we have a very special roundtable for the lgbt community.an francisco's pride celebration takes place every june. we will meet local lgbt community leaders and learn more about what pride month means to them. we will explore some of the many issues pacing local lgbt communities. we hope that you will remember that these issues truly affect all of us. these are our children and our family members and our neighbors. first let's take a brief look at san francisco's annual pride celebration. it is one of the biggest and most recognized celebrations of its kind in the world. every year about a million people attend the weekend festival and parade. they come from all over the world. it commemorate it is famous rebellion, lgbt, stonewall inn in new york city in response to a routine police raid on june 27, 1969. the parade up market to civic center began more than 40 years ago. and now it is a colorful event that brings families and communities together. joining me in the studio right now are several leaders from lgbt communities around the bay are

i see donna who is another institution in the lgbt community.pplauding] >> so, in closing, i want to say that the way that i remember george moscone, the way that i remember harvey milk is to simply be true to who i am and to not be afraid to be who i am, even if it means doing and being something that is unpopular at times. thank you. (applause) >> thank you so much, supervisor. i wanted to acknowledge our co-sponsors today, the san francisco -- san francisco. the harvey milk foundation which was started by stuart milk and myself, worked to put this on in partnership with the san francisco harvey milk gay democratic club, gay and lesbian democratic club, the harvey milk civil rights academy and of course the gay men's chorus who are performing here tonight. so, on that note i'm going to turn this over to my dear friend stuart who is harvey's nephew and someone himself who has been speaking out all around the world for civil rights and equality for all. stuart? [cheering and applauding] >> thank you. it's very interesting thanksgiving this week.

then comes to lgbt rights, he knows we're right. there is a certain element if we have to make him do it. and that's what is up with this executive order. >> john: i think you're exactly right. it is about lbj had to do with dr. kink and it is what the president told us to do in 2009 when he sent a video saying keep the pressure on me. we do give him credit for mentioning stonewall in an address and repealing don't ask don't tell and no longer prosecuting doma cases. but i think you're right. if the people leave they'll follow. but now, you recently -- >> i do want to say this has been the most pro gay presidential administration in history. we've seen the most progress on our issues in history. but there is a bit of kabuki political theatre and dance about this. we have to play our part. gay activists have to play their part which is to push and shove and scream and yell and demand results. and get them. and i do think that we wouldn't be seeing the results if we weren't making these sorts of demands on the president. >> john: i wa

it's bay's area for lgbt art institution. we offer programs and since 1986 has used theater to address many of the current issues of today. for the past three decades youth aware brought anti-bullying education and messages of non violence to thousands of students across san francisco public schools, community centers and social service facilities. through youth aware we are building a safer and equitable community for us all. we're are supporting supervisor campos and the mayor's antilgbt bullying efforts and to demonstrate this i want to share a letter written by a san francisco middle school student who saw "out spoken" a play that we did and explores issues. i am sylvia and in the eighth grade and my hair is purple and half is saved off. i have been having issues and sexually oriented issues and after seeing "out spoken" i appreciate today so much. i could connect to many of the things in it. it didn't dissolve my problems or find solutions but opened my eyes. everyone has problems including me. i just needed a hand. so m

shock became popular in late 80 skpdz early 90s with a substantial lgbt following. she sometimes discussed her bisexuality then she joined this church in west los angeles. >> michelle shock said on stage god hates [ bleep ]. >> when i requested an interview she invited me to her penthouse loft. >> i was trying to get two side that's aren't talking to each other to realize they have a lot more in common than to fear. they're demonizing each other and it needs to stop. >> shocked would not say what the comments reflect her personal beliefs i asked repeatedly. >> i'm asking a simple question were those your feelings? do you feel that way? personally? >> that is a yes or no, michelle. >> in your business sit a yes or no. in my business it's about an album tour. >> after a forrent of comments the rest of the tour got cancelled she did a silent protest in santa cruz. enter an advertising rep for san francisco examiner, three days after the appearance he e mails her i red awe poll jized today and thought this would be an excellent opportunity. i can give you a full page in

government to discriminate against lgbt people.ar some words of encouragement about the repression going on in russia against the lgbt community they just passed horrible leverage jays and the president's meeting with president putin in ireland this coming week. >> when it comes to the contractor that was something the first lady was at an event, one of the attendees had approached and said something to the first lady, is that correct? >> that's right. she actually heckled the first lady. the fact of the matter is that this is something that the president can do. but what we're seeing happening with the supreme court decision is like a democratic party has put us on hold. they are hoping that the supreme court will take some pressure off of them on a lot of these issues. i think that's why we didn't get the law passed in illinois. immigration reform, they hope that they don't have to include it in the immigration bill. >> let's talk about until integration bill, immigration reform which is in the full senate right now. senator leah

