. >> don't make me put my hands on you and show you how bisexual i can be. >> charged with murder, faces the judge and -- >> shot him in his back -- >> the victim's mother. i hope you get what you deserve. >> in the heart of downtown cleveland, sits an 11-story tall half block wide symbol of law and order. the cuyahoga county correction center. >> face the wall! >> about 30,000 men and women from the city and outlying areas are booked in this jail each year. majority will be released within 24 hours. but about 2200 occupied beds here for an indefinite period, most are only accused of crimes and are awaiting trial for resolution of their cases. and like cleveland itself, the jail can be said to have tough neighborhoods of its own, especially the tenth floor. >> maximum security floor, for the most part we house or problematic inmates, inmates in some type of disciplinary lockup and we have our individuals that are here on high profile charges. >> the floor is managed by the special response team, trained in the use of riot gear and controlling high risk inmates. >> we like to keep them cl

primarily among the gay and bisexual community and community of color.o we still have our work together in battling hiv and aids. >> this is why we have to have that to keep our awareness out there. >> right, exactly. >> tell us about the turnout, do people think this is over? >> it has changed over the 27 years. it's changed over that time. the very early days it was the gay community that was there. now we find it's a wide mixture of people. tremendous support from the community. people out there with their family members and long r loved ones. it's important the message reach be behind the community. we have people that will help us raise a couple million dollars of not just the san francisco aids foundation but another 25 organizations walking on their event. participating in the >>h >> know dan ashley will be out there. i'm going to be out there as well. >> yeah. can't wait to have you out there a week from today it is. >> we put it on the calendar. >> july 13. >> right. >> how early should people be there. >> people should be there to register abou

it does not include guy gay and bisexual women.le there has been a recent effort by representatives for blood centers to get the fda to reconsider this particular life time span, there are others that a potential donors outside the gay community. >> there's a list of infections that could occur where there is a life time ban. >> i have tested negative for hiv dozens of times and they still don't want my blood. it is time to get over the old fashioned fears. >> still ahead tonight are you a wine drinker? all wine is not created equal but there is good news if you drink it, there are some health benefits. we will pass those along had we come back. >>> at 6 the health alert about wine. many of you may have enjoyed a glass or two of vino. >> you will be happen toy know what you are drinking may be good for your health. as the doctor explains not all wines have the same effect. >> did you know where a wine comes from can determine how good it is for you. i am more of a french wine kind of guy. with over 1000 bottles to choice from insid

at 474 castro which will create the first dedicated facility for health and wellness for gay and bisexual men in the united states. this new center will enable us to keep work -- keep up with the demand for services, a demand by people who live, work, and play in the castro. in addition, the 474 castro facility will allow us to expand our sexual health substance use and mental health services as well as create two new programs to address the issues related to hiv and aging and young men of color. in our work it prepare for this new center, we worked extensively with the neighborhood and merchants groups the last several months, and have support [speaker not understood]. and as i mentioned by the supervisor's staff member and has been explained, we're under somewhat of a time pressure because of the legislative calendar that exists. along with our architects, we're working very closely with the planning department. i was on the phone call with planning department architects just this morning to finalize the full design packet that will meet the needs of the center as well as blend in with

coordinate these two services on castro creating the facility for health and wellness for gay and bisexual men and the new center will enable us to keep up with demands for services for people who live and work and play in the castro district. we are also excited that this new facility will allow us to expand our health services as well as new programs for aging and black men. as mentioned we've worked with merchant groups generated a lot of support from them and appreciated that support and we request your support for this legislation and thank you so much for sponsoring this. i'm happy to answer questions. thank you. >> thank you. any additional public comment on item no. 2. seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim? >> i do have a question for planning that i forgot to ask. what is the policy rational for establishing a square footage size limit. i wasn't aware that we had that type of restriction. i'm curious what was the thinking behind it? >> we have a use size restriction and in certain instances we will allow uses and in this case if the legislation has been crafted to

