i wan to talk about the case of a 16-year-old transgender woman, julie gutierrez, who is a high school student that, for the last two years, has been subjected, was subjected to harassment because of her gender identity. she did what she was supposed to, julie reported the harassment and the school district where this happened recently acknowledged -- this is at hercules high school -- that they in fact failed to do what was needed to protect julie. what happened as a result of their failure to act is a travesty because at some point in the middle of the latest harassment incident, julie decided to defend herself and this led to an altercation involving four different girls and there's a video that shows a very tumultuous incident and shows julie trying to run away. it so happens that the girls involved were suspended, but low and behold, the da in this case, law enforcement has decided that of the students involved that julie, who has been the tar get of the abuse, will be charged with battery. all the other students were suspended, but no other student will be charged. it's really a