dr. badgette. and now we turn to mr. kyler rottis. i'll get it right one of these times. frs thank you, senator. >> thank you for being here. please proceed. >> mr. chairman, and members of the committee, i'm very honored to be here today. as mentioned, i'm the executive direct tore of transpeople color coalition. i do various things. i reside in columbia, missouri and am a native of mid missouri. i also teach a historically black college and i'm here to obviously speak in support of inclusion of enda and here to paint a little bit different picture than just the statistics, although the statistics are very important. but as a person that has suffered job discrimination himself. i am a transgender american. i'm a female-to-male transsexual person that transitioned approximately 20 years ago. the terminology is explained in my testimony, basically there's an umbrella term called transgender that's used to define people whose internal identification is different from their external appearance at birth. and that would be me. for me, the physical transition was more about let

dr. lee badgette, a research director at the willials institute for sexual orientation, law and public policy at ucla. also the director of the center for public policy and administration at the university of massachusetts-amhertz, where she is a professor of economics. next, mr. kyler broadis, an attorney and associate professor of lincoln university in missouri. he is the founder of transpeople of color coalition. next mr. sam baggenstos. i think i got that right now. professor at the university of michigan law school. he has served as a law clerk to justice ruth bader ginsburg, was on the faculty at harvard law school. most recently served as attorney general for civil rights in the justice department. the number two official in the civil rights division of the justice department. next i was going to yield to my colleague from minnesota for purposes of introduction. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm honored to have the opportunity to welcome ken charles. mr. charles is the vice president of global diversity. and inclusion for general mills, which he is -- where he has been employed since 200