the youth prospective we've been doing this our second year implementing the lgbtq program and there limping and on to having the conversation they just need that space those health educators and health teachers to know what in their talking about and confront talking about it the firefighter we weren't quite sure but they're showing up we have a volunteerly lunch time and the second year we've had an increase in numbers and attendance and the youth are willing to have the on contestants it's important we have people that are comfortable having those conversations and who are as inclusive as possible. >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm alexander with the health inches one of the coordinators and had the pleasure of work with the health group that is happening in 7 holidays as well coordination around high schools i want to echo one of the comments i believe emmy mentioned in middle school her teachers that provide publicity and education around the awkwardness i want to talk about the professional development so for the specialists for the health programs that's suggesting

. >> i do believe that many lgbtq plus people think they could have a career but i think what might be missing models of, and that's one of the things we're trying to provide. we don't just have electricity plus officers. we have lgbtq plus ambassadors >> bonnie: with all the successes a truly diverse foreign service still remains an unrealized goal. in fact, the number of african americans in the service has actually decreased. >> linda thomas greenfield: we have to do a better job in the department in mentoring and supporting and encouraging officers because i think we do have a retention issue. they need to see senior minorities in positions of authority so that they have something to reach for. >> julie chung may: i have worked for several female and minority and other officers and its inspiring to see that and follow in these footsteps of these qualified, intelligent dynamic leaders. beyond just recruiting though i think its more important than ever that the state department retains these people and all the minorities and the diverse client group of officers that we have nurtured.

because after the shows and you see from the map that it is targets people of colored youth and also, lgbtq and also the people who have the teen line and also you can see if you see it in the map that you can see that. and it is targeting it by having it right there so it really makes a problem and not just for me, but for everybody and also i have asthma and it is also part of my family and we have to live in that. and so it really makes us really unhealthy. thank you, and i hope that you support our policy. >> could you say what high school you are from and what grade. >> i am from cono and i am in the ninth grade. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, my name is fred tamko. and i would like to introduce and... and community leader. well, also i am independent of the tobacco industry and the sector and i have smoking since i was 13 years old and about 30 years ago i know how easy for the access to get i seg cigarette in the store and i started to smoke and get addicted to them as i became a chemical dependant. and now i am suffering the heart and lungs continue a

landlord/tenant community and also those who have disabilities the history books does not include the lgbtqfforts committee efforts like stonewall or even sometimes when i look at the book asian-americans or latinos or african-americans are limited to less than a package and ethnic studies we get the whole beyond the need to have a hallway or less than a package ethnic studies shows we are more than just hallway a package. (clapping.) >> >> next speaker. >> good evening. i'm an educator at lir restrict for informational recreational center thank you for allowing me to speak so lyric is one the very few organizations that teaches both stuff about they're past and their history their community we give them the opportunity to love themselves and learn more about themselves and thanks to all of you and all the teachers that have taught economic studies in the city hall's we're changing the teacher people say the youth are the future and san francisco is one of the most diverse cities in the world and ethnic studies advances the leadership within our community and making changes all over the wor

all religious exemption debate that's going on which is impacted by the way to plug rights for the lgbtq community as well as nondiscrimination and employee benefits right, because you're not getting anything for them in figure only targeting women's health care for discrimination companies like hobby lobby want to do that. what we are concerned about is embedding that kind of religiously justified discrimination in law and and here's the thing. we're going to have the aca for many, many many years before we get to single-payer. that's a political reality right? what kind of single-payer do we want to inherit from the aca? one that assumes that there are some types of people who just don't get the health care they need because they got the wrong anatomy? is that what we want to inherit from the aca? no. so we are attacking it from both angles. we absolutely are supporting the single-payer but we are very clear eyed that that is not could happen anytime soon. we've got where it is the ability to stop this business of religious justification for what i call flat-out gender bigotry. you are

