and in my experience as a trans woman for more than 30 years most trans men and trans women are veryir stories to you if you sit them in a safe capacity and make them feel comfortable and say hey, how are you? what's your name? as opposed to coming to me with an attitude or embattlement because i'm already going to be on the defensive because of the life that i have lived and it's not a chosen life. it really is in you. it is not a chosen life. it is in me to identify as transgender. >> i would love to continue to have this conversation. and i think that there is -- we should be able to have these discussions without yelling at each other and offer some understanding about -- >> that's true. >> -- this community. and at the very least, look, you can love what dave did or hate it or whatever, but i think you're right -- >> i'm a comedian. i am a comedian and i'm telling you, i got three dogs in the fight. i have to be fair to all three. >> but at the very least we're talking about it. and i think we should use this opportunity to continue to have these discussions in a responsible, pr

being trans. think you do that by telling them you are going set the date and time, you want the conversation to come to you. if you want to have a conversation, you go to them. i went to dallas, that was the house of rebirth, i met with pocahontas and we sat and had a conversation. one of the hardest things to do is shut our mouth and listen. that's what i gotten good at is shut your mouth and listening. that's not something everybody person or comics want to do. you can see my discomfort. they said you have to be willing to call out black segender men. that's still difficult. i am talking to you about dave chappelle, i have offended the goat. i want you to create a world that's empathetic for trans people and specifically black trans women. >>>. >> just about you coming on and both of you said, man, i don't know what to do with this conversation, it could be exhausting. it's important but you know everybody feels a certain way and everybody is going to say something and is there is anything that

>> i think he along with a lot of trans exclusionarily to put forth this idea that trans people are sayingetely ly not what e saying. it's more complex. they aren't the exact same thing. so the way that you are assigned at birth may be based on genital or whatever -- femininity and so on and so forth so we're really saying these things are more complex and it's actually not just trans people having a gender experience, everybody is having a more complicated gender experience. >> yeah. thank you so much. appreciate you joining us and getting your side out there. you be well and i hope you'll come back and we'll continue these discussions, thank you so much. >> of course, thank you, don. >> i want to bring in flame monroe. hey, flame, how are you doing? >> hey, don lemon, how are you? >> doing well. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> i've watched your netflix specials and a lot of you on the internet. i haven't gone to your show in person but i really do want to. listen, your stand up can be seen on netflix. what do you think? do the jokes cross a line for you? >> well,

happen. >> liz, speaking of trans, there's a trans activist on twitter said trans people aren't reacting they have thin skin. she wrote, what we object to is the harm that content like this does to the trans community and very specifically black trans women. i'm curious to get your thoughts. >> i think it is just a shame because what dave chappelle did is what white women do all the time that i find really annoying, is that we don't see -- we fail to see ourselves as both the oppressor and the oppressed. that's actually a unique opportunity for us to act as human beings who understand what it is like to be subjugated but have the privilege to do something about it. so i'm really disappointed. i'm also disappointed, there's a part in the show where he says, i miss the old days, i miss the stonewall days. >> yeah. >> the stonewall days, okay, if you know history have a black trans woman to thank for the stonewall riots because marsha p. johnson, who everybody should know about, she should be taught about in schools, she is one of the biggest civil rights leaders of our time and also the fi

and we hope to one day see a trans health phoenix, a trans health anchorage, a trans health richmondo us things that some of us didn't even understand were issues. so thank you for the work you are doing at trans health northampton. we appreciate the time that you're taking to make us smarter about this. >>> all right. go nowhere. we're just getting started on this sunday morning. the very latest about what you need to know about president biden's big spending bill and where it stands at this moment in the senate. another hour of "velshi" begins right now. >>> and good morning to you. it is sunday, october the 24th. i'm ali velshi. news came out just an hour ago that president biden will host senator joe manchin and senate majority leader chuck schumer at his home in delaware this morning. the trio will continue talks about biden's multi-trillion-dollar build back better plan. and i will talk to senator sherrod brown about where the bill is going. >>> but first the wide-ranging investigation into the capitol insurrection. it hole voted to hold former trump chief strategist steve bann

communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and we're supporting our seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. so there's so much more work to do, but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. >> i went through a lot of struggles in my life, and i am blessed to be part of this. i am familiar with what people are going through to relate and empathy and compassion to their struggle so they can see i came out of the struggle, it gives them hope to come up and do something positive. ♪ ♪ i am a community ambassador. we work a lot with homeless, visitors, a lot of people in the area. >> what i like doing is posting up at hotspots to let people see visibility. they ask you questions, ask you directions, they might have a question about what services are available. checking in, you guys. >> wellness check. we walk by to see any individual,

trans people run the breadth of humanity. >> netflix released a statement reading, we value our trans colleagues and allies and understand the deep hurt that's been caused and recognize we have much more work to company both within netflix and in our content. >>> following up on a story, dozens of san francisco police officers and firefighters are on administrative leave after the deadline to get a covid vaccine came and went. it's the first step towards firing them. while the city begins to deal with that, other vaccination deadline looms for all city workers. here's nbc bay area's christie smith. >> reporter: more than 40 unvaccinated san francisco police officers are now on administrative leave for failing to follow the city's covid-19 vaccination mandate. today the mayor's focusing on the upside. >> we're not looking at the good news with all of this. 96% of a 35,000-person workforce fully vaccinated. >> reporter: november 1st, workers who aren't vaccinated will be suspended without due pay, and after a due process hearing, can be separated from the city. the deadline passed for p

communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and we're supporting our seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. so there's so much more work to do, but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. [♪♪] >> we worked very hard with the san francisco venue coalition, the independent venue alliance to advocate for venues. put this issue on the radar of the supervisors and obviously mayor breed. the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and did public comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they g

communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and we're supporting our seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. so there's so much more work to do, but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. [♪♪] >> after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and i signed up for the below-market rate program. i got my certificate and started applying and won the housing lottery. [♪♪♪] >> the current lottery program began in 2016. but there have been lot rows that have happened for affordable housing in the city for much longer than that. it was -- there was no standard practice. for non-profit organizations that were providing affordable housing with low in the city, they all did their lotteries on their own. private developers that include in their buildings affordable

at the heart of the violence against trans people specifically, black trans people, we have broken recordsns women for several years in a row now. at the heart of those murders, when you lk into them, is the belief by the perpetrators that they weren't doing anything wrong. that is to say that the person isn't human. here we have that reinforced on a massive scale. the questioning of the fundamental humanity of trans people, disguised as jokes. that's at the heart of the violence against our community. reporter: the data speaks volumes here. according to human rights campaign, 2021 is the most violent year on record for transgender and gender nonconforming people. the ceo makes another point. this is on brand for dave chapelle and for his brand of comedy. that comedy is supposed to be provocative. his defenders say, there are a lot of offensive jokes in here. he jokes about chinese people, jewish people, he has made derogatory comments about women. they say comedy is supposed to be provocative. shouldn't there be a space for that? what you say for that? >> it is also supposed to be intelli

we have seen an uptick in the death of black trans women., it's just a culture. it's just jokes, they actually lead to people actually harming and disrespecting us in public in our real lives. >> it's not the comedian's first brush with controversy. chappelle has long spent his career pushing boundaries, from his early days on comedy central playing a blind kkk member on the chappelle show. >> we better get out of here before something bad happens. >> that's right. that's right! [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> and comedy itself has a long history of courting controversy, from pritchard pryor. >> i just want to say this. look, i like drugs. i do. >> to george carlin. >> some of these words, they're only 50% dirty. you have words like ass. ass is hardly even a dirty word anymore. but it has a few meanings that you can't say on television. >> but this recent years many comedians have owned up to jokes that may have offended. >> you had eddie murphy in the '80s. you can't play any of that stuff on television anymore, probably rightly so. murphy famously

