>> the ncaa says that inclusion includes lgbt people.hey pulled some championship levelevents out of north carolina because of the hp to law that targeted our community . they cannot say that they are an inclusive organization and at the same time allow byu and its anti- lgbt policies that are lgbt students so i'm not going to tell the ncaa what to do but they can't do both area. >> was the reaction in the big 52 used as a reporter and as somebody who runs out sports. >> i have a fantastic relationship with people in the front office of every single lead. i think about greg aiello with the nfl who their head spokesman and others in the nfl and

a lot of lgbt people listened tough.f society rejected who they are, and still do to this day, a lot of people watching this programme even now feel rejected by society and the people around them, and the reason things have changed is because people fought against those attitudes, and one of them was george michael, in lgbt icon who stood up against registered and bigotry. remember him as a musician and an artist but remember him as somebody who fought so courageously against repression and bigotry. that is something we should all remember. thank you for your time. and there's more online. you can look back at george michael's life in pictures, music that defined his career, and celebrity tributes — that's at bbc.co.uk/news. the headlines on bbc news: tributes continue to be paid to singer and songwriter george michael, who died at his home on christmas day. he was 53. russia recovers some fragment of a military plane which crashed into the black sea, with 92 people on board. bargain hunters hit the high street for the b

>> the ncaa says that inclusion includes lgbt people. they pulled some championship levelevents out of north carolina because of the hp to law that targeted our community . they cannot say that they are an inclusive organization and at the same time allow byu and its anti- lgbt policies that are lgbt students so i'm not going to tell the ncaa what to do but they can't do both area. >> was the reaction in the big 52 used as a reporter and as somebody who runs out sports. >> i have a fantastic relationship with people in the front office of every single lead. i think about greg aiello with the nfl who their head spokesman and others in the nfl and i mean, they answer my phone calls, the answer my questions. sometimes it's on the record, sometimes it's on background. billy being in major league baseball is communicative, he's a vice president with the league soi have a great relationship .i think because i have, and jim byzantine my business partner, we demonstrated fairness, that were going to say when we think you misstep and when we thin

with a long content for -- jeff sessions would have dangerous new authority to attack civil rights, lgbt writes, and the lives of immigrants and people of color. commentshas had races considered disqualified as a judge by the standards of 1986. years later, he wants to make the chief law-enforcement agent. and looking at his conduct , it makes it more disturbing. he is fighting somebody that is anti-civil rights and voting rights and lgbt writes as the attorney general. now for the epa, the ,nvironmental protection agency scott pruitt has used his office for the agenda of big polluters and climate deniers. controlling the epa, he could do a method damage to the water that our children drink. and the same agenda that the republicans have in the house of representatives. this is not different from republicans in congress. democrats will continue to fight for clean air and clean energy and those that protect god's creation and good paying jobs. and now we go to social security and medicare. e, is aget chairman pric clear signal that it which i did and medicare -- end medicare. and he has al

lgbt protection that prompted the passage. jonathan: doctors are seeing unusual spike in a relatively common respiratory virus this season affecting kids. it's called r.s.v. the increase in the cases have pediatric intensive care units around the area packed with kids. because of the lack of space, one patient with a serious the way to johns hopkins in boulevard for treatment. >> as -- in baltimore for treatment. >> i'd love to have more resources for my patients. we have an excellent relationship with if tertiary medical centers and it's rare we can't get a patient to them. jonathan: for those who have lowered immune system it can lead to pneumonia. maureen: the washington capitals spent their day visiting the children and spreading holiday cheer. jonathan: we were there when they brought smiles to the kids at med star university hospital. >> the washington capitals are spending time off the ice. to spread holiday cheer. signing autographs and playing games with the young kids inside the pediatric oncology clinic at the med s