. >> tobacco in particular, targets youth, and low income communities and people of color and lgbtq communities and i have seen the map that they have all of the tobacco outlets in san francisco. and there are so many stores and it is just one big mass i know that yesterday we got a bit of a lesson from one of the turf members about this legislation and one of the things that got to me is that the tender loin alone is about one fourth of all tobacco stores and that and everything else has been said today by all of these wonderful people does not move you to action i am not sure what will. so i thank you for your time. and fully support this legislation >> it looks like there is no other public comment. >> i want to thank everyone who has spoken and especially the young people who i think that have eloquently stated why this is a pretty easy call and so with that, supervisor mar? we need a motion to move this item forward. >> yes, before i make the motion let me just say it sounds like a tremendous number of neighborhoods are represented and people of all ages, but especially the high school stu

they say they are pro lgbtq and drop off the t because by the same token, they are trying to get thisawsuit dismissed? >> well what saks is demonstrating they are hypocrites. saks has a nondiscrimination policy and they are reneging on it but they had a policy that they believed all lgbt people from free from discrimination. they wanted to fire this transgender person simply because they are discriminating against her based on her gender identity because they are saying she is not fulfilling the sex role that they believe that she should be fulfilling. the problem heresies -- >> they wanted her to be a man. >> to be a man because they want her to be a man but that is not her gender identity. so they are discriminating against her sex and that is what she is alleging and suing on. they are saying they have the legal right to discriminate based on her sex is what they are suggesting. >> this is complicated and it goes to show that a lot of times these laws have to go hand in hand with cultural shifts we may have laws in place doesn't mean society has caught up in the same way. there is

the only place that we are winning is in the lgbtq fight for marriage equality.ctually winning on employment nondiscrimination and we're not actually winning on adoption, and we're not actually winning on family formation entirely yet. we are winning on marriage equality which is luge. which huge. absolutely enormous and important but that's the only aspect of the progressive movement that's really going anywhere. that brings me to the second piece. let me tell you what i think the women's movement has not done well. we didn't go to the states. we didn't go to the states early and we didn't go to the states aggressive. and we don't have the resources to go to the states. we keep thinking if we hang around in washington, d.c., we'll stop these silly states from passing all these laws that are bad for women. and that's not working. right? my organization is -- i call this the grassroots arm of the women's movement. we have 250 chapters around the country. threats that are there. we should have really well-trained volunteer lobbyists in all 50 states and puerto rico

we all see differences but we need to embrace our differences with the we are able-bodied or lgbtq members or different religions, ethnicities as well as race. i could go back to what i saw -- said before about black lives matter. if people are offended, does that mean that they don't matter -- that white lights matter? of course not. all lives should matter. historically black lives did not matter as much. they were considered disposable and unbreakable. keeping with martin luther king's dreams, we can all try to be treated with dignity and justice. we have a lot of work to do to achieve that vision still. [applause] >> i will lead it to autum for closing. >> today we have been , participating in intense and enlightening discussions. thank you to shakira diaz, keith gonzales, jonathan gordon and bashir jones. thank you, ladies and gentlemen for coming to this forum and i hope you learned a lot about your roles in this community and this forum is now adjourned. [applause] [bell] >> next on c-span, homeland security secretary jeh johnson speaks. later, the national action network as an even

we all see differences that we need to embrace our differences with the we are able-bodied or lgbtq members or different religions, ethnicities as well as race. i could go back to what i saw about do black lights matter? does that mean -- all lives should matter. historically black lives did not matter as much. they were considered expos will, unbreakable -- expos will anddisposable and ungrievable. treated with we c dignity and justicean be. we have a lot of work to do to achieve that vision still. [applause] >> i will lead it to autum for closing. >> we have been participating in intense and enlightening discussions. thank you to secure a -- shakira diaz johnathan gordon and bashir jones. thank you for coming and i hope you learned a lot about your roles in the community and this form is now adjourned. [applause] [bell] >> on the next "washington journal" a discussion of the process of writing the state of the union speech. thena a preview of president obama's tax proposal and congressional actions. "washington journal" is live every day at 7 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation wi

whether we're lgbtq members of the community, different religions, ethnicities. go back to what i said before about black lives matter. people are offended by that movement. does that mean other lives don't matter? of course not. all lives matter and all lives should matter. but historically black lives can't didn't matter as much. they were considerable disposable, ungrievable for the loss o of our black americans. who recently -- and we can't tolerate that any longer. so think we should leave think aggregate dr. king and his vision and dream that we can all be treated with the dignity and justice. we're all part of humanity but we do have a lot of work to do to achieve that vision too still. >> and i'll leave it to aumt lil autumnlily to close the forum. >> today we have been having an intense discussion. thank you to ms. diaz chief gonzalez jonathan gordon and basheer jones. and thank you ladies and gentlemen for coming to this forum. and i hope that you guys learned a lot about your roles in this community and this forum is now adjourned. [ applause ] >>> in