international multi-racial lesbian gay, bisexual transgender and straight. >> it's been a gay game in the bay. i must say. you know what i'm saying? >> yes. i love all the craziness. it's what it's all about. >> coming here for the past 20 years. >> i'm a lesbian and this is my girlfriend. >> did you get married? >> we plan to. >> reporter: it is every year a celebration usually mixed with political messages. this year bigger than ever because of the victory from prop 8. even as the parade was underway san francisco city hall was open and marrying same sex couples. >> i now pronounce you spouse for life. >> reporter: politicians have supported same-sex marriage collected applause. gavin newsom. pamela harris nancy pelosi and people like cleaver jones protege' of harvey milk. >> i'm from michigan and i am so proud we are three generations of supporting gay rights. i love it. >> every year t nolike atlanta ever had. >> reporter: in san francisco, don knapp. >> supreme court justice anthony kennedy said no to proposition 8 supporters asking to halt same sex marriages in california. kenne

. >> this is an important step in acknowledging there are gay and bisexual baseball players and folks working in every ballpark and every baseball team around the country and this is an pot step in looking at creating an environment where the players can be free to be themselves. >> the policy is similar to one the national football league announced last year which is part of the all-star game festivities. >> the boy scouts have a new controversy gathering for the national jamboree with thousands arriving in west virginia for the event. new this year scouts and hers have to meet health requirements to take part in the jack bore free which is considered physically demanding and overweight boy scouts have been banned from the event with their parents threatening legal action if the policy is not changed. >> scientists have now determined how the gene that is links to obesity triggers weight gain. researchers found people with the gene variation had higher levels of the so-called-er hormone in their blood. that hormone makes them rammed -- programmed to eat more and are more sensitive to

. >> important step in really acknowledging that there are gay and bisexual baseball players. there's lgbt folk working in every ball park and baseball team around cunt try and this is important step in really lacking at creating an virment where the players can be free to be themselves e.announce the part of the major league baby all star game festivities coming up in just a few minutes in sports at 11:23 highlights of tonight home run derby. won by an oakland a. pretty spectacular show have that he put on there tonight. sports in oakland. taxpayers in oakland may end up footing part of the bill raiders build a new stadium in the coliseum. team wants to build 50,000 seat stadium at cost of about 800 million dollars. raiders in the nfl propose pitching in 500 million dollars toward this. now media partner in the bay year news group report one city council member says he would consider using public money to cover the short fall. raiders current stadium lease expires at the end of the season. >> head of test will motor updated plan to change the world with new form of transporta

. >> important step in really acknowledging that there are gay and bisexual baseball players. there's lgbt folk working in every ball park and baseball team around cunt try and this is important step in really lacking at creating an virment where the players can be free to be themselves e.announce the part of the major league baby all star game festivities coming up in just a few minutes in sports at 11:23 highlights of tonight home run derby. won by an oakland a. pretty spectacular show have that he put on there tonight. sports in oakland. taxpayers in oakland may end up footing part of the bill raiders build a new stadium in the coliseum. team wants to build 50,000 seat stadium at cost of about 800 million dollars. raiders in the nfl propose pitching in 500 million dollars toward this. now media partner in the bay year news group report one city council member says he would consider using public money to cover the short fall. raiders current stadium lease expires at the end of the season. >> head of test will motor updated plan to change the world with new form of transporta

it's to bring attention to the government's ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. as part of today's action gay men will be offering to donate their blood at blood centers across the country even though they will probably be turned away. the current ban was enacted when the cause and spread of aids was largely unknown. >>> 4:48 is the time. back over to sal who is checking in on traffic. >> all right, pam, good morning, to you. we are doing very well today. at least right now we are as we look at these roads. traffic is certainly out there. we don't have a lot of incidents to report which is pretty good. as a matter of fact, the traffic looks very nice if you are driving on 80 from vallejo all the way out to the mccarthur maze. the traffic is moving along pretty well on northbound 280 as you drive up -- i'm sorry on westbound 80 as you drive up to the bay bridge toll plaza. no problems on the bridge itself. speaking of northbound 280 here we are in san jose. northbound 280 traffic does look good getting up to highway 17. now to steve. >>> thank you. a very happy fr

