you can trace that back to romer versus evans in 1996 where we saw really the beginning of the jurisprudencet led to the decision by the supreme court this last june in the marriage equality decision. and then when it comes to discriminating against transgender people, the law is also very clear that it is impermissible sex discrimination to target and discriminate against transgender people. so in a lot of respects we're following the precedent that's been set for us in the courts over the last 20 years. but the lawsuit is really just part of a larger conversation that needs to happen and that is happening where people are mobilizing outside the governor's mansion, trans people are coming out, telling our stories and saying, you know what, this conversation needs to shift, these lies have to stop being told and we're going to demand that people take us and our needs seriously through litigation and through advocacy. >> chase strangio, staff attorney with the aclu. we've been watching the economic part of this and the business argument about this and the political argument about this. now we