new york times and [inaudible] it is international womens day today and befitting to welcome our 4th leder to the commission. congratulations commissioner kounalakis, we are so proud to welcome you. [applause] >> thank you very very much for that gracious introduction. i think the only thing that you didn't mention because i am sure you didn't know is 16 years ago all most exactly my husband and i were maried and had our reception in i think this exact space because it was the former world trade commission and you may have heard about big fat greek wedding, we had about 800 people crammed into the world trade center so this building is special it me but i love my city, i love san francisco and anyone who loves san francisco has to be passionate about the water front because there is so much that goes on in the 7 and a half mile stretch plus other parts of the water front but there are so many activities and so many things to do with your family and so many reasons to come down and enjoy it. what i already? yoied is having the opportunity to peal back the ungen and earn and understand more

ucsf is a leder in that. uc system nation wide is a leader in transjndser issues. for the last 5 years i have been on the taskforce on the uc system dealing with lgbt issues and transgender. for the first time starting this year and going forward all freshman and under graduate applicants for uc will be asked 3 questions, one about gender identity. how do you you identify with your gender and aortis sexual orientation. next year the following year it is all graduates university and graduate students and the following year the questions go on all employment applications and also on all staff and faculty. so, this is information that we never have been able to gather and will gather on several hundred thousand applicants of the uc system. these individual things moving forward are critical to being understand really the dimension of the issue. unfortunately in san francisco passed ordinances not allowing to ask these questions in san francisco so we'll come to the board asking for a exemption to ask people their jener identity and sexual orientation in the aggregate.

new york times and [inaudible] it is international womens day today and befitting to welcome our 4th leder to the commission. congratulations commissioner kounalakis, we are so proud to welcome you. [applause] >> thank you very very much for that gracious introduction. i think the only thing that you didn't mention because i am sure you didn't know is 16 years ago all most exactly my husband and i were maried and had our reception in i think this exact space because it was the former world trade commission and you may have heard about big fat greek wedding, we had about 800 people crammed into the world trade center so this building is special it me but i love my city, i love san francisco and anyone who loves san francisco has to be passionate about the water front because there is so much that goes on in the 7 and a half mile stretch plus other parts of the water front but there are so many activities and so many things to do with your family and so many reasons to come down and enjoy it. what i already? yoied is having the opportunity to peal back the ungen and earn and understand more

ucsf is a leder in that. uc system nation wide is a leader in transjndser issues. for the last 5 years i have been on the taskforce on the uc system dealing with lgbt issues and transgender. for the first time starting this year and going forward all freshman and under graduate applicants for uc will be asked 3 questions, one about gender identity. how do you you identify with your gender and aortis sexual orientation. next year the following year it is all graduates university and graduate students and the following year the questions go on all employment applications and also on all staff and faculty. so, this is information that we never have been able to gather and will gather on several hundred thousand applicants of the uc system. these individual things moving forward are critical to being understand really the dimension of the issue. unfortunately in san francisco passed ordinances not allowing to ask these questions in san francisco so we'll come to the board asking for a exemption to ask people their jener identity and sexual orientation in the aggregate.

new york times and [inaudible] it is international womens day today and befitting to welcome our 4th leder to the commission. congratulations commissioner kounalakis, we are so proud to welcome you. [applause] >> thank you very very much for that gracious introduction. i think the only thing that you didn't mention because i am sure you didn't know is 16 years ago all most exactly my husband and i were maried and had our reception in i think this exact space because it was the former world trade commission and you may have heard about big fat greek wedding, we had about 800 people crammed into the world trade center so this building is special it me but i love my city, i love san francisco and anyone who loves san francisco has to be passionate about the water front because there is so much that goes on in the 7 and a half mile stretch plus other parts of the water front but there are so many activities and so many things to do with your family and so many reasons to come down and enjoy it. what i already? yoied is having the opportunity to peal back the ungen and earn and understand more

ucsf is a leder in that. uc system nation wide is a leader in transjndser issues. for the last 5 years i have been on the taskforce on the uc system dealing with lgbt issues and transgender. for the first time starting this year and going forward all freshman and under graduate applicants for uc will be asked 3 questions, one about gender identity. how do you you identify with your gender and aortis sexual orientation. next year the following year it is all graduates university and graduate students and the following year the questions go on all employment applications and also on all staff and faculty. so, this is information that we never have been able to gather and will gather on several hundred thousand applicants of the uc system. these individual things moving forward are critical to being understand really the dimension of the issue. unfortunately in san francisco passed ordinances not allowing to ask these questions in san francisco so we'll come to the board asking for a exemption to ask people their jener identity and sexual orientation in the aggregate.

ucsf is a leder in that. uc system nation wide is a leader in transjndser issues. for the last 5 years i have been on the taskforce on the uc system dealing with lgbt issues and transgender. for the first time starting this year and going forward all freshman and under graduate applicants for uc will be asked 3 questions, one about gender identity. how do you you identify with your gender and aortis sexual orientation. next year the following year it is all graduates university and graduate students and the following year the questions go on all employment applications and also on all staff and faculty. so, this is information that we never have been able to gather and will gather on several hundred thousand applicants of the uc system. these individual things moving forward are critical to being understand really the dimension of the issue. unfortunately in san francisco passed ordinances not allowing to ask these questions in san francisco so we'll come to the board asking for a exemption to ask people their jener identity and sexual orientation in the aggregate.

ucsf is a leder in that. uc system nation wide is a leader in transjndser issues. the last 5 years i have been on the taskforce on the uc system dealing with lgbt issues and transgender. for the first time starting this year and going forward all freshman and under graduate applicants for uc will be asked 3 questions, one about gender identity. how do you you identify with your gender and aortis sexual orientation. next year the following year it is all graduates university and graduate students and the following year the questions go on all employment applications and also on all staff and faculty. so, this is information that we never have been able to gather and will gather on several hundred thousand applicants of the uc system. these individual things moving forward are critical to being understand really the dimension of the issue. unfortunately in san francisco passed ordinances not allowing to ask these questions in san francisco so we'll come to the board asking for a exemption to ask people their jener identity and sexual orientation in the aggregate. we