. >> important step in really acknowledging that there are gay and bisexual baseball players. there's lgbt folk working in every ball park and baseball team around cunt try and this is important step in really lacking at creating an virment where the players can be free to be themselves e.announce the part of the major league baby all star game festivities coming up in just a few minutes in sports at 11:23 highlights of tonight home run derby. won by an oakland a. pretty spectacular show have that he put on there tonight. sports in oakland. taxpayers in oakland may end up footing part of the bill raiders build a new stadium in the coliseum. team wants to build 50,000 seat stadium at cost of about 800 million dollars. raiders in the nfl propose pitching in 500 million dollars toward this. now media partner in the bay year news group report one city council member says he would consider using public money to cover the short fall. raiders current stadium lease expires at the end of the season. >> head of test will motor updated plan to change the world with new form of transporta

the african-american chinese and hispanic communities, the bay area reporter for the lesbian gay bisexual and transgender communities, central city extra for the central city neighborhood north side publications, marina times for the northern san francisco neighborhood and the west portal monthly for the west portal neighborhood to provide outreach advertising for fiscal year 13-14. >> supervisor avalos. >> thank you, president chiu. colleagues, i wanted to single out item number 19. it seems like every year in budget committee we always have a little bit of a pile up about what we're going to do around outreach advertising in more of our neighborhood and ethnic media. i actually asked the clerk of the board to tell us what seems most efficient for them. i also wanted to hear from them how we've been able to measure the response to putting in outreach advertising in various papers. so, i want to give it to the clerk of the board to be able to tell us some of the bindings on that and the types of effective outreach we'll be able to do, if any, and like to hear your response to my questions

doesn't care, heterosexual, you're perfect, bisexual, you're greedy, life is a buffet for you every day. i'll take one of him, two of her and all that big fella, come on! barbecue in my back yard, let's go! so i step over to the special screening area and the kid comes over because the senior security guy says you go frisk him and he went -- first thought, wrong. i know i have leverage here. humor will make awkward turn into experience. now, the danger is humor is a bighammer. i'm not funny all day. because at some point if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. it's the wrong tool for the right way to do something, so try to balance it. but i was out of sorts, hadn't had my coffee and was a little tired. he comes over and said i have to give you a special patdown with the back of my hand. i said use all 10 fingers, i'll buy you breakfast. checkpoint, security, two. i survived the situation, got on the plane. the point is this, that what's in my head i've never had to apologize for. first thought wrong properly filtered was some kind of rehabilitation or education or pa

. >> this is an important step in acknowledging there are gay and bisexual bail players. lgbt folks are work in all ball parks and all baseball teams and this is important in looking at creating an environment where the players can be themselves. >> this is similar to the national football league which will be part of the all-star game festivities. >> the boy scouts have a new controversy as they gather for the national jamboree with thousands arriving in west virginia for the event. scouts this year have to meet health requirements to take part in the jam before free considered physically demanding. they are saying they have to change the policy. >> and obesity could trigger a weight gain and researchers found people with the gene variation had higher levels of the so-called hunger hormone their blood which makes them programmed to eat more. in addition the brains of people with the gene variation are more sensitive to the chemical. a way to lower the hunger hormone level is to exercise and high protein diet has been shown to help. >> like atkins diet or south beach. >>

bring attention to the food and drug administration 36-year- old ban on blood donations from gay and bisexualn. act sráeus -- activists are hoping to bring attention to the lift of that ban. >>> this is video of the ambulance taking teresa kerry to the hospital. she has now been transferred to a rehab center as part of her recovery process. >>> a judge ordered $5 million bail for michelle aleban. which she promptly posted. aleban is accused of holding a maid against her will and forcing her to work long hours for little pay. when police went to the condo they say they found four other women who told similar stories. the oakland city council will consider censoring brooks in a special meeting two weeks from tonight. a city audit sited brooks for improperly taking control over construction and operation of a city teen center. councilman larry reed was also sited. they won't deny any wrong doing. >>> governor brown is calling for a new program -- the original program wound up subsidizing strip clubs and card rooms. it was supposed to create jobs using tax credits. >>> in news of the world tonigh