we have youth to share about the importance of lgbt programming in our schools. thank you. >> hello. my name is rexy preferred pronoun -- gender neutral. i am 16 years old and in coming junior at mission high school and lyric initiative [inaudible] and lyric. i am here to ask -- i am here today to ask to you please make sure that lyric school initiative does not leave our schools. before the lyric seminar my schoolee climate was very home phobic. anti-gay slurs were common. i was bullied and judged and gay events were not included in class subjects. i wasn't happy with being gay because raised in a catholic latino community i was taught it was abomination and a sickness and a sin. in my eighth grade year lyric showed up and taught assembly and workshops that taught students how to be an ally and sensitive to lgbt people. since the environment of the school changed it went from being gay [inaudible] to gay utopia. it afs awesome to see and i felt safe enough to come out at school during the pride assembly. the students and the school became very friendly place tow

because it's easy to hide sometimes in the lgbt community.to raise your hand and be accounted for. >> i think it makes all the difference in the world. you know, it's interesting, the court this term is deciding whether the federal defense marriage act is constitutional. when that law was enacted by congress in 1996, incidentally i was clerking at the supreme court, at that time when congress said that the federal government would in no way recognize any marriage of any same sex couple, there actually were no same sex married couple anywhere in the world, there wasn't a single country that allowed same sex couples to marry. fast forward to today, 17 years later, we got 12 states plus the district of columbia that enacted laws that permit same sex couples to marry. same sex couples are able to marry in countries throughout the world. the concept of gay people forming families and, in fact, forming families that are recognized by the government as marriages is something that the justices are now familiar with and that will help them understand

and, of course, the lgbt community in addition. you know, we've triumphed, we've said, all right, you might take away the messengers, but you're not going to take away the message. so, long live harvey milk and long live george moscone and long live san francisco. [cheering and applauding] >> thank you very much, assemblyman ammiano. i am now going to introduce jonathan moscone, who is the youngest son of mayor moscone who was really just a young teenager at the time his father was assassinated. jonathan, i've heard you speak before. you're always so inspirational. so, i turn it over to you. thank you so much. (applause) >> thanks. i apologize, i had to write my speech so i was running out of time and i'm sorry that i directed such a bad production of wizard of oz for you at the turtle creek round in dallas. maybe you'll forgive me one day. listen, on behalf of my family gina and rebecca and jennifer and christopher, i want to thank you for inviting us to speak today. and although i am the only member of the family to speak today,

c despite the democratic party despite them happily cashing lgbt checks.ruptive approach the best strategy for getting your points across? >> well, look. what we found last week was that we were finally able to open a national conversation about workplace discrimination, something that impacts every lgbt american in this had country. so what we're looking to do is not only to open that conversation, but to push that conversation forward. now we are looking to move from talk to action. so we're looking for the president to pick up his pen, make sure that he's not just talking, but moving us toward action, sign an executive order that would cover about 22% of the american work force, get us about a quarter of the way there, then show leadership for congress to pass the employment non-discrimination act after decades of languishing and finally make it illegal in this country to discriminate against people based on who they are or who they love. >> heather, senator marco rubio was recently questioned -- he said, "i haven't read the legislation. i think, by and

shock became popular in late 80 skpdz early 90s with a substantial lgbt following.he sometimes discussed her bisexuality then she joined this church in west los angeles. >> michelle shock said on stage god hates [ bleep ]. >> when i requested an interview she invited me to her penthouse loft. >> i was trying to get two side that's aren't talking to each other to realize they have a lot more in common than to fear. they're demonizing each other and it needs to stop. >> shocked would not say what the comments reflect her personal beliefs i asked repeatedly. >> i'm asking a simple question were those your feelings? do you feel that way? personally? >> that is a yes or no, michelle. >> in your business sit a yes or no. in my business it's about an album tour. >> after a forrent of comments the rest of the tour got cancelled she did a silent protest in santa cruz. enter an advertising rep for san francisco examiner, three days after the appearance he e mails her i red awe poll jized today and thought this would be an excellent opportunity. i can give you a full page in t

there's also a split here in the lgbt rights community.nt to work together with the administration, with the democratic party and those who want to engage in more sort of direct action techniques. there's been this divide and there's been attention between those two groups. but much like i think the first lady and this heckler were well within their rights and their responses, i think both of those approaches are needed. you need to work together with the administration and with the congress and with democrats who are on your side. you also need to sometimes call attention to issues like this executive order. that haven't gotten a lot of attention. and sometimes you have to be a little obnoxious to call attention to those things. >> angela, the fact is, this president has been more responsive to the lgbt community than any of his predecessors. >> well, martin, i think that that's only part of the point. i think we also have a president who has been very hopeful and optimistic about engaging through another side or another break with the go