violence against trans people, specifically black trans people where we have broken records of murdersmen for several years in a row now, at the heart of those murders, when you look into them, is the belief by the perpetrators that they weren't doing anything wrong -- that is to say that the person isn't human. and here we have that reinforced on a massive scale. the questioning of the fundamental humanity of trans people disguised as jokes which is at the heart of violence against our community. >> reporter: the data speaks volumes here, according to human rights campaign 2021 is said to be the most violent year on record for transgender and gender non-conn forming people. the other point is this is on brand for david david. that comedy is supposed to be provocative. the defenders says he jokes about the chinese, jewish people, women, they just say comedy is supposed to be provocative. shouldn't there be a speos for that? >> well, it's also supposed to be intelligent and there's nothing intelligent and mocking trans people, there's nothing interesting or provocative about mocking tra

to trans advocates.u're threatened by a trans person, it's worth recognizing that your mindset and your words are much more dangerous to them than their existence is to you. it's going to take work on all of our parts to ensure that trans people are treated with equality, justice, compassion and respect, and when we recognize the weight of our words, we can make progress on this deadly issue. transphobic people are not funny. for those of us privileged with a platform and a voice, it is not too much to ask that we do better with transgender and non-conforming people. it's basically human nature to do so. remember, sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can do real damage. bones, but word do real damage e injection... that may help you put these rms challenges in their place. kesimpta was proven superior at reducing the rate of relapses, active lesions, and slowing disability progression vs aubagio. don't take kesimpta if you have hepatitis b, and tell your doctor if you have had it, as it coul

black trans people feel he wasn't talkingable them, he was talking about white trans community.ou don't tell them by telling them you set the date and time and they have to come to you. i went to dallas, the house of rebirth, met with all of them and we had the conversation. and one of the hardest thing for standup comics to do is shut up and listen. that's what i have gotten good at is shutting up and listening. that's not something that every standup comic or every person wants to do. but each that conversation, they said you have to be willing to call out black cis gender men. that's still difficult for me. talking about dave chappelle, i always wonder what this means when i've offended the g.o.a.t. >> will be, when we discussed this before, just about you coming on, you said oh, my gosh, both of us said, man, i don't know, this conversation, i don't know what to do with this conversation. it can be exhausting. it's important, but, you know, everybody feel s a certain kind of way. is there anything you didn't say? because i really respect your perspective. >> to be quite fran

the two green party mps are the first trans women to win seats in germany's parliament, the bundestag>> it was an incredibly intoxicating feeling. >> i was ecstatic on the day of the election. reporter: one of them will move from north rhine-westphalia to the capital of berlin. at just 27, she is one of the youngest members of parliament. >> when i went into politics over 10 years ago, there were no trans role models. i only knew about trans people from a tabloid-driven with sensational points of view where it was only about operations. reporter: tessa has been politically active for over 20 years. originally from bavaria in southern germany, her main focus will be on your political issues and climate protection. >> in the bundestag, i would also like to build on the political work i have been doing in the bavarian state parliament, for example, helping to shape the greens' transport policy. reporter: their presence in the bundestag as trans women is important to them both. >> there are still so many discriminatory laws. for example, there is the transsexual law in germany, which is p

community and very specifically black trans women.k it's a shame because what dave chappelle did is what we women down, we fail to see ourselves as the oppressor instead of the oppressed. we fail to act and have the privilege to do something about it. i'm just really disappointed. there's a part in the show where he says i just missed the old days, i miss the stonewall gays. they have a black trans woman to thank for the stone wall giants. marcia p. johnson, she should be taught about in the school, she's one of the biggest civil rights leaders of our time and also the first person who threw the first brick in the stone wall riots reportedly. so marsha p. johnson, a black trans woman of color is why we are here today. we have her to thank. and these kind of jokes have consequences. this isn't just comedy. it leads to bigotry. there's an entire political ecosystem that thrives off of these jokes. we know that trans kids, half of them have seriously considered killing themselves. children have serious live considered killing themselves.

