. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, for five minutes. mr. davis: thank you, mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. davis: mr. chairman, i rise this morning to pay tribute to a great american who lives in the state of illinois, who represented it and the country well. senator charles percy. i was a young school teacher comminet activist and i also was an individual who interacted with lots of people who were very sin -- cynical about government, politics, whether or not there was any potential for change. and so we had an opportunity to see in action one of the most forceful individuals in public life. one that you didn't describe necessarily as a democrat or republican. you didn't c

characters of the lesbians had dipped slightly. 19 at 6 under 50 rolled this late date, lesbian or bisexual >> this just in an update to the story that we first brought you earlier, a shooting in san francisco near the intersection of gary in baker street, jeff bush just arrived on scene he joins us live on the phone. what can you tell us? >> right now baker is shut off. police are here on the scene they have the whole place take off. they're looking at a blue buick it looks like it has a bullet hole in the wind chill they're not really talking to us yet, they're still working on their investigation we will update you later as soon as anything comes available. >> no word of any injuries right? >> i believe there has been one person transported that his words i'd just that i was on scene. i have not been able to confirm that with the officials on the scene. we will let you know and we find out. >> figure out what is going on in we will check back in with you thanks. >> coming upper and the boys and girls oakland and news about any event coming up. and gary has complete highlights from the gi

. >> i am mostly excited for the estimated six to 5000 gay, lesbian and bisexual service members currently serving and no longer have to worry today is the first taking going to work another their careers not jeopardize. most people do not realize that don't ask don't tell men don't tell anyone. if you are a service member serving under this policy cannot even come out to your mother, you cannot tell begotten school counselor you cannot tell your health care provider that you are gay or lesbian, that was a violation of don't ask don't tell. >> now you are looking at some of the food that has been set up for the celebration that will take place in just 30 minutes. it is sure to be a packed house and they say this is just the first step in a number of different steps that will have to happen that she hopes will happen. she said the gay and lesbian community still have a long way to go when it comes to this issue because a this point they still do not have benefits but they believe that this is the first step. we will be out on my and i will bring you more live updates later this evening. bac

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people continue to be discriminated against in our laws and society. i've always said that discrimination is un-american and we as a nation must continue to fight for policies that bring us closer to fulfilling the principles we espouse. i encourage all of us to stay committed to ensuring that sexual orientation and gender identity are no long aerocause for inequality. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. >> this week, i introduced h r. 404, to recognize latinas in the military. they have fought never united states military conflict that we have had and today nearly 163,000 latinos, and latinas, serve in the regular components of the armed forces. ms. sanchez thkspe contributions and sacrifices they make are often overlooked. i encourage the secretary of defense to increase promotion opportunities for latinos in the armed forces. it's my firm belief that the military shou

convention, the women's journalist convention, the hispanic journalist convention, the gay lesbian bisexual and transgendered journalist convention and recruits on the basis of the diversity of race, diversity of gender, diversity of orientation, every diversity accept the only one that matters, the diversity of ideas. and if anyone could use new ideas right now, it is america's wretched elite ruling class. [applause] >> a is for arteriosclerosis which is the shortest answer to obama. yes we can? no, we can't. the zoning committee, the planning committee, the environmental impact study. try putting that on the end. america is seizing up. i cite the most obvious example in my book, the tenure hold in the ground in manhattan which should shame everyone of us here because destroying those buildings is something america's enemies did to us. leaving a hole in the ground for a decade is something we did to ourselves. the empire state building which was the tallest in the world back then was put up in 18 months during the depression. where is that spirit today? what can you do in 18 months today?