city has a law uthat protects the rights of lgbt people against discrimination.uz bill saying if i am elected president and congress passes the first amendment defense act, which is what they call it, i will sign it. joining us now is stuart milk, president of the harvey milk foundation and an lgbt activist. stuart, both reactions. first to what happened in north carolina. the legislature failing to go through on that deal. and then the pros scene of the accident going national through ted cruz and donald trump. >> yeah, it was a double whammy today, lawrence. you know, in the holiday season, you would be inclined to say that the grinch gave us two lumps of coals. but you can't even put that type of humor on something like this. what people sometimes forget, in north carolina, we're talk about human lives. we're talking about people who are generally afraid. they're afraid to be visible. they're afraid to be authentic. because that h b-2 basically took down all nondiscrimination statuses. so this double cross today when charlotte, the city of charlotte held up th

and lgbt activist has suffered a loss in the state of north carolina.egislators failed to repeal a contentious that forced transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to the sex listed on their birth certificate. that bill has caused public out cry and for cots -- boycotts of the state. opponents of a controversial statute known as the bathroom bill walked out of the north carolina legislature in disgust after politicians failed to come together to repeal the measure. a agreement to do away with controversial law fell through after a series of amendments were included at the last minute by republican lawmakers. the governor elect said he was deeply disappointed. today the legislature had a chance to do the right thing for north carolina. and they failed. disappointed that republican legislative leaders failed to live up to their promise to fully repeal house bill two. the lord requires transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond with the gender on their birth certificate. provedl has controversial. opponents say it's a violation of civil

lo que dicen son amenazas en contra de los inmigrantes, gente de color, musulmanes y la comunidad lgbt de parte de donald trump... dicen que el presidente electo no representa los valores y la unidad de esta nacion.. y que la eleccion de su gabinete es prueba de ello.... temen que el progreso que ha hecho este pais en los ultimos 10 anos en cuanto a cambio climatico, diversidad racial y derechos de la mujer... pero quiza uno de sus temores mas grandes son las elecciones que hasta el momento ha hecho en su gabinete... sepan que esta y otras organizaciones planean participar en una protesta a nivel nacional, es un llamado a la resistencia el 20 de enero, el dia que trump tomaria protesta.... se espera que acudan miles de personas... pero su triunfo no es oficial hasta que los 538 miembros del colegio electoral certifiquen

. >> on the issue of lgbt law and policy, so much has changed and gotten better for the lgbt community-- >> yes. >> -- under the obama administration. don't ask/don't tell being repealed. hate crimes bill being signs. marriage equality becoming national law, of course. >> yes. >> i'm going to say this, i'm not going to ask you to endorse my view, but i'm going to state this as my own view, that there are a number of very high-profile people in the incoming administration, particularly including the incoming vice president and the man who will be the nominee for your job, senator sessions, who i think, in my view, have really made their political nut in part on hostility to lgbt people, on hostility to lgbt rights. that's part of how they got the power and the prestige that they've had over the course of their lives. do you in any way see this last election putting guys like that in a position to do what they're going to be able to do, was it a backlash? was it a backlash to the progress that was made on lgbt issues, in particular, during the obama administration? >> yeah, you know, i'm

and limits lgbt protections. it's become a lightning rod. major continue certificates and sporting -- concerts and sporting events were canceled in protest and some companies left the state. >> enough damage has been done. >> reporter: hb2 was passed in march by republicans after the democratic charlotte city council expanded lgbt rights in the city. yesterday's two step deal called for the city council to repeal their measure which they did then state lawmakers were supposed to follow suit by rolling back hb2. but their repeal bill included a provision stopping charlotte or any city from expanding lgbt righs. >> to work over the next six months towards a long-range solution. >> reporter: democrats said that didn't count as a true repeal and the special session ended in deadlock. brook silva-braga for cbs news. >> republicans accused roy cooper, the incoming democratic governor, of keeping hb2 alive to use as a political issue. he vow today keep working to repeal the law. he takes office next month and of course this issue is a huge topic on

wm she's also become the fails ofho the lgbt liaison unit but now fox5 has learned of findings fii of abuse of authority and unbecoming conduct. conct. fox5's marina marraco hasarra h the exclusive >> i have accomplished a lote ah in my life. she's been called a trailblazer.lbla she was born billy but is now jessica. sergeant jessica hawkins and has her coming out as transgendernsd woman has been chronicled byed many local and national media outlets.ets. nbc news broadcast this story touting the 16 year police t 16 veteran as woman who was w helping build trust and easing g fear in the district. but these documents obtained obt by fox5 show app differentre mpd's remembers gay bisexual and transgender liaison unit. allegations the department dep itself found to be "extremely disturbing."st." allegations that were firstont brought to the attention ofon of higher ups back in june ande an that were initially only part pr of an administrative investigation.statio but then were sent to theere see officers of the attorneycers oto general fornr review. rie and just seven weeks ago, mpd's inte