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trans positive and creates content. that's more in support of the trans community.ut here this morning. not only here in los gatos but also in hollywood making their voices heard and showing up for a walk out. now. this after netflix fired an employee who actually helped organize this walkout in response to dave chappelle's comedy show the clothes or employees are outraged about the special calling it transphobic netflix claims the employee disclosed confidential financial information about what it paid for for the special chappelle show. and in that show, chappelle says that gender is a fact among a lot of other things for weeks now. this has been kind of a battle internally with netflix and its employees. and it's really coming to a head this morning. many who work at netflix. we're disappointed with how the co ceo ted sarandos dealt with this responding to his employees in an email sent to them. he said that the chappelle special would not cause any real world harm and not everyone will agree with content put out by the platform since sensor and ohs has said in a

communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and we're supporting our seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. so there's so much more work to do, but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. [♪♪] >> how i really started my advocacy was through my own personal experiences with discrimination as a trans person. and when i came out as trans, you know, i experienced discrimination in the workplace. they refused to let me use the women's bathroom and fired me. there were so many barriers that other trans folks had in the workplace. and so when i finished college, i moved out to san francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. >> and also, i want to recognize our amazing trans advisory committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory community members, if they could raise their hands and you could give

communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and we're supporting our seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. so there's so much more work to do, but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. [♪♪] >> how i really started my advocacy was through my own personal experiences with discrimination as a trans person. and when i came out as trans, you know, i experienced discrimination in the workplace. they refused to let me use the women's bathroom and fired me. there were so many barriers that other trans folks had in the workplace. and so when i finished college, i moved out to san francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. >> and also, i want to recognize our amazing trans advisory committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory community members, if they could raise their hands and you could give

if you are in favor of trans rights and trans acceptance, that is probably the most useful and positive people heard it, and it's just amazing to me that they can take what is in fact a win and turn it into something that they are pissed about. it is so bizarre to me, me, neurotic, is a form of mental illness. >> greg: it drives me crazy because if you have -- if you're suffering from actual pain, and you see somebody kind of basically culturally appropriate pain, it pisses me off because right now i have heartburn. i am the real victim here. i've been struggling for almost a month now. >> you are so courageous. >> greg: i am -- i'm fighting the battle. i'm fighting the battle. >> your heartburn hero. >> greg: if you have gerd at home, i am your gerd spirit animal. up next, the biden demonstration is willing to bet that parents are the biggest threat. ♪ ♪ ♪ i had a dream that someday ♪ ♪ i would just fly, fly away ♪ instantly clear everyday congestion with vicks sinex saline. for fast drug free relief vicks sinex. instantly clear everyday congestion. and try vicks sinex children's salin

today mayor tran told us he is fully vaccinated and committed to following the county's guidelines. in milpitas, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> well, the beef between in-n-out and the city of san francisco is getting juicier. as we told you yesterday, in-n-out burger at fisherman's wharf temporarily shutdown last week for not making customers show proof of vaccination to eat indoors. city mandate went into effect in august that in-n-out ignored numerous warnings to enforce that vaccination rule. today mayor breed called the chain out. >> don't do super-duper. that's my response to in-n-out. go to super-duper. there are other great place to get a burger. this is ridiculous we're still talking about it. >> in-n-out says it refuses to be the vaccination police for any government. the location which is the chain's only one in san francisco, has since reopened, but without indoor dining. here's our question of the day. should businesses be required to check for proof of vaccination? why or why not? joshua watson-mitchell says, of course, they are protecting their employees and cu

they say in doing that, including creating more trans friendly content hiring more trans people and creatorsired an employee who actually helped organize this walkout. >> in response to the dave chappelle comedy special. the closer employees were outraged about the special calling transphobic. they never wanted it to be released at all. netflix claims the employee disclosed confidential financial information about what it paid for for this special chappelle in the in the show. should poll says that gender is a fact among a lot of other things for weeks now, there has been a battle within that flicks and it's all coming to a head this morning. many who work at netflix were disappointed with how the sea, the coast ceo ted sarandos dealt with responding to employees really concerned about the special and that kind of really fuel the flames in his original e-mail sent to employees. he said the chappelle special would not cause real world harm and not and not everyone will agree with content put out on the platform since then. sorentos has said an interview with the wall street journal. he regret

