broidy was operating some kind of defense contracting firm. nader was planning to hook him up with a huge amount of contracting revenue, like a billion dollars in contracts from uae and saudi arabia. was that because his defense contracting firm was the greatest one on earth and ought to have those contracts? i don't know. but this is what broidy was reportedly going to do in exchange for him getting those contracts. in exchange for those billion dollars worth of contracts broidy, right, this deputy finance chair for the rnc, leading fund-raiser for the trump campaign, broidy would use his influence with the new trump administration to get the administration to do things that the u.s. government would never otherwise be inclined to do. but that saudi and united arab emirates wanted. specifically, in exchange for his company getting a billion dollars in contracts, broidy would reportedly try to persuade the trump administration that the president should start talking smack against qatar. that the u.s. government should turn against qatar. that

when i speak with the gay liberation front founders like mark siegel and ellen broidy, we hear aboutnality. gay liberation front was meeting with the black panthers, right. there was definitely a cross pollination of resources. the gay liberation movement took some of the civil rights tactics. we had the sip-in at julius versus sit-in with civil rights. we had the first protest in 1965 marching in what was presentable fashion like the civil rights movement, making sure the signs were visible. there was a lot of cross pollination. i think in some ways we're missing that. a lot of people have moved ahead. i am married. i am grateful for marriage equality without a doubt, but i know we need the equality act. i know we need to make sure we can get married but we also can't get fired, you know. can you get married one day and fired another day. we've come a long way but we definitely have a far way to go. >> there are 30 states in the country who do not have full rights in the workplace for lgbtq people. >> that's right. >> you said something about black trans women in particular, transge