and the inclusion of lgb key people, we heard again from leo varadkar in the run—up to the arrival ofow uncomfortable he is with the way the church describes lgb key people, and we might have had talks from priests who are considered to liberal in the run—up to this event. ——. clearly the church has a lot of work to do. what has pope francis said. the treatment of lg bt people has pope francis said. the treatment of lgbt people as outcasts in society and with pure disdain is utterly repugnant to a progressively liberal country like ireland. the tide has already turned in this regard and the church is so far removed. pope francis has the past made about lgbt people saying they are people of god, children of god, but never made any orders to include lg bt but never made any orders to include lgbt people but never made any orders to include lg bt people in but never made any orders to include lgbt people in mass are sacrament, and i'm not even saying same—sex marriage because nobody is saying they should have that pair say, but welcoming lgbt they should have that pair say, but welcoming

what does it say about how a jew of color and lgb to jew -- lgbt jew or person who is a single parent or person who comes here on their own who may be an immigrant to the bay area, what is all of that saying about how we might want to be jewish and express the jewish culture? >> it is a unique characteristic of the bay area. certainly we are really defined by flexibility. we have this adventurous spirit. we don't necessarily experience jewish life in a particular way. there is an opennessto integrating from other cultures and values. that is really the character there and the way in which jewish life is celebrated and expressed. >> it seems interesting because faith communities generally think of their life in place of worship like a church, temple or synagogue. part of what i hear you saying is it might be the locus of our jewishness is not singular. not monolithic, it's not even in one thematic structure. >> it's very well put. >> we are in a moment of experiencing a creative renaissance. we are in a jewish innovation or startup sector. we're looking at new pathways and earth based

one in three youths break the law and are members of the lgb to cumin -- lgbtq community. >> desperation leads them to sex work where they will do sex for cash to eat. >> without that first step of awareness we cannot do anything else to help a lot of these adolescents at higher risk for these behaviors. >> reporter: doctor matthew herscher, a psychiatrist is the lead author of the study. it surveyed 423 first-time offenders who are not incarcerated ages 12 through 18 from a juvenile court in new england. it found that one third identified as a member of the lgbtq community . the researchers say the first of its kind study brings to light what he describes as an invisible population. >> what we now know that they have, and this confirms our suspicions from having worked in the field, that they are a higher risk for some really risky behaviors like drug use. >> reporter: the study found that lgbt q youth are at higher risk for self-harm and depression. researchers say the offenses committed by these teens also include truancy and potentially paves an indirect path to more serious crimes.

of people from the lgb community and dozens of people who suffer physical or other disabilities, those will all be eliminated because they are you,ined in these people, me, and the elected officials across america. those will be eliminated on the first ballot. the democratic party has been the engine for conveying the votes to african-americans, to women, to lgbt people, and all other americans. we have been the engine to spread democracy. now, he will turn around and take democracy away from folks. it is not writes, and it is not fit for the democratic party to do that. secondly, this organizational structure is unique, and i mean that literally. you look at any membership organization anywhere in the united states, and for that matter, most of the rest of the world. there is not a membership organization that systematically cuts off his leadership from the most sacred decisions that those organizations make. [applause] union, not a religious organization, not a patriotic organization, and many others, you cannot find an organization that deliberately cuts off the leadership from the

is the same exact argument used against racial integration and gender integration and integration of lgb people, the same arguments and it has been wrong every time it has been used and when we talk about the country, the country has an investment in the department of defense, the largest employer and it has been historically true that minority groups gain access to civil rights by serving the country and as we are talking about this transgender service personnel are serving every branch of the military and every component and around the globe, they are doing it with honor, with no disruption to the force. on the medical side, the so-called report of the experts, the government is fighting very strongly to not disclose who wrote this policy because the speculation is it wasn't written by anybody in the military but was written by individuals who represent the partisan base of the president and the vice president and their worldview against allowing transgender individuals into society. those medical findings reflect either at best willful ignorance of medical science and at worst and int

. >> saturday at 8:00 p.m., tq leaderserican lgb talk about civic engagement. >> we talked about votingd running for office but there is so much political work it has to happen beyond those things. as we haveaying just been here, policy is moving to prevent queer people from being parents, from adopting children and fostering children. it is better for a child to stay in the system then heaven for bed, two queer people adopting them. we are not going to change that just by voting. we are not -- we have to pay attention all the time. they've got to be hearing from us all the time. >> watch on c-span, www.c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. tonight on c-span two, book tv in prime time with the discussion on authors and publishing. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we visit the offices of all point books to talk with editorial director publishingabout authors from the political right and left them we take you to an african-american publishing house, black classic rest, for a conversation with this founder and director. later, a trip to the museum of the bible to explore the bible's inf

my facebook friends yesterday and overwhelmingly what came across was that madonna gave people from lgbag today. we have the best of the sunshine across northern and western parts of the country, with blustery showers, but further south and east, a miserable afternoon with a lot of cloud and rain which will eventually clear away, sunshine following behind. it will take its time to clear from east anglia and the south—east. behind it, those skies clearing. a chilly day. the rain clears from the south—east and we continue with blustery showers in the north west of the country. it will be a chilly night, just about making double—figure values in towns and cities, but down to single digits in rural places. tomorrow will be bright, with sunshine, but rain from the word go in northern ireland, western scotland and pushing into north—western england and wales. it stays dry in the south—east. it will be around 17 celsius in the north, a bit warmer in the south. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... hundreds of thousands of a—level students have been receiving their results across england, w

dozens of people from the lgb t community and dozens of people who suffer physical or other disabilitiese will all be eliminated because they are contained in these people you and me and the elected officials across america , those will be eliminated on the first ballot. the democratic party has been the engine for conveying the vote to african-americans to in allo lgbtq people other americans. we have been the engine to spread democracy. now we are going to turn around and take democracy away from these folks. it is not fitting for the democratic party to do that. host: there has been opposition from the black caucus on capitol hill, the black caucus chair opposes the plan to weaken superdelegate influence. respect sandra richman and chairman fowler. in this case -- senator richman and chairman fowler. in this case, they are wrong. affirmative action targets for every category of delegates. selected ates are the district level there is a pool of delegates your stomach sure your pool of delegates is theopriately reflective of rank and file of the democratic party in terms of race, gender

the reconstruction amendments come the civil rights movement labor movement and the women's movement lgb dq movement and all the civilizing movements of our nations history to form and succeed and that is who we are today. we are to the moment of american history. [applause] i know we are nice people, but please do not confuse nice that week. if anyone thinks we are going to roll over and allow skin handsome preppy fascist and dixie politicians from minnesota and arranged in. he dear s. and online revisionists of the new town massacres and the highest level of government and russian agents paid to spread hate in our country, to bully our young people and terrify our old people and change the meaning of the capital city and turned back the clock of progress in america, then they just don't know who we are because we are not going to allow it to happen. it is not going to happen in our community. not in our country not on our watch. so we come together not as in defense of american history but not smx either. we come as defenders of the greatest american have always fought for and overridi