. >> it's who linda was looking concept for ageing members of the lgbt community. >> i was looking out for myself too. >> she tried finding a seen air living facility and her and her partner could move into together. >> unfortunately there were none especially as affordable living. >> fast forward to two decades. >> i never dreamed it would look like this. >> a place like us now fills that void for members of the lgbt population. >> people era when being gay, being lesbian or lgbt was a negative. >> retired and living on a low fixed income was one of the first residents to move into the 55-unit complex. >> you don't have to feel anxious that you've got neighbors that think. [ inaudible ] >> he says birds of the same feather flock together. your ability to be happy increases. >> in addition to providing a comfortable place to live. >> it reduces a lot of anxiety. >> this facility provides a number of services geared towards its gay and lesbian residents. >> there's nowhere else in the nation that compares to this. >> a lot of its residents are gay and lesbian. a place for us provides ho

it's geared towards members of the ageing lgbt community which often deals with poverty issues. 45% of single lesbians 65 and older have an annual income of $20,000 or less with 27% p below $10,000 a year. it also offers services geared towards gays and lesbians. some residents use the popular >> when you're in your flock you feel safe, you feel comfortable. your ability to be happy increases. >> while a lot of its residents are gay and lesbian, a place for us provides housing to everyone who's eligible. the goal promote diversity and celebrate all aspects our our community. the housing is 55% occupied. >> hello mark johnson what are you working on? >> wor bit of snow. >> did you find a little bit? >> coming into cleveland a few rain drops but as you get into the high ground a little bit of snow. let's get right to it. look at that sky in downtown cleveland. yeah, skies are not what we want them to be right now. the chill has come back. what's happening? well notice a little bit of lake effect we have out there on the power of five live doppler network. the temps falling into the upper

saying, kwo, we don't discriminate against any members of the lgbt community in any of our shows.v is proud to have a crystal clear, consistent record of including people from all walks of life in its series. the benham brothers who lost their show two years ago after a left wing labeled them as against lgbt, calling them a wonderful family saying they're not, quote, anti-anything, they're pro god, pro bible, pro people. they're pro jesus. what's happening is a witch hunt. the benhams urge fans of the show to stick by the couple pointing out the stars of "duck dynasty came came under fire for homophobic comments, but millions of americans stood by them and that show remains on the air. buzzfeed is getting major push back from the article with the new york sometimes, the washington poonlsd others calling it a hit piece. megyn. >> i think it was the website right wing watch that went after them, not a right wing website. >> right wing watch, yes, you're correct. >> okay. good to see you. now speaking out in a kelly file ex cleansive, david and jason bem ham, authors of the book "liv

but lgbt americans are our friends and family members. having it start there as well is at the higher levels of the justice department of justice is key. >> key in the sense that it makes it sustainable even if there is active resistance. >> and you get more support. and you reach out and you garner more support. one of the things i think that has been tremendous over the last couple of years, i've been doing a lot of work, as you know, on policing issues and the issues of the relationship between law enforcement and the communities that we serve. and i've been traveling the country on a policing tour and talking to community groups and kids and law enforcement. and when we look at this issue today, look at the protests even, for example, just to get a snapshot of it, look at the diversity of the people who are engaged on that issue alone, this issue has become more than just one cabined off into the minority community. similarly lgbt issues, muslim american issues have become issues larger than just those limited to those communities. be