radical feminist, which views have been seen as anti trans. he also said in reference to the trans community that gender is a fact. the special sparking a worker walkout at netflix. the message here today is that we can take a joke. but when the job takes lives is no longer a laughing matter. however, some fans of dave chappelle argued the community and did nothing more than his job as an entertainer in my personal opinion. i don't think he crossed the line. i mean, of course, didn't love everything he said. but i like that he he had a really strong point. >> to what he was trying to say and i don't think he should be canceled at all. chappelle also defended his comedy as art. but drew says that's not an excuse. any needs to recognize what he's done and it's not up to him to determine whether or not they're harms that have been caused. >> our harms that will happen to a community. it's up to that community to say this is harmful to us and for him to pay attention to that. well, she tells tour comes to chase center on november 4th. it will be t

vast majority life took place protestant institutions and the nomination across the empire were all trans-atlantichey had footprints on both sides and a lot of different places and they communicated to pull the empire together. being a british protestant was part of an empire working on both sides of the atlantic promoting protestantism and it was different and nomination of the collaboration. host: you use a lovely metaphor of scaffolding in your book. you talk a little bit about who are the people and the institutions you just mentioned? how do they glue themselves together to make this imperial product? >> the scaffold is a way to get the religious institutions in this process the archival project is that the heart of this book but to really look at you who was communicating with him across the atlantic people on both sides are talking about a product so school is communicating with whom and what are the boundaries so what i found is that it has channeled through those institutional mechanisms through private societies with a whole host of other voluntary organizations handling money back and f

you're team black or team trans.e existence of black trans people. doesn't black lives matter mean black trans women matter. it ignores the presence of intersectionality. it was like watching someone perform brain surgery with an axe. the approach was a little bit clumsy. . >> how are you making sense of the fact that this is comedy, right? part of dave chappelle's thing was to make everyone uncomfortable. he compared being trans to blackface. >> yeah. >> which was a kpaer son i found very, you know, clumsy at best. and obviously very offensive at worst. >> hoarse the thing about dave chappelle. that's his brand, right? he wants to make us squirm. we want to squirm. that's part of what we sign up for when we listen to him. so i think that is exactly part of his intention. he's kind of doubling down on previous controversy. and the other thing that's interesting to know about dave chappelle, he embraces all of this controversy. he cannot be canceled. dave chappelle is under uncancellable. he already proved he is ready

they were protesting his comments about the trans community. well, tonight we're hearing from trans allies and chappelle fans about his upcoming visit kron four's. dan thorn is outside san francisco's chase center tonight. he has more on this story. dan. >> well, pam chappelle is sent to showcase his new documentary and perform here at chase center next month. chappelle is a widely known comedian who's come under fire for some comments that he made about the trans community and he's also launching this tore in a city that many see as the cultural center for the lgbt community and for some trans allies. this is not sitting well with them, especially during this time of controversy. but some of chapelle's fans say that he is simply being an entertainer and he's only trying to be funny. under a cloud of controversy comedian dave chappelle is coming to san francisco. the entertainer upsetting people with his latest jokes about the trans community. >> is tipping off his ocumentary tore at chase center in november. the move not sitting well with some

communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and we're supporting our seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. so there's so much more work to do, but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. >> first it's always the hardest and when they look back they really won't see you, but it's the path that you're paving forward for the next one behind you that counts. (♪♪♪) hi, my name is jajaida durden and i'm the acting superintendent for the bureau of forestry and i work for public works operations. and i'm over the landscaping, the shop and also the arborist crew. and some tree inspectors as well. i have been with the city and county of san francisco for 17 years. and i was a cement mason, that was my first job. when i got here i thought that it was too easy. so i said one day i'll be a supervisor. and when i run this place it will be r