national blood drive for gay men is a protest of a 1977 federal ban on blood donation from gay and bisexual men. today 52 cities are encouraging mobile vans will test you for h.i.v. and those with clean tests will take their paperwork inside to try to donate after they get turned away protesters land to send their h.i.v. test results to the f.d.a. to prove mayor blood was clean. the bay area doesn't have any cities taking part. los angeles is the closest. >> hybrids offering savings at the pump but do you really get the posted results of miles per gallon? a dad of a girl killed on asiana flight 214 reveals what is adding to his anguish. >> first, another picture of sfo of the fuselage of asiana flight 214 moved beyond this hour and to the tank farm off to the left. my asthma's under control. i get out a lot... except when it's too cold. like the last three weekends. asthma doesn't affect my job... you missed the meeting again last week! it doesn't affect my family. your coughing woke me up again. i wish you'd take me to the park. i don't use my rescue inhaler a lot... depends on what you me

bring attention to the food and drug administration 36-year- old ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual act sráeus -- activists are hoping to bring attention to the lift of that ban. >>> this is video of the ambulance taking teresa kerry to the hospital. she has now been transferred to a rehab center as part of her recovery process. >>> a judge ordered $5 million bail for michelle aleban. which she promptly posted. aleban is accused of holding a maid against her will and forcing her to work long hours for little pay. when police went to the condo they say they found four other women who told similar stories. the oakland city council will consider censoring brooks in a special meeting two weeks from tonight. a city audit sited brooks for improperly taking control over construction and operation of a city teen center. councilman larry reed was also sited. they won't deny any wrong doing. >>> governor brown is calling for a new program -- the original program wound up subsidizing strip clubs and card rooms. it was supposed to create jobs using tax credits. >>> in news of the world tonight

orientation, are you straight, gay, lesbian, or bisexual? >> i'm not gay, but extremely happy. >> i'm straight and a little bit lesbian. no! are you willing to correspond with an overseas pen pal? yes. >> what's your type? >> oh, girl, i didn't know you were going to ask me all this. >> breathing. right about now, breathing. >> yeah, man, you're really getting me all red here. i'm real embarrassed now. you just want somebody that's kind. that's warmhearted. they don't have to be the best looking. they don't have to be skinny. none of that even matters anymore. you don't realize that until you're taken away from society. that's how i look at it. >> why bulmer looks for love on the outside, roy freed found himself the subject of unwanted advances on the inside. >> being who i am, it was hard to live with me. i moved in with this other guy that was gay. i was like, sure, we can be roommates, but it turns out he had other intentions as far as force himself on me so we got into a little altercation last night. >> did you do any damage to him? >>

to bring attention to the government's ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.as part of today's action gay men will be offering to donate their blood at blood centers across the country. >>> today could be the day that the royal baby is born. the duchess of cambridge is due to give birth any time now. her first child of course with prince william for the past few days people have been camping out near st. mary's hospital in london where the royal baby will be born. when the baby is born the announcement will be made at birmingham palace. >> we will be keeping an eye on that and traffic as well. sal is doing that. where are we starting off? >> i'm looking at the toll plaza. i have a nice surprise for both of you. it's lighter than usual. brian mentioned it earlier. we might have a friday light situation going on at the toll plaza westbound coming into san francisco. also the morning commute looks pretty good if you are driving on interstate 880 in oakland. and no major delays reported there. we're looking at the freeway. that same freeway. road sensors just a li