. >>> and an ordinance that bans the discrimination of the lgbt community.er today state lawmakers are hold a special session to repeal a law that limits lgbt rights and which bathrooms that they can use in public schools and public buildings. they were willing to consider appealing the law if charlotte undid their anti-discrimination ordinance. >>> and a man that won a medal of honor received the award a century and a half later. he never knew he was warded the honor part of the confusion is because harry smith is really harry reynolds. it was in the name of the aleis and this week the medal was finally given to ren old as grandson in his honor. >>> thousands of meals for students without standing lunch balances in utah are paid for by the generosity of one man there. 35-year-old damon burton donated $2,000 to the school district and that was enough money to pay for 5700 meals. burton says he is familiar with the financial struggle for the students and their families. >> i benefitted with free programs in my school and over the years i wanted to figure out

. >>> a popular lgbt warehouse fire is being described as heart breaking for the community. >> three transgender people have been confirmed dead. >> the reverend is supporting families and frendz of some transgender people who died in the fire. so far, three have been confirmed. and 29-year-old farrell pines. the third was ann bolka, whose partner talked to us on the phone. >> the world has a way of being unkind to people who what we consider to be the normal. and for people to know who they are. >> i spoke to one parent of an lgbt child who knew one of the victims whose names is has been released. she was devastating mourning the loss of friends and a beautiful musician but it could is been her child. >> the reverend led a vigil requested by the lgbt community. >> i want people to know they can get support whether today, or whether it's in four months when it feels safe enough. >> we're learning more about other victims newly identified as having lost their lives in the fire. you probably never heard of them until today, but each had a story to tell. micah mier was 28 years old from

but their repeal bill included a provision stopping charlotte or any city from expanding lgbt rightsork over the next six months towards a long-range solution. >> reporter: democrats said that didn't count as true repeal and tended in deadlock. brook silva-braga for cbs news. >> republicans accuse the incoming governor of keeping that bill alive as a political tool. cooper vowed to keep working to repeal the law. he takes office next month. >>> how's this for a christmas greeting? what up? what up? >> i like it. >> that's what a woman in alabama read in a card from her secret santa. >> yeah and it ends with the sweet signoff, your santa, snoop dogg. the famous rapper and tv personality participated in a standard gift exchange program through reddit. the present he delivered included a snoop dogg shirt, slippers from snoop dogg, socks, teabags and a drone. because snoop has a special way with "language" he wished her a [ non-english language ] [ laughter ] [ overlapping speakers ] >> my grandmother we snapchatted her and asked her who is your favorite rapper, grandmother? she goes, sn

here's michelle meow. - welcome to the michelle meow show, your a through z, covering the lgbt, lmnopand everyone in between show. tonight, we have an exciting show. we're doing interviews with students who are part of a travelling high school called think global. i think it's so exciting to talk to students who might have a different perception of how things work, just because they have experiences that some, or most, students don't have their age. so before we get the show started, let's check in and see what people are saying about the lgbtq community. our first quote comes from family research council's tony perkins. this is really interesting. he had something to say about president-elect donald trump's

here's michelle meow. - welcome to the michelle meow show, your a through z, covering the lgbt, lmnop, and everyone in between show. tonight our two guests are two influential political voices from the lgbtq community. senator mark leno, who's terming out this year, will join us for an exit interview and also former assembly member, tom ammiano, will be with us to talk about his new comedic show as well as his thoughts on the local election. let's check in and see what people are saying about the lgbtq community. our first quote comes from peter thiel. he's the paypal founder or co-founder, the billionaire, who is supporting donald trump.