rowling, who expressed anti-trans beliefs in 2020.he is "team turf," which stands for --. >> people with platforms like mr. chapelle's have a higher responsibility to be aware that in recognize that what they say leads to actions by other. reporter: glaad weighing dave chapelle and has become synonymous with ridiculing people in marginalized communities. and the executive of "dear white people" streaming on netflix says she will not work with the giant if they continue to put out dangerously transphobic content. netflix continues to promote the special, whose trailer warns what fans can expect. >> sometimes the funniest thing to say is mean. remember, i am not saying it to be mean. i am saying it because it's funny. ♪ reporter: the los angeles-based trans activist is not and says netflix and chapelle's actions can lead to violence against the trans community. his untitled documentary will premiere tonight. no comment so far from chapelle or netflix. josh haskell, abc 7 news. ♪ ama: taking a live look outside. it is another cool and br

communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and we're supporting our seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. so there's so much more work to do, but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. [♪♪] >> the hon. london breed: this is the first event held in city hall since the pandemic, and we are celebrating latino heritage month and san francisco. so i want to say thank

netflix workers are staging a walkout in support of trans employees.testing. dave chapelle's new comedy special, which they say. >> is transphobic. we've got kron 4. sarah stinson live for us at netflix headquarters in los gatos this morning. >> sarah. >> that's right. employees at the los gatos headquarters and also down in la and hollywood will be walking out this morning standing up against their employer netflix asking and demanding them to better support trans and non-binary employees. of course, as you said, the outrage also stems from the dave chappelle special and it's just continued ever since. >> that this been going on for weeks now. and especially after netflix fired a trans employee who actually helped organize this walkout in response to dave chappelle's comedy special. the closer employees were outraged when they saw that special calling it transphobic netflix claims the employee disclose confidential financial information about what it paid for. the special chappelle says in the show that gender is a fact among a lot of other things for

this is a group of women that hate trans -- they don't hate transgender women but they look at transgree. i agree, man. gender is a fact. >> reporter: the special prompting some to boycott the service or cut ties. today, a group of transgender employees at netflix announcing plans to stage a walkout next week. netflix recently suspending three employees who criticized the streaming giant but now lifting that suspension. one of the employees, trans software developer tara field, had openly questioned netflix's decision to air the special, tweeting, promoting terf ideology, which is what we did by giving it a platform yesterday, directly harms trans people. netflix insisting it suspended field and two others for attending an online executive meeting they were not invited to. not for speaking out. but despite growing calls to remove the special from its platforms, netflix standing by chappelle. in an internal memo, the company's co-ceo allowing, we don't allow titles on netflix that are designed to incite hate or violence and we don't believe "the closer" crosses that line and major lgb

how do you do that to your trans employee? some employees in the streaming service constrained, shouting, trans, lives, matter name demanded a pay rise. however, the met can to protest as and supporters of the comment. she always said she identified as a woman, and then one day she goes to the roof of a building, jumps off and kills herself. clearly only a man would do some gangsters like that. in a statement, netflix acknowledge the deep hurt cause to his transgender employees. comic fripp. all. he believes that despite the condemnation of some groups, the majority of people like chappelle show these days here in america, corporations tend to cave in i think a lot more than they should they listen to very, very loud voices. even if the voices are a minority of people, you know, it's going to go probably one of 2 ways to laugh voices from the trans community. might part or like you said, with either black lodge matter or the gay community or something. in which case, if it snowballs in that direction, that would lean more towa

