pablo espinoza and lydia salazar , the coexecutive directors of this exceptional organization, as well as kyle and dominic who are here today. thank you so much for being here and thank you for your patience, recognizing all of these amazing heroes. we celebrate you today for 40 years of grassroots leadership to build safety and power within lgbtq communities, as the oldest lgbtq antiviolence organization in the country. it began his mission to transform trauma and deliberation in 1979. following the assassination of harvey milk, ended a time of increased violence against the lgbtq community. particularly in the castro. launching a safety whistle campaign, they emphasize mutual aid and collective power, and then built upon the same approach by training community members to b.p. advocates and becoming the first lgbtq organization to provide direct services to lgbtq domestic violence survivors. since its inception, they have been an innovator from addressing domestic violence within the lgbtq communities, to organizing transgender people to stop police brutality, to becoming the first lg