and, of course, this month i was very excited to support and yesterday we voted to appoint susan lamb the first lesbian chancellor at city college. [ applause ] >> despite what you might read in the news media i have no doubt that city college will be there for the next several decades to provide education to our community and our city. but i want to recognize that city college is a pioneer one of the first colleges in the country to provide an lgbt studies class that broke pioneers and barriers educating about our community and our history. and i can't wait for the day that kate and some of you will come and teach at city college about this day, this movement, and the history that we made. thank you so much for supporting city college. thank you so much for being here today. happy pride. [ applause ] >> so i want to finish up with another acknowledgement and then a short poll. so the acknowledgement is, he is not here today but he was certainly standing side by side with mark leno and with nclr in working on the bills in helping us with the lawsuit. jeff kors and equality california.

[applause] >> susan summer from lamb legal. >> today is a beautiful chapter in a love story. we saw wonderful decisions on this same date in lawrence v texas and united states v windsor a lucky day for same-sex couples and gay rights. [applause] >> and in this ongoing love story, we see families like the york-smith, mothers who cared so much for each other and for their children they come to the u.s. supreme court and today they sought justice, today they saw an affirmation of their dignity and the commitment they and so many other couples around this country have for one another and their desire to support their children and their families on this joyous day in this american love story we can celebrate what we have done as a society, our constitution has stood up for those long oppressed, and we also remember and grieve for those in charleston who are suffering today. we are reminded until we have justice for everyone. until we have racial justice and we have justice for all gay lesbian, bisexual and transgender americans are work is not over. let wedding bells ring across t