here's michelle meow. - welcome to the michelle meow show, your a through z covering the lgbt, lmnop,nd everyone in between show. tonight we have a huge show for you, it's so huge we've decided to focus on just that one huge person, it's cleve jones, he's a long time lgbtq activist

the one dealing with nondiscrimination against lgbt people in federal contracting. that's something that could be rescinded. i'm not going to presume that trump is going to do any of this. he's said some things during the campaign that, you know, he loves the lgbt people and he loves the hispanic people and who knows what exactly he's going to do. but one thing that president obama i think has done is raised the bar on these kinds of things. and so with many of these executive orders, presidential memoranda and other generic executive actions, every time a president takes one of these. they set a new status quo. there's an example of this in the transition from president clinton to president bush where president clinton, in his midnight era, passed this arsenic rule. it dramatically lowered amount of arsenic allowed in the water. bush's knew cabinet came in and said there's no science behind that. that's not the right level. we're going to rescind that. it got perceived publicly not as going back to the status quo, but that bush was trying to dramatically increase t

how many local companies are being reorganized for a commitment to lgbt equality and inclusion. >> this progressive as it gets using ipads as plates. you can dine digitally in the bay area. here are the techbytes. >> we have if you details of the samsung phones that can catch fire. the carrier issued a software update that prevents the phones from charging and at&t, verizon and sprint will send out similar updates. >> new video show as tesla autopilot predicted a crash. ought beeping noise was technology in a tesla, confirming that radar in the car sets the tina szczepanek was slowing down and everyone involved in the crash is >> parents whose want their kids in bed early, necessity can give the kids the feeling they stayed up late to ring in the new year. but it is actually not hey look, it's those guys. [music] jess: are you good to drive? shawn: i'm fine. jess: how many did you have? shawn: i should be fine. jess: you should be? officer: go on and step out of the vehicle for me. bud: see ya, buddy. good luck! so, it turns out buzzed driving and drunk driving, they're the same thing a

. >>> another local school district tackling the issue of lgbt discrimination tonight.s a packed house in loudoun county. some called for change to district policy to better protect students and employees. but as news 4 reports, not everybody is on board. >> i certainly won't be believe anyone should be bullied. >> reporter: megadoesn't like bullying, but she also doesn't support adding protection in public schools. she's a mother of four. >> it's a buy logical boy is in a locker room with my daughter, then she is not able to object to that. because she's been discriminating against that person based on their gender identity. >> reporter: megaalong with dozens of people shared their views at tonight's school board meeting. the room is divided. >> these people are equal to you. not everyone understands the bredth of human experience, and some people feel threatens by what they don't understand, and that's why we need the labels. that's why we need these productions. >> reporter: supporters say the added protection is necessary to protect lgbt students from being bullied

. >> our next newscas - [announcer] it's the michelle meow show, your a to z covering the lgbt, lmnop and everyone in between. here's michelle meow. - welcome to the michelle meow show, your a through z covering the lgbt, lmnop and everyone in between show. tonight, our entire show is devoted to danielle lopresti of danielle and the masses, and her partner, or wife, alicia champion. they have a new video out called holy, so we'll talk about the meaning behind that video as well as how they're feeling about the election results and what we're doing as a community to empower one another, but before we get started with the show, let's check in with what people are saying about the lgbtq community. our first quote comes from transgender navy seal veteran, kristin beck. we've had kristin on the show before. believe it or not, or be shocked, kristin is applying

sergeant jessica hawkins has become the face of the lgbt liaison unit >> she has been allowed to tell her story repeatedly for the past two years since she came out as a transgender woman but she was not allowed to speak to fwrouf accusations of abuse of authority and unbecoming couc story last night, the interim to chief of police is now speaking. first, let's hear from fox 5's marina marraco. >> i have accomplish add lot in my life. >> reporter: she's been called a trailblazer, born billy but is now jessica, sergeant jessica hawkeyes and her coming out as a transgender woman has been chronicled by many local and national media outlets. policewoman as a woman helping build trust and easing fear in the district, but these documents show a different side to the leader of the npd's lesbian gay bisexual and transgender liaison unit. allegations the department itself found to be quote extremely disturbing, allegations first brought to the attention of higher ups back in june and were initial only part of an administrative investigation. bu attorney general for register. and just seven wee