. >> well, the problem is, when we go out and help the pink pistols, a gay, lesbian, bisexual transgenderup, who's being denied their gun rights, when we go up to a young african-american male in cleveland who was wearing a hoodie who acted in self-defense. we go to a cleveland legislator in the ohio general assembly, when we're acting on behalf of those people it's not a problem, it's only in this case, when the villagers have gone out with the torches and pitchforks that it somehow becomes a problem. this is not an issue of race, it's an issue of self-defense law. and your hypothetical second situation. god forbid it happens, i hope it doesn't. i hope it doesn't ever happen to anyone. but if they go through that same level of review again, and it's found self-defense, that's the law. >> what is your view of florida's stand your ground law, and indeed a law that many other states have embraced. >> well, the united states did not have a duty to retrieve its laws in most states until the 1920s and 1930s, i think it's important for people to understand that whether we're talking duty to ret

then you told me i am bisexual. okay, you look both. >> i might be a little nervous about it.ht be shy and bashful. i am not afraid they will hurt me. i don't think they would hurt me. i kind of. i kind of welcome it. i like the attention. so if they did find out -- i mean they're not going to do nothing about it. >> in fact, rhode found some of his conversations on the topic have taken surprising turns. >> look i told you when i was 11 years old. i got real depressed because i felt like i started becoming that way, started becoming gay. i got scared and depressed, i told my sister i think i am turning gay. they said what is wrong with you. when you see a girl how do you feel? >> it makes me happy. >> how can you be gay if you have feelings for girls? i grabbed the bible. i kept reading. and i said god, change my mind. he changed my mind. when you see the pretty guard, you know what i am talking about, you know some of their names too, some of the guard come in our pod. when you see them. >> where's tom at? >> all right. all right. >> because the fact you are in jail. haven't

can't deny them a promotion because they're transgender you can't pay them unequally because they're bisexual. pay them based on their skills and resume and not who you are or who you love. it's common sense. it's consistent with the american values of hard work and getting ahead based on your own skills and it's long pastime that it became law. >> john: i can hear rand paul gnashing his teeth right now. he's the senator who famously said on rachel's show that private employers should have the freedom and liberty to discriminate if that's who they want in a free society. how do you respond to that wonderful libertarian argument, tico? >> rand paul was a no-show on wednesday. >> john: really? >> rand paul is on the committee. rand paul submitted an amendment that would have blown an enormous gaping hole into this civil rights law and into all of our civil rights laws and we spent a bunch of hours on tuesday night researching the opposition to that amendment. we were prepared with good arguments about how rand paul was trying to create a dramatic departure from decades of american law. then ran

you say his campaign against lesbian, gay, and bisexual people is one of distraction.tion, a strategy of demonizing a minority for political gain, taken straight out of the nazi play book. >> and isn't that what the conservatives are doing to the homosexuals in the united states? it's the same thing. they say we're conservatives, wi believe in smaller government. we don't want the government in our business, but now, who is in virginia running for governor of virginia, he now wants to? >> kutch anella. >> wants to bring back the laws saying even married couples cannot have oral sex. i think that's called big government. like the biggest kind of government. >> your piece contains -- winter olympics coming up in russia. your piece contains a warning for tourists who might be going there for the olympics. >> four dutch tourists were arrested the other day. i think one had a rainbow pattern on their t-shirt and four of them were arrested. it's not that you're gay, not even that they think you're gai. if you say something pro-gay, if a teacher says to a student there is ano

we do not have nationwide protections for gay and lesbian, bisexual and transgender americans in thisype of arrests, there is a long history in this country of these type of arrests that are used to in some cases drum gay men in particular out of society. it's really just a systematic attempt to humiliate people. >> i want to get you on the record though about another story that really caught a lot of people and their attention. the pope's comments yesterday saying that when it comes to gay priests, who am i to judge? how do you think the lgbt community is going to interpret his comments and should this be seen as groundbreaking instead of a closing grip on the disenfranchised catholics around the world. this might be a more opening embrace to start a dialogue. >> i do feel that this is a more open stance than popes have made in the past. but for myself, i will be much happier when religion does not influence public policy. >> do you think though that this will help the dialogue, not just with where we stand as certain catholics in this country might be conflicted or disenfranchised w

