secretary magnifying us we say thank you when last year a host of all 6 currently serving openly lgbtq united states ambassadors for a televised conversation that was watched live around the world hope will never be silent anywhere across the globe and certainly harvey milk will telegraph that hope to the world where much work remains a tool it raise awareness about the communities collective strushlg a a global strufrl i know from my diplomatic work today, we'll have u.s. navy as an educational partner in spreading harvey's hope every time usns harvey milk enters a port one of the message was visibility and 38 years said you must come out to our parents i know that is it so hard and will hurt them think about how they'll hurt you in coming out to our relatives and friends if indeed they're your friends and come out to your neighbors to your fellow workers to the people that work where you eat and shop and once again sfroi the myths and distortions today is a great day few things are as visible as a huge navy ship with harvey's name >> (clapping.) >> imagination imagine this ship pulling something a

secretary magnifying us we say thank you when last year a host of all 6 currently serving openly lgbtq united statesrs for a televised conversation that was watched live around the world hope will never be silent anywhere across the globe and certainly harvey milk will telegraph that hope to the world where much work remains a tool it raise awareness about the communities collective strushlg a a global strufrl i know from my diplomatic work today, we'll have u.s. navy as an educational partner in spreading harvey's hope every time usns harvey milk enters a port one of the message was visibility and 38 years said you must come out to our parents i know that is it so hard and will hurt them think about how they'll hurt you in coming out to our relatives and friends if indeed they're your friends and come out to your neighbors to your fellow workers to the people that work where you eat and shop and once again sfroi the myths and distortions today is a great day few things are as visible as a huge navy ship with harvey's name >> (clapping.) >> imagination imagine this ship pulling something a port some

secretary magnifying us we say thank you when last year a host of all 6 currently serving openly lgbtq united states ambassadors for a televised conversation that was watched live around the world hope will never be silent anywhere across the globe and certainly harvey milk will telegraph that hope to the world where much work remains a tool it raise awareness about the communities collective strushlg a a global strufrl i know from my diplomatic work today, we'll have u.s. navy as an educational partner in spreading harvey's hope every time usns harvey milk enters a port one of the message was visibility and 38 years said you must come out to our parents i know that is it so hard and will hurt them think about how they'll hurt you in coming out to our relatives and friends if indeed they're your friends and come out to your neighbors to your fellow workers to the people that work where you eat and shop and once again sfroi the myths and distortions today is a great day few things are as visible as a huge navy ship with harvey's name >> (clapping.) >> imagination imagine this ship pulling something a

secretary magnifying us we say thank you when last year a host of all 6 currently serving openly lgbtq united statesmbassadors for a televised conversation that was watched live around the world hope will never be silent anywhere across the globe and certainly harvey milk will telegraph that hope to the world where much work remains a tool it raise awareness about the communities collective strushlg a a global strufrl i know from my diplomatic work today, we'll have u.s. navy as an educational partner in spreading harvey's hope every time usns harvey milk enters a port one of the message was visibility and 38 years said you must come out to our parents i know that is it so hard and will hurt them think about how they'll hurt you in coming out to our relatives and friends if indeed they're your friends and come out to your neighbors to your fellow workers to the people that work where you eat and shop and once again sfroi the myths and distortions today is a great day few things are as visible as a huge navy ship with harvey's name >> (clapping.) >> imagination imagine this ship pulling something a p

lgbtq communities we work with. i cannot stress enough, there is a lot of work to be done. last year was the highest murder rate on record for transgender people in the united states, specifically transgender women of color. thanks to heightened visibility in mainstream society, lgbtq people are now disproportionately -- [no audio] >> -- orlando was a shocking wake-up call. a painful reminder of the long history of violence and hate that our community has endured for decades. didvictims of that night not ask to be martyrs for a cause. they did not have a gay agenda. they did not want to shove their lifestyles down anyone's throat. theirimply wanted to live lives as who they were born to be. to live in this incredible country where we are taught that you can be anything you want to be. no matter what side of the aisle you sit on, i think we can all desk at a we're in a point in our nations history that we can plunge into the -- that we are in a point in our nations history where we can plunge into the hate that we see , and still remind ourselves what make us decent and good. we cannot solve our problems we can startt being a little more kind to each other. having

lgbtq community we work with. i cannot stress enough, there is a lot of work to be done. lester was the highest murder rate on record for transgender people in the united states, specifically trans women of color. thanks to heightened visibility over the years and mention society, lgbtq people are not just proportionally targeted more than any other group for violent so because of who we are and who we love. orlando was a shocking wakeup call. and a painful reminder of the long history of violence and hate that our community has endured for decades. the victims of that night and the thousands that died before them didn't ask to be martyrs for a cause. it to navigate agenda or want to shove their lifestyles to anyone's throat. they simply wanted to live their lives as who they were born to be, to live in this incredible country where we are taught that you can be anything you want to be. no matter what side of the i understood on, i think we can all agree that we are at a point in our nation's history where we can plunge into the abyss of hate and division that has been so widely displayed these past few months, or pour ourselves back together as americans and