>> host: and now we are joined >>host: rejoined by cyd zeigler his book is called "fair play" how lgbt athletes are claiming their rightful place in sports" here is the cover, first of all your the co-de

he did not talk about the issues of abortion and lgbt issues that much. when he did, there was a significant gap at times. but i will still argue that these issues were very important in this election. let me start by talking about what did not happen. optimisticuch more point of view from the last election. it shows you the various people, various republicans, who made outrageous statements about reproductive issues, both abortion and birth control. this was in the 2012 election. and they lost. the first and probably most famous, the first quote there, it is from representative tom bacon, who should have won a senator seat in new jersey. work for him. the next person -- i will not go through all of them. the next most famous was again, a public and who had been predicted to win in indiana and a pregnancy said resulting from rape is a gift from god. he lost. after the 2012 election, i recall reading that the republicans were told how to talk, or how not to talk about abortion and contraception. they were told, you do not talk about rape, ok? and they didn

the law called hb-2 was originally passed in response to a charlotte city ordinance which expanded lgbtthe first step in a kind of deal brokered by incoming governor roy cooper. mariana atenzio joins me now from raleigh, north carolina. give us a sense of the timeline here. when d do we expect the vote to happen and what's going on where you are? >> hallie, under normal circumstances this vote was expected to come at 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. i am hearing from sourcesn the ground here that republicans are struggling to get the bill on the house floor. they caucused overnight into this morning and they are still having discussions as to the prospect of the bill under a new administration under a new attorney general. remember that the state of north carolina is currently being sued by the federal government and loretta lynch has equated this bill to racial segregation. but some of the house republicans don't live in swing districts. so they are not concerned as to the repercussions with their own constituents. now we do know that the number of votes needed in the house today is 53. so with 42 de

. >> up next, lawmakers in north carolina play the blame game after they try to repeal an anti-lgbt law and it failed. >>> north carolina's out going republican governor is blaming left wing groups for messing up an agreement to would have repealed anti-lgbt last night's special legislation session ended without getting rid of the law that reduces government protections for members of the lgbt community. the law mandates that transgender people only use public reisterstown rooms that match the jenlder -- public rest loom restrooms that matches the gender on their birth certificate. >>> the wreck in chattanooga could have been prevented says a lawsuit. six people died when the bus crashed. the lawsuit claims that people complained about the driver but the school system and head of transportation did nothing about it. the suit said walker had a, quote, hasn't of driving recklessly and slamming on the brakes to discipline the kids. >>> instead of holiday plans a wisconsin family is having to make funeral arrangements for their teenage son. that's because he was killed after falling from an

the claims just where she was spreading lgbt propaganda, she was bringing as he says wrong values toot of room —— leupolz and russian laws and the officials would probably fire her for something else, for being late or not doing her duties properly, it depends on your wish but the law is such that you can dismiss someone relatively easily if you have a wish. this is one man was a clear agenda but do you think he represents a broader sentiment in russian society, that people who are 93v russian society, that people who are gay to be teaching? -- shouldn't be teaching. they are becoming more and more prominent, it is to say how much is hard to say how much support they have but people since those things are being widely discussed and there are a lot of talk shows about this on russian media, those who don't support them are afraid to speak publicly because they are afraid of being accused of being gay or supporting business —— narrative so becomes a road —— vicious circle. two remarkable medical stories, we learned about a new drug treatment for multiple sclerosis already next to one o

the win is celebrated by the lgbt community. me for more is transgender activist candace cox. >> hi, thank you. >> do you feel this was a referendum on equality? >> yes, absolutely, i do. i think that what we saw was the lgbt community along with our allies here in north carolina stood up and said that inequality and discrimination is just not something that north carolina stands for. >> there was a lot of pressure on mccrory over this law. did it cost him, because he's now the first sitting north carolina governor elected to a four-year term to lose a re-election bid. >> i think it absolutely hurt the governor. i think that hb2 really proved to be the thorn in the side, to be the straw that breaks the camel's back for governor mccrory. as you said, it's historic that this is the first time we've had a sitting governor run for re-election who did not win, and i think the hb2 is definitely to blame. >> a huge backlash erupted after the bill passed back in march as you know, in a state that thrives for college athletics, it spoke