issues at that transgender people faced, the up surge in new hiv infections among young gay and bisexual and the fact that congress itself has still not passed a federal law banning discrimination in employment. so it is not like the marriage issue has been settled itself or even if it were, that gay rights would have been a done deal by now. >> all right. we are going to leave it there and thank you all for, george chauncey, ellen fit fitzpatrickn net mac and michael beschloss, thank you all very >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: egypt swore in an interim leader and the military rounded up a number of the top muslim brotherhood members. the statue of liberty reopened on this fourth of july holiday, eight months after superstorm sandy forced it to close. >> brown: online, we have more of that ribbon-cutting ceremony at the statue of liberty. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: you can watch all of the re-opening of one of the nation's enduring icons. see the video of today's festivities in new york harbor on the rundown. plus we dig into the newshour archives

i'm bisexual, 78% gay and 22% straight.

in most states in this country, though, if a school says a child who is gay or lesbian or bisexual or transgender or perceived to be, there is no legal protection for that child. this is not simply a theoretical problem. lgbt children have been bullied and harassed and mistreated across this country. the stories are heartbreaking. they often end in family tragedy like suicide. there is a curious proposal that would remedy this injustice that is sponsored by members of the house of representatives and there was an attempt to make that in order for debate and a vote. it should have been and it was not. this is a serious issue. majority s than a agrees. no child should be left behind. certainly not left behind because of their race, their religion, their ethnicity. that should include sexual orientation as well. for that and many other reasons i oppose the bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from north carolina is recognized. you have 15 1/2 minutes remaining. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, republi

marriage like this and polygamy,i would describe myself a bisexual polygamist.would the court define me? guest: that is an interesting question. i am not sure where this is going to go in terms of expanding the definition of marriage. there are some polygamists who would like to see the definition of marriage expanded even further. i believe there is a distinctive good that comes to honoring the union between one man and one woman for life. host: does that speak to this question on twitter from sean? aest: it depends on what political issue is. we are involved in the local process whether we like it or not. all of us are accountable for the functioning of the government. we will be held accountable for actions and that is all of us. when we go into the voting booth, we are making decisions in the common good of everyone else. i think there is a way in which the church can become a political action committee in a way that destroys the mission of the church. the church can say, we do not speak to anything that we believe to be political. if we care about our neigh

they're first national blood drive to give attention to the government's ban on donations from gay and bisexualn. gay men will be offering to donate their a blood at blood centers across the nation and will probably be turned away. >>> a long fought abortion bill in texas is expected to soon end up at the governor's desk for his signature. the republican controlled texas state senate has scheduled a pivotal vote if the abortion bill becomes law, it would be one of the most restrictive in the country. procedures could be performed in surgical centers and abortions would be banned after 20 weeks. the bill failed last month after a high profile, late night democratic filibuster. >>> a carjacking suspect is in the hospital after leading oakland police on a short chase. it happened around 10:30 last night. it ended in a crash. you can see the suspects car overturned in the middle of the street. police say the suspect got his arm pinned beneath the car. >>> a husband and wife from antioch will face a judge today in a case that involve the sexual abuse of several young children in their own family. jo

. >> a significant barrier in that is veterans who are identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgenderi know the work in st. louis through the work of terry odom is starting in that area, but it is not a national trend yet, but that need to be addressed. there can be a lot of gender and sexual confusion after sexual trauma, and that needs to be addressed. i also want to pick up on your point about survivors being empowered again. a lot of times, the va takes our power away from us and asks us to use it in inappropriate ways. i was asked to take a nerve block to take away pain, and i was asked to take it trans- rectally. imagine a male survivor being asked to have a male doctor insert something in your rectum and push a nerve in your areprostrate -- prostate to relieve pain.and that power should not have been needed to be exercised by me. that should have been my psychologist stepping up and saying no, this is contraindicated. sometimes this power is used in both ways. and you are right, congressman. you know who was there for me? it was not the va. it was not the doctor who gave me the

