rod sharifa group. research and communications project at the center for american progress she is in washington d.c. thanks for joining a charade sexual orientation and gender identity is becoming this real political battleground in the united states right now so could you just explain 1st place how significant the decision is this is a landmark victory for the l.g.b. t.q. community particularly for the transgender community this is the biggest legal victory that community has had in the history of this country and as you said we have seen attack after attack from the current administration on basic rights of algae to keep people from playing the protections to housing to add new health care rule that came out just friday claiming that algae to keep patients would be protected from discrimination in health care so the supreme court so firmly taking such a strong stance that prohibitions on sex discrimination prohibit discrimination against people is it's really important for you to take your rights in t