lgbt advocates say that law is discriminatory. governor roy cooper said the failure to that deal is a broken promise. >> i'm disappointed for the people of north carolina for the jobs that people won't have. i'm disappointed that we have yet to remove distakdain or the reputation of our great state around this country and around the world. >> meanwhile, boycotts that far bill are escalating. pay pal pulled out. estimated cost, 24 million. deutsche bank, 30.5 million. convention cancellations, 109 million. nba, 100 million. ncaa 20 million. acc, 54 million. just there, that's an estimated total of 338 million. so how does north carolina plan to remove the stigma and stop the bleeding. jennifer roberts is the mayor of charlotte, north carolina. thanks a lot for being with us. a lot of this has to do with the back and forth of what the council did in charlotte. we know what republicans are saying. they say this is no more than a power play by the new governor. what do you say about what happened last night? >> well, we were extremely

>> the ncaa says that inclusion includes lgbt people. they pulled some championship levelevents out of north carolina because of the hp to law that targeted our community . they cannot say that they are an inclusive organization and at the same time allow byu and its anti- lgbt policies that are lgbt students so i'm not going to tell the ncaa what to do but they can't do both area. >> was the reaction in the big 52 used as a reporter and and somebody who runs out sports? >> guest: i've a fantastic relationship with people in the front offices of every single league. i think about greg with the nfl whose, there had spokesman, and others in the nfl. i mean, they answer my phone calls. they answer my questions. sometimes it's on the record. .. my phone calls, the answer my questions. sometimes it's on the record, sometimes it's on background. billy being in major league baseball is communicative, he's a vice president with the league soi have a great relationship .i think because i have, and jim byzantine my business partner, we demonstrate

>> host: and now we are joined >>host: rejoined by cyd zeigler his book is called "fair play" how lgbt athletes are claiming their rightful place in sports" here is the cover, first of all your the co-founder of what? >> out sports was started many years ago because being a sports fan realized people did not want to talk about sports and sports did not want to talk about them gay issues but we did we knew there was a large group of people. so we talk about the issuesou of homophobia or athletes coming out on their team and so the we became the experts in the area we were the only ones talking about it. and slowly as professional athletes started to come outut of the closet for the mainstream media started to pay more attention with the professional athletes those high-school athletes in the smaller athletes the media does not talk much about them but their stories are in trouble to what we tried to tell about sports. >>host: in your book "fair play" you talk about the big five correct. >> bid big five sports leagues a lot of people say for the nfl even with declining ratings still the

the reality -- the lgbt people and transgender people like me in north carolina will be subjected totate, foster states and sanctions and many cases of a state mandate of discrimination. >> you posted a selfie of yourself on instagram while you were in charlotte, i assume you were trying to make a statement there. >> i want to reenforce behind this national conversation around transgender equality are real people to hurt people who are discriminated against. the hateful hb 2 is legislation that both rescinds the municipalities and requires transgender people could not access restrooms consistent of their gender identity. it becomes much more difficult to go to school and go to work and participate in public's life. >> i want to ask you another bill. this is the one of ted cruz and senator mike lee. the first amendment defense act. and they're hoping to introduce it and pass it under a trump administration. this is a bill that prohibits the federal government from taken discriminatory action against any businesses and person that discriminates against lgbtq people. a baker could refus

disparities tailor difference across the city and across the country with the groups and social groups and lgbtmunity members and geographic areas we have the data that allows us to describe cancer in san francisco very accurately in terms of numbers and disparities and trends, social status >> economic so those are the measures we want to impact over time and we have turn off all electronic devices. focused on every single one of those areas but many members in the audience currently working on this to focus what la be the steps to take to see progress down the line to join the collective efforts something we're esteeming excited people will heart of that effort and i'm just looking forward to next steps and really making a difference one of the key partners in this effort are community members and i'd like next to introduce arnold perkins a close friend of the current charger of our community advisory board and psa and arnold say a couple of words. >> (clapping.) >> mayor ed lee thank you for your partnership with the city ♪ effort it is good seeing you this is an important effort to be on th