and we have done, we have been able to do a lot more work in the lgbt context. ruslyn is correct, if you look under title 9 you won't see the words sexual orientation or gender identity but you will see sexual discrimination. there is a pretty robust body of case law that states that gender nonconformity, in other words, you're acting gay, you're a boy, you need to dress like a boy, that harassment is a form of sex harassment that if it happened in the workplace you could file a case under sexual discrimination. we've been able to use those tools to make a lot of progress. the seth walsh case in tehachipe is an example of that. so those are the tools we have. we have a lot of discussion, senator franken and others have introduced bills in the united states senate to address precisely the questions that you are asking, governor, and we have supported them and we continue to look forward -- as a prosecutor i always want more tools. you know, i see a problem out there and i want to have the tools to fix it. we passed a hate crimes law in 2009 that enables us to wor

think about the minorities and the lgbt people. so, harvey milk said give them hope, but you are giving them cuts. are you really listening to the people? cuts will only segregate even more minorities. think about that. so, i'm really asking you to think from the bottom of your heart, stop the cuts and fund more this organization. thank you. >>> good evening, good afternoon. my name is [speaker not understood] authorized by the federal and state government to advocate against policies that adversely affect [speaker not understood]. our program goes to places like victorian manor, university mound, the mental health rehab facility, leland house, peter clavier, so we cover the whole gamut of licensed home care facilities. and many of the residents there who might be adversely affected by these proposed cuts. particularly the behavioral health center, i was invited to the grand opening. they had three floors of [speaker not understood] and now they are eliminating the entire one second floor north and moving individuals either out of

i'm an lgbt archivist from tokyo currently living in hawaii and here in san francisco. this is a stunning part of history. i think hiv finds us regardless of who we are. hiv doesn't discriminate us and neither does mental health. so, i think -- i find it astonishing that i'm here. one thing i want to bring in here i think a lot of agencies are heavily dependent on federal and state funding. i think this country has an art and discipline in philanthropy where we could go directly to private sectors and i don't see a lot of that happening. and i know that we have [speaker not understood] from our round here in california, maybe jane wells from global philanthropy forum who could tip us here and there. they are beautiful match makers of philanthropy and i go to their seminars and conferences and i see it happening. so, a few million there, here and there, i think if the public sector is lacking that, i think there is a way to do even better instead of a budget cut. i am also watching how south africa is dealing with hiv and lgbt abuse and lack of support system in their co

to see the faces of so many people whose lives were elevated and affirmed, not just members of the lgbt community, not just members of the gay communities, but their allies, their brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, fathers, sons was a remarkable thing. >> where do we go from here in we still have about 25-30 days before same-sex marriages can resume in california. will that take place without a challenge? what do you think will happen in the next month or so? >> based on any history, none of this is easy. we've been on a journey and journeys are messy. i imagine the next few weeks will see subsequent litigation. some of the issues that pun dents have brought up on whether this impacts two counties, alameda -- i believe every objective legal observer agrees. that said, it will be a lot of work ahead of us in the next number of weeks. we hope that stay will be lifted in the 9th circuit court of appeals. that amazing decision of judge walker that set the tone at the supreme court ultimately will stand and it's a testament to the extraordinary work of so many advocates for so many decades th

mixed week for a black lgbt folks, lgbt folks of color. it is a terrible shame and loss.e have a couple of steps forward, a few steps backwards. it seems like that is how we go in this country. >> let's go back to your film, "the new black." we need two women doing outreach to young african-american men in maryland. >> are you registered to vote? >> how old are you? >> 21. >> we have to get you registered. >> that is not cool. >> what made you be gay? >> what made you be straight? same thing. i know that because a black man like yourself stood up for a woman like me, i have the same opportunities. you have the opportunity to stand up for someone else. whether you are gay or not, you are here to represent. >> they do not have a right to say that you cannot be with them. who has that power? nobody. >> put the power in your hands. we want you to vote. vote for 6. >> do you need community service hours? you could always volunteer with us to get some community service hours. hughes andaylor samantha master. yoruba richen, talk about what they are doing and the significance of

