ms. jupiter peraza who is the director of our social justice initiative. [ applause ] >> sorry everyone. very beautiful earrings, but very hard to navigate. can you hold these? thank you so much. thank you aria. thank you, mayor breed for this wonderful opportunity. and, i just wanted to say that this is a step in the right direction. in order to understand our community, we must understand the history. and, in a society in which trans people are regarded with so many misconceptions, it is time that we alleviate those misconceptions with education, candor, and legitimacy. when we learn about others, we learn about ourselves. what we have here is an opportunity, an opportunity to embrace how similar we are from one another. an opportunity to deseminate and uncover how much my community, the trans community has given up for the well being of all of us. trans people are my past, they are my present, and they are my future and they are yours as well. as we have proven, we are capable of transending what is imposed on us to attain a life in which we are authentically and exquiz italy us. i ta