>> basically how easily could president trump undo some civil rights and lgbt protections? >> and greg might weigh in on this, too, for the executive orders he can rescind them as quickly -- yeah, he can rescind them by signing something. by signing. now, the regulations -- and some of those you're talking about are regulations that have been issued by the department of labor. those will go through that longer process we talked about did you want to add more? >> i think that's it. ted cruz had a line during his campaign that you live by the pen, you die by the pen. and executive actions can be rescinded by a future president. in this case the executive orders you talked about of one dealing with non-discrimination against lgbt people and federal contracting. that's something that could be rescinded. now, i'm not going to presume that trump is going to do any of it. he said some things during the campaign that he loves the lgbt people and he loves the hispanic people. who knows what exactly he's going to do. but one thing that president obama, i think, has done is raised the

interesting thing because if you look at the life span of american unity pac even though we're an lgbt issue advocacy organization, at this point about 93% of our advertising dollars haven't mentioned lgbt issues. mostly we're running ads on tax cuts or corruption or, you know, attacking the democrats for just being lousy or boosting our republicans for being great and supporters of limited government. this cycle we wanted to play with our issue a little bit and see if we can find an effective way to bring that in. we told ourselves we can't really do that unless we can prove that it's effective. that we can inject lgbt issues on behalf of republican candidate in the general election and be successful in doing so. and so we researched the hell out of that. we worked with a group called the womens initiative. there's two ladies here with the womens initiative, amanda and rebecca, we started to understand this group. researching womens voting, motivations, opinions, it's a deep research program. you should learn about it if you haven't and subscribe to it if you haven't already, but we l

she especially loves to help out lgbt kids. so she surprised some homeless shelter kids from the lgbt youth. take a peak at it. >> hi, everybody. this is lady gaga and we are at the center in harlem and here to surprise the kids. kindness, to me, is an action of love, or a showing of love to >> lots of gifts! >> and i also believe that kindness is the cure to violence and hatred around the world. >> how's it going? i'm lady gaga. it's nice to see ya! [ screaming ] >> i'm right here for you. >> oh. >> she's right. it is the -- the anecdote for it. >> wonderful. one by one hugged those kids and soaked away their pain. you felt like you were physically watching it happen. >> hopefully contagious. mila and ashton kutcher revealing the name of her new baby born. born on shecky's birthday. november 30th. >> never forget it. >> i think it was dmitri portwood kutcher. i have a feeling portwood, family name. >> and dmitri, of course a great name. >> we want to wish them the a beautiful 2-year-old daughter named wyatt. so happy for them.

marchers who braved the jaws of police dogs in birmingham, and the cattle prolducts at selma, the lgbt individuals who fought for their simple rights at stonewall inn, all of these are examples of courage and determination, of these individuals and countless others who have come before us, but we this is illustrate the great truth that every generation must keep this battle anew. every generation must push this country ever forward to fulfill those promises. now, we have built a society that is so much further along, that's so much more fully reflects our founding creeds of liberty and justice for all. but our work is not finished. we have been challenged on these and so many other fronts, as we are all aware, this work is never finished. now, as we've talked about, just last month the fbi released its statistics on the number of hate crimes committed in 2015. that's not even this year, and already we see the disturbing trend, the sobering indication of how much more work remains to be done, now overall, the number of reported hate crimes increased 6% from 2014, and that figure include

. >> critics say the law limited lgbt rights including which bathroom a transgendered person could usejanae norman explains the controversy that's still brewing. >> reporter: a $42,000 special legislative session down the drain. >> i cannot believe this. >> reporter: the controversial bathroom bill remains on the books. >> it is not normal to waste four days to accomplish nothing. >> reporter: north carolina's democratic lawmakers are frustrated and angry, accusing republicans of a ba a bill to repeal hb2, but including a cooling off period, preventing passing antidiscrimination laws for six months. if one part of the bill was voted down, the whole thing failed, and it did. republicans are saying democrats killed the repeal because it did well as a campaign tactic. >> i don't know if you think the public is stupid or we're stupid or who is stupid, but it just does not make sense. >> reporter: the bill requires using public ret rooms according to the gender on their birth certificate, not what they identify with. that sparked outrage. paypal pulled hundreds of jobs from the state, music