i'm also very excited in this budget about our city's increased commitment to lgbt at risk and homeless youth. we are going to be increasing housing for lgbt on rescues and other at risk youth and the general safety net to make sure that we address the epidemic of kids living on our streets. and then finally i fought hard and colleagues i want to thank you for agreeing to the enhancement and the dpw street and public cleaners. we have years of bad budgets hollowed out and to do a good job as dave would like to do and we would like to keep our public spaces clean and this is going to help them do that. congratulations everyone. >> supervisor avalos. >> thank you chair farrell. i want to thank you for your leadership, on this budget process. he actually feel that the way you've worked with the entire board was really to see and was exempt mriry. i haven't seen that looking at the budget and i don't think we violated the brown act in any of it. but i appreciate that. it was an effort we needed to apply to make sure we have a budget that is consensus and reflects the city. i wanted to make

the lgbt movement is coming out of the defeat in prop 8. learned its lesson in the american voters and african-american faith leaders for granted that they would just see this link between same-sex couples and discrimination once upon a time between interracial couples. this is something we need to reach out about and talk about and also elevate the voices of african-american lgbt people in this debate, to emphasize the fact that they're not white, male, monolithic. this is an issue that touches the lives of all lgbt people, all colors, race, religions, faiths and economic classes. you can't overestimate the impact that president obama coming off of marriage equality had on african-american voters. the leadership that he's shown, the moral leadership is tremendous. it helped get us to this point today. for that i am very grateful. >> thank you very much. dan savage of the it gets better campaign as well as adam buska and jeff parsley from the no hate campaign. >> thank you for having us. >>> all right. today coming up, today's highs, yester

today, the supreme court agreed and justice was done for thousands of lgbt families nationwide. just think of what it means to them. from the start, many of us believe that prop 8 had no place in the state of california. today, the supreme court agreed and justice will be done for loving lgbt couples across my home state. indeed, on this day nearly 44 years to the day after the stone wall riots, turned the attention of the nation into the challenge against discrimination, against lgbt americans, the supreme court bent the arc of history once again toward justice. with the decisions, the highest court in the land, the federal government will no longer discriminate any family legally married in the united states. california will join 12 other states and washington, d.c., in recognizing the basic rights of all families, equal protection will not simply be a promise unfulfilled. it will be a promise kept. today, victory is not at the end of the journey for civil rights, equality, our heritage and our hope. this ruling will only make us work harder in the courts, in the state legisla

he feels the impact could be big. >> exciting and big in that lgbt seniors have beensn isolated.r those that have struggled to come out of the closet+o during the fact that they came about in one of the most homophobic times prior to the 1970s, those folks are going to feel a lot of hope and promise. >> he says that they're watching the supreme court very closely without federal rights of marriage, he says lgbt seniors have a hardship around social security survivor rights. even if prop eight is upheld it's impossible to predict how future ballot measures supporting same-sex marriage would do in the future in california. reporting live in oakland, nbc bay area news. >>> talk about lucky to be alive. a group of senior citizens nearly escaping a limousine fire. this is the second limo fire in the bay area over the past two months. this one bursting into flames after the driver picked the women up for a 90th birthday celebration. it happened yesterday at walnut cream. the birthday girl, elaine loesche. six of her friends and herselfq entered the limo when it suddenly burst into smok

and i think the lgbt movement, i would be interested to hear from some of you in women's studies and so on. i think the lgbt movement raises the issue of patriarchy in a way that is different than the way the women's movement has raised the issue. and because we have benefited from it for so long, because it has been in place for so long, i think there is, there should be no surprise that the resistance to us in this movement has been and will continue to be so fierce. and let's remember that when we settled the marriage equality thing, when we get full and equal rights for lgbt people, when there are protections in place, when liberty and justice for all actually means i'll, there will still be work to do. i mean, just because we have a jim crow laws -- jim crow laws on the book in the 60 didn't mean racism went away. just because it was funny for women sports gaming sexism went away. and when we get marriage equality or the end of doma will still be lots of work to do. we have to be in this for the long haul. >> booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and view

showed up and taught assembly and workshops that taught students how to be an ally and sensitive to lgbt people. since the environment of the school changed it went from being gay [inaudible] to gay utopia. it afs awesome to see and i felt safe enough to come out at school during the pride assembly. the students and the school became very friendly place towards gay people. one more thing. if it wasn't for lyric i don't think i would have continued alive. it saved my life and i am sure it has saved other people's lives. it's become one of the biggest part of my life and i am asking you to please fund lyric. >> hi everyone especially all of you over there. i am eddy and i identify as queer, gender queer, . i'm an emerging activist and transfeminist. i came in front of you all to talk about and emphasize the ideas of lyric's school base program which kind of like i wish their school based program was in my school because they teach a lot of. sm's and how to combat them and racism and sexual and all of those and transphobia. they try to find a way to empower youth and make them better indepe