we have also seen a very intense wave of physical violence in pr against lesbian, gay and bisexual. the physical violence, overt violence continues to play out in society particularly transgendered people and particularly people of color. we also see the more insidious violence. the less in-your-face type of violence which is the verbal violence or rhetorical violence we hear in society and unfortunately for our elected officials. it is both stated violence and the unstated verbal violence as well. some of you may be familiar with adrienne rich, lesbian poet. the things that are not spoken about are also the types of harmful speech if you will. even though there are these over physical attacks what we are also seeing but don't hear as much about is the toll that he speech takes on people. with the peoples they had don't mind gave people but don't want them to flaunt it or why can't they just not act that way, or i really like you guys that don't think you should get married. these are forms of intolerance in this country that play out every single day. i am seeing ldp to people and

but the physical violence, um, still is absolutely experienced by lesbian/gay/bisexual and transgender would say it's more acutely experienced in a way overall by transgender people and people who are what we would say gender-variant, people who don't fit how they are supposed to move through society. those are the people who most often experience physical intense violence. we've seen that in baltimore this past year with a transgender woman who was not only attacked, but videotaped while that attack was going on. and fortunately, there were people who stood up for her, but sometimes there are not. we've also seen a very intense and long wave of physical violence in puerto rico against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. so the physical violence, that overt violence, i think, continues to play out for lgbt people, particularly transgender people and particularly lgbt people of color. we also then see kind of the more insidious violence, the less overt, the less in your face type of violence which is the verbal violence or the rhetorical violence that we hear in society and,

reasons for that is because so many people in the united states know someone who's gay or lesbian or bisexual or one of those categories. so when you know someone, it changes the dynamics. i once sat in on a focus group session where people were trying to assess with a kind of messaging to get more americans on the forum. and the people who were willing to hear the messages and supportive of messages are people who knew undocumented immigrants and thought they were good people and didn't think they should be facing what they were facing so knowing someone personally makes a big difference and the work you've done is exactly on target. it's going to take that kind of personal outreach and relationship-building to make changes. but that's a really long time. and that's -- that's a lifetime investment. that's not something that changes quickly. and so i think the other key is in building relationships with groups who may not know enough about our communities, who may not share the experience of our communities but who can understand and relate to the goals that we have. one of our big targets in

reasons for that is because so many people in the united states know someone who is gay or lesbian or bisexual or one of those categories, so when you know someone it changes the dynamic. i once sat in on a focus group session where people were trying to assess what kind of messaging would get more americans in support of immigration reform, and consistently in all of the focus groups that people who were willing to hear the messages and support of the messages were people who knew the undocumented immigrants and thought that they were good people and don't think they should be facing what they are facing. so knowing somebody personally if you have done is on target and it's going to take that kind of personal outreach and relationship building to make changes. but that is a long time. that is a lifetime of investment. that's not something that changes quickly. so i think the other key is building relationships with groups who may not know enough about the communities and may not share the experience of the communities that can understand and relate to the goals that we had. one of our big tar

senators to record a video telling the gay and lesbian and bisexual audience that it gets better. as a nation our actions have in so many ways failed to live up to these brave words. our promise was to this generation of americans, to the generation of my children, a promise that we are working to build an america free of legal discrimination, free of discrimination in our society, that lgbt youth have a future in this country where they will be entitled to the same rights, privileges and responsibilities as every other american. bit by bit we're going to tear down these walls of discrimination. madam president, this is how we make it better. don't ask, don't tell was discrimination, plain and simple. but today it is no more. today is a good day. thank you, madam president. mr. inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: madam president, being from oklahoma, i can remember back in the days when they called oklahoma, southern kansas, northern texas, and southwestern missouri tornado alley. i say to my good friend from oregon, i have been i

reasons for that was so many people in the united states knows someone who is gay or lesbian or bisexual or one of those categories. when you know someone, it changes the dynamic. i once sat in on a focus group session where people were trying to assess what kind of message and would get more americans in support of immigration reform. consistently, in all of the focus groups, the people who were willing to hear the messages where people who knew undocumented immigrants and thought they were good people and did not think they should be facing what they are facing. knowing somebody personally make a big difference. i think the work that you have done will take that kind of personal our reach and relationship building to make changes. that is a really long time. that is a lifetime investment that does not change quickly. i think the other key in building relationships with groups who may not know enough about our communities, who may not share the experience of our communities but can understand and relate to the goals that we have. one of our big targets in our campaigns against racial pr