as i amdescribe myself a bisexual polygamist. how would the court defined me? is an interesting question. i am not sure where this is going to go in terms of expanding the definition of marriage. whoe are some polygamists would like to see the definition of marriage expanded even further. i believe there is a distinctive good that comes to honoring the union between one man and one woman for life. host: does that speak to this question on twitter from sean? guest: it depends on what a political issue is. we are involved in the local process whether we like it or not. all of us are accountable for the functioning of the government. we will be held accountable for actions and that is all of us. when we go into the voting booth, we are making decisions in the common good of everyone else. way in which is a the church can become a political action committee in a way that destroys the mission of the church. the church can say, we do not speak to anything that we believe to be political. if we care about our neighbors, we have to speak to those things for the human g

i would describe myself as i am a bisexual polygamist. how would the court define me? guest: that is an interesting question. i am not sure where this is going to go in terms of expanding the definition of marriage. there are some polygamists who would like to see the definition of marriage expanded even further. i believe there is a distinctive good that comes to honoring the union between one man and one woman for life. host: does that speak to this >>estion on twitter from sean? the house is coming back now. house resolution 288, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 2609 making -- making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for fiscal year ending september 30, 2014, and other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will rere-sume on motions to suspend the rules priestly postponed. votes will be taken in the following order, h.r. 1341, .r. 1564, and h.r. 1171. by the yeas and nays, all of them of the first electron exvote will

including an amendment i authored that would combat harassment against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenderschools are a safe learning environment for all children. under this rule other amendments that were authored by both by democratic and republican colleagues, were not included and not allowed to proceed to the house floor for debate. my colleague, ms. foxx, said that, quote, local communities have the flexibility they need to meet the needs of their students, end quote. she stated that was one of the goals of this bill. i think the second goal that we should have with federal education policies is, yes, to give local communities the flexibility to meet the learning needs of their students, but so, too, to not give local communities the flexibility to continue to not meet the needs of their students. there are too many failing schools across our country. high schools that year after year have dropout rates in excess of 50%. elementary schools where kids are falling further behind every year. we need to do everything we can as a some, that means at the state level, federal level, the di

. >> significant barrier in that is veterans who are identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgeneral sir. services in that department can be very difficult. the va in st. louis is starting in that area but it's not a national trend yet, and that really needs to be addressed, because there can be a lot of gender confusion, a lot of sexual confusion after the -- after a sex -- sexual trauma. le and a lot of time the va takes our power away from us or asks to us use it in inappropriate ways. i was asked to take a nerve block to relieve some of my chronic pain, and it was -- i was asked to take this nerve block transrectally. imagine a male survivor, being asked to take a nerve block with a doctor -- you're in an ob/gyn chair. your legs are up, and you're having something inserted through your rectum and pushed into a nerve in your prostate to remove your pain. that's the type of pain i live with. my psychologist would not step in, knowing that procedure would do. that power should not have been needed to be exercised by me. that should have been my psychologist stepping up and saying, n

. >> a significant barrier in that is veterans who i'd identified as gay, lesbian bisexual transgender services in that department can be very difficult. i do know the v.a. in st. louis through the work of terry odom is starting in that area, but it's not a national trend yet, and that really needs to be addressed because there can be a lot of gender confusion, a lot of sexual confusion after a sexual trauma, and that really needs to be addressed. and i would also like to pick up on your point about survivors having power again. a lot of times the v.a. takes our power away from us, or asks us to use it in inappropriate ways. i was asked to take a nerve block to relieve some of my chronic pain, and i was asked to take this nerve block transrectal the. imagine a male survivor being asked to take a nerve block with a doctor, you are in an ob/gyn sure. your legs are up and you're having something inserted through your rectum, and pushed into it a nerve and your prostate to remove your pain. that's the type of paint i live with. my psychologist would not step in, knowing what the procedure