you don't get to silence his voice netflix released a statement saying we value our trans colleaguesand understand the deep hurt that's been caused. we respect the decision of any employee who chooses to walk out and recognize we have much more work to do both within netflix and in our content. >> you know that he >> it's not all destroying bathrooms and stealing school property. one tiktok user shows us how he's using the >> and california content creator is using tiktok to try to do some good. but he's going to tell you that he sees the one actually getting all the rewards salvador rivera has his story. >> mine is this is what i is and i have a full-time tick tock created. is more honest who is originally from chicago has been living in san diego for the past 4 years. kind of this go around in different areas. of southern between san diego, los angeles. an just pick random vendors to give them a $1000. more dollars makes money by giving it away to street vendors all and often been overlooked. and i think with my videos were kind of shining a light. >> on some of the struggles that

will you also know is that there was no issue as it relates to trans children playing sports, and soe sunken, or gun to the sunken place as it relates to dealing with children's just re-take you listen i think that they just don't know where to go, because there used to trump bringing all the extremists, so now they are just pushing whatever buttons they believe it takes to get the same extremist excited to show up to the voting booth and it is sad that they are using children as pawns, the party that claims to be so pro-life is anything but pro-life when it comes to our children, and taking care of them. well, and also the death penalty, which is the thing i always bring up when they say they're pro-life but they support the best penalty. i don't know if that makes quite the sense you think. state rep angela, a feels frustrating to watch extreme republicans, as people whose support choice, who supports progressive pieces of policy. and it's hard as a voter in texas, to push back, because of extreme gerrymandering, berman tweeted the racial impact of these maps in texas. which is maj

communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and we're supporting our seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. so there's so much more work to do, but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. [♪♪] >> restaurants will be open for take out only, but nonessential stores, like bars and gyms, will close effective midnight tonight. [♪♪♪] >> my name is sharky laguana. i am a small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply abo

and we see that there is a lack of equity with trans-content versus content such as dave chapel's.im $23.6 million for the sticks and stones special in 2019. for the closer, he was paid 24.1 million making transpoebic content during one of the most deadliest year force the trans community. it incense advertises media that marginalizes and i think ultimately it is because more people respond and have knee jerk reaction to content such as this. and so what the netflix employment resource group is asking for is for them to -- to responsibly pour just as much equity into the communities who are harmed by content such as this so that they can offset the harmful representation of trans people in media. when you look at disclosure, that was directed by sam fader, a trans director and executive produced by laverne cox. not only did they not pour money into that, they purchased the rights for less than the cost that it took to make the film. so you see that lack of equity. we just demand better. >> you are outlining it pretty clear. do you think the national exposure from the walkout, segme

and some people say that contributes to violence against trans womenm. social commentary with the, you know, being funny and -- from a comedian could actually come with danger at some point? >> well, that's a tricky question for me, pam, because as a transgender woman for more than 30 years, i've never been what you would call a passable t tranny which means i could never fool anyone. i used to have the most delicious body known to man, but you always knew i was not a woman. i don't think that's fair to ask me. i never had the luxury or dis-luxury of fooling anyone. if you came to play, you knew exactly what kind of game we were playing. you know what i mean? i don't know if that's fair for me to answer that. >> all right. flame monroe. listen, you are welcome back on the show any time. we appreciate you coming on to share your perspective. really quick -- dave chappelle called you yesterday. you want to tell us what he said? >> i'm going to tell you that dave chappelle is "the closer," and hopefully i will be the opener. >> oh, you don't want to tell us

by trans actors. and i understand that a lot of reons for that, but on some level, do you think we lose something? do you lose something in art when certain people can only play certain characters? >> well, that's a very penetrating question. but i think -- yes, you do lose something,ut you gain -- >> what do you gain? >> you gain some sense of reality, and -- and a sense of an actor's courage, i think. i -- i mean, i leaped at the chance to play roberta mulldoon, but think what it's like for a trans actor to be given that opportunity now? to express himself or herself? same thing happened among gay actors. neil patrick harris, ian mckellen, these people have really changed our sensibility, and -- i -- so it wasn't even a matter of courage. it was almost a matter of, , enough already. let me be who i am. let me be the one to tell my story. rather than, you know, bill hurt being given an oscar for it. >> you briefly played donald trump in a live stream. >> yeah. >> sounds like you're on the fence wheth