actually we do have data on bullying in san francisco high schools, particularly bullying among lgbt girls. so for the first time this year we've incorporated data that kevin coggin and ilsa (inaudible) provided and their suicide rates are off the charts, lesbian girls in our district. it's actually from the cdy youth risk survey. i want to offer that as a resource to folks in this room and encourage you in this pursuit of data. >> thank you. >> my question centers around the point of view of a parent. four years ago my son shot himself at school. he was a victim of bullying in sacramento, california. these kinds of summits are interesting it me because i'm boots on the ground. i am in the trenches every single day and i live in sacramento so i'm at the capitol and we use the word bullying which softens the behavior. this is abuse. it is peer abuse. and our children are crying for help. and the adults who are charged with their well-being turn a blind and deaf ear to it and here's my comment. there are no consequences for failure to comply. nothing with teeth. and i have a dead child

we have lgbt.have immigrants, people of color, youth, and a high proportion of seniors in the city as well. we heard that people want to see more jobs, want to see access to more jobs for our residents. we want to see more preventive instead of just reactive. we want to see after-school programs versus the police picking them up because they are out on the street, which i think our chief agrees with. i actually ran for the board of education in san francisco and got to serve a term on our school board. what really surprised me was how much i enjoyed it. i loved it. i love meeting with families, meeting with youth, meeting with teachers, visiting schools, and getting a deeper understanding of what it means to make our system work better. the one thing i really enjoyed was i got to run within a district instead of citywide, was that i really got to know voters and residents. i actually enjoy campaigning more because i had time to knock on doors and the voters individually. i'd love it. i actually rea

she's a founding member and vice chair of the lgbt caucus.question for you is, you are a very outspoken progressive, you're part of the broad coalition that is progressivism, and the liberals in america. what does today mean for that broad coalition that includes people from so many walks of life. so many races and creeds and cultures and backgroundses and circumstances, what does today's decision mean for that coalition. >> i tell you, today we reaffirm that there is equal justice under the law. this was a major decision for those who believed that discrimination is wrong. for those who believed that justice and fairness and equality should prevail. i think today for our coalition. but also for our entire country this is a good day, because the constitution is very clear for protections on everyone, and nondiscrimination, and so i think we have to move forward now and make sure that all of our states in the country really, i think, live up to what the constitution requires and the supreme court decision today opened that door. and i am so pl

the rate of infection among lgbt latinos, particularly men [inaudible]. >> thank you very much. thank you. next speaker. >>> good evening, [speaker not understood], board of supervisors. my name is jorge [speaker not understood]. today i'm coming to you a the board of supervisors to consider not to make cuts to hiv prevention and hiv direct services. in san francisco we have a variety of services that integrate a system of care for people living with hiv and [speaker not understood]. once you cut one service, you are [speaker not understood]. so, you want to have a comprehensive service and continuum of care that is effective. we need to avoid cuts. now, in addition also i want to bring your attention to the latino community. i don't want to ask for [speaker not understood] cuts. i want to ask you to increase funding. the [speaker not understood] already have [speaker not understood] and they limit services for hiv services and care. and we see what [speaker not understood] says. latinos having hiv are more likely that incur the system of care in hiv through the emergency room.

i have two important issues i want to bring up, lgbt -- we still don't have an lgbt (indiscernible) i would really like to see that coming to fruition. i would like the 400-unit goal to be met and exceeded, to have no homeless gay youths. we have 5000 homeless youth. if we are setting goals here, we need to meet that. i'm shaking, life or death thing. i live in the mission. i survived a hate crime. i want to have affordable housing. i live in the mission. if i could live in supervisor farrell's district i would love to. but the mission is my home. please continue violence prevention dollars. thank you. (applause) >> moderator: we are coming to wrap up. i want to point out that if you have one information about the budget hearing process, go to the front, the mayor's office staff will give information about what the plan is for the upcoming hearings and how you can be engaged. now we will have closing remarks. i want to welcome supervisor campos, that supervisor wiener, and then the mayor. so he can make a final closing remarks. >> scott wiener. we heard all of you. all of the comments

i have two important issues i want to bring up, lgbt -- we still don't have an lgbt (indiscernible) i would really like to see that coming to fruition. i would like the 400-unit goal to be met and exceeded, to have no homeless gay youths. we have 5000 homeless youth. if we are setting goals here, we need to meet that. i'm shaking, life or death thing. i live in the mission. i survived a hate crime. i want to have affordable housing. i live in the mission. if i could live in supervisor

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