all this and anti-trans legislation nationwide. with me is david johns.o talk first about the lieutenant governor in north carolina. your reaction to what we have heard from him? >> yeah. i appreciate you making space for us to this conversation and important to name that i taught kindergarten and third grade and children don't ask to be born and often forced to attend schools. and it is impossible to expect them to demonstrate what they know and have learned if we don't support them in the humanity. to me it is an abomination for anyone that purports to care about children to not celebrate and support all of them and must do a better job to ensure that people in positions of power are compassionate enough to do the job to serve and support all of us. >> so you think he should resign? >> i definitely think he should resign. >>. will you be putting pressure on him, your organization, to resign? >> our organization is working in coalition with other organizations that have been leading that fight for him to resign and for us to broader conversations about w

trans employees issued a list of demands to netflix, including the recruitment of more trans workerso leadership roles, the creation of a fund to develop trans and nonbinary talent, and the addition of disclaimers before transphobic and other hateful content. this is television personality david huggard, also known as eureka. >> people are not getting visibility or respect in the entertainment industry to begin with and to have something like this special not be noted in promoting discrimination and hate conversation is very hurtful to the activism and the cause we are trying to progress ourselves in the industry. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. joined by cohost nermeen shaikh. nermeen: welcome to our viewers across the country and around the world. amy: we begin by looking at how key elements of president biden's domestic agenda are in jeopardy. on wednesday, senate republicans blocked passage of the freedom to vote act. not a single republican support of the bill. senate democrats could pa

there were so many barriers that other trans folks had in the workplace. and so when i finished college, i moved out to san francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. >> and also, i want to recognize our amazing trans advisory committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory community members, if they could raise their hands and you could give a little love to them. [applause] >> thank you so much for your help. my leadership here at the office is engaging the mayor and leadership with our lgbt community. we also get to support, like, local policy and make sure that that is implemented, from all-gender bathrooms to making sure that there's lgbt data collection across the city. get to do a lot of great events in trans awareness month. >> transgender people really need representation in politics of all kinds, and i'm so grateful for clair farley because she represents us so intelligently. >> i would like to take a moment of silence to honor all those folks that nicky mentioned that we've lost this year. >> i came out when

says change the fact that trans women are women.is wrong and netflix has empowered them to be wrong lonely. the activist claiming chapelle's comedy was synonymous with ridiculing trans people and other marginalized communities. and pr's tv critic remarked it sound like chapelle is using white privilege to excuse his own homophobia and transfer be a. chapelle is using white privilege. wait a second which i got it. what? when chapelle used the most profane language in a previous special to hillary yours truly and candace owens did any of the usual girl power activists come to our defense? did any major media outlets or celebrity women advocates condemn chapelle as misogynistic or even say he was disappointing in his attacks? of course not. not that we cared. we don't need their protection. chapelle knew what he was doing and attacking us. he thought that by attacking us he was by himself expiation for past comedic sins and getting a free pass for future ones. how did that work out for you? the fact is there is no satisfying the insane

good illustration of what new ownership and creative outside the box thinking that isn't bound to tran -- tradition can do in an industry that

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hates or dislikes trans people.at there are some issues here that do have to be resolved and he's doing it in a funny way and he did it in a special that to my mind was deeply moving about the humanization of a trans person, a trans comedian, that was actually i think an extraordinary testament for his love and concern for trans people and how it's been distorted in this way is beyond me but i'm proud of netflix for standing up to the mob. howie: finally, you've taken a lot of flak over the years going back to your 1989 article for the then crazy idea of gay marriage. you had criticism from other gay people. you said you developed a thick skin. what about in the social media world, many people think it's true? >> yeah, i mean, what can you do about that? humans are wired for gossip. we're wired for stories that confirm our biases and if we have institutions like facebook or really propaganda media channels they're going to exploit that they're going to exploit. and it's up to you, the citizen, seems to me, to determ