after a trans asylum seeker in texas and a black trans woman in dallas died this weekend.tay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we turn now to look at the trump administration's deadly treatment of transgender asylum seekers in immigration prisons after a transgender woman died after being released from ice custody saturday. johana medina, a transgender asylum seeker from el salvador, died at an el paso hospital this weekend after spending seven weeks in immigration jail according to several lgbt groups and advocates who knew her. medina had sought medical treatment for nearly two months for complications related to hiv/aids before finally being transferred to the hospital last week. she died four days later. amy: johana medina is believed to be the second transgender migrant to die in or after being released from ice custody since trump became president. the other is roxsana hernandez rodriguez, a 33-year-old honduran transgender woman, who died while in ice custody in may of last year. an autopsy revealed that

when you are a young trans person, you have the trans women and people around the to look to. you imagine where you want to see your self in your life. layleen was one of those girls for me. they're deciding whether or not we deserve human rights and that must end. we could not lean on the understanding were empathy of federal people to protect and fight for our basic human rights. our freedom to exist and access employment, shelter, safety, health care, or anything else that we need to thrive should not be at the mercy of the people who do not share our experiences -- let alone, believe we don't deserve to live or thrive. we need our government to listen to us in regards to our needs, not listen to cis people in regards to our needs. we are all worthy of safety and protection everywhere, including in our own homes with their own , in our and shelters own neighborhoods and churches and schools and jobs and hospitals and clinics and community's and cities and country and world. we are worthy of legal aid, liberty, justice, resources, and we are worthy of rights. we are worthy o

trans phobic stop with irrationalfear trans people is the dictionary definition of trans phobia.icult and complex argument. and as i found out, not best suited to being discussed on social media. when you started taking the hormones and oestrogen. my body shape change, i started to go breasts, i got more fat on my hips. esa restraining could you maintain the same intensity? yes i ran the same distance every week but the stopwatch does not lie. my times just got slower. you watch the programme — the trans women athlete dispute with martina navratilova bbci at 9pm tonight. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. john watson with the bbc sports team. in 2015 the photograph of a drowned toddler in the mediterranean ignited debate around europe over the human cost of illegal migration. for yea rs the human cost of illegal migration. for years on and a similar photo has ignited a row in the united states this week over its handling of migrants attempting to cross the us—mexico border. this photo shows oscar ramirez and his daughter valeria face down in the ba

>> trans people need to be free and be living as who they are. >> and trans rights takes center stage as pride weekend kicks off tonight, the strict rules to keep everyone safe. good evening. i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm allen martin. ken has the night off. >>> tonight ride share traffic has gotten so bad at san francisco international airport two bay area mayors are stepping in. >> nightbeat's maria medina is in millbrae with the gridlock nightmare tonight. >> reporter: this traffic jam hours after the peak of the evening rush hour commute is now the norm here on millbrae avenue and old bayshore road and the burlingame and millbrae mayors say it's all because of uber and lyft. the frustration, the impatience, the road rage all caused by bumper to bumper traffic near highway 101 as lyft and uber drivers make their way to a staging lot where they wait for someone to request a ride, most likely from nearby sfo. >> people are honking at them and all they do is laugh it off. >> reporter: eric friedland works off old bayshore road and said the traffic jam at lunch and goes well into the nigh

trans women of color. what needs to be done specifically about that? and, you know, why are we having this happen now is my question. >> well, what needs to be done about that is that there needs to be movement. if we're looking at-- matthew sheppard galvanized a community and strengthened aemmovt. the trans communities have yet to have that, and we've had 10m violenders thus far this year of trans women of color,. 10, oka and if we look at the years past, it's6, it's 24 every year. and it is, by and lar, trans women of color. what needs to happen is a movement needs happen. peopled eed to stand up y, "this is enough." and we need more education. we need more connection among people intersectionally with different commu aties. and it long, hard pull. so-- >> woodruf to take?it going >> it's going to take a lot of people. fnd it's going to take a lot o hearts, and it's going to take a lot of people coming together. but it's a movement, and it has to happen. n woodruff: we hear each of you-- and we thank you

there's been too many trans women, trans women of color that are still experiencing a lot of violence. >> reporter: this year also marks the 50th anniversary of the stonewall riots in new york which sparked the modern gay rights movement. >> if only stonewall had corrected everything and moving forward, but, you know, l ha ts and lots of problems and lots of challenges. so every year i march in pride and i march in the trans march because i want to support change. >> reporter: sfpd officers were highly visible today. the department is reminding sunday's pride paradegoers to leave backs at home, allow extra time to get through security at the civic center celebration, do not bring alcohol to the venue and there will be no open containers allowed on city streets. well, sunday's pride parade kicks off on the embarcadero and it ends here at civic center plaza. sfpd is also encouraging people not to drive, take public transportation instead. live in san francisco, betty yu, kpix5. >>> the outline for the famous pink triangle has been put up on twin peaks tonight. you can see it pretty much

india moore, elle's first-ever trans cover star. billy porter turning heads at the oscars. the cast wowing at this year's met gala. here are you white hot spotlight, and yet there has been a lot of cultural appropriation over the years. you look at madonna's "vogue" ♪ let your body move to the music ♪ >> let's be really clear about something. when you are part of a community fighting to survive and finding your own love within self and creating your own space and someone like madonna comes along and says, let me put you out there, that is acknowledgement. appropriation is when you come into our community and you take from us. >> reporter: hmm. >> and you d acknowledge but when you uplift in that way. it's about uplifting and empowering. >> reporter: and with june's pride month in full swing we couldn't let them leave without one more question. what does pride mean to you, each of you. let's start, steven, with you. >> i think for me, pride is about walking unapology etically in your truth. >> when i think of pride i think about systemic preregular. it's loving yourself when

the trans communities have yet to have tht, and we've had 10 violent murders thus far this or,r of trans women of col 10, okay. and if we look at the years past, it's 26,t's 24 every year. and it is, by and ge, trans women of color. what needs to happen is a movement needs happe s people need nd up and say, "this is enough." and we need more education.e weed more connection among people intersectionally with different communities and it's a long, hard pull. s -- >> woodruff: what going to take? >> it's going to take a lot of people. and it's going to take a lo of hearts, and it's going to take a lot of people coming together. but it's movement, and has to happen. >> woodruff: we hear each one of you-- and we thank you so much for joining us today, emma chattin, georghnson, beverly tillery, mark segal. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: evaluating the impact of sexual assault allegations against president trump. "the death of politics," a new book by conservative author peter wehn. but first, there is growingnt atn about

hiv and std rates in san francisco are particularly and strikingly high were trans women. so we really try to make city clinic a place that strands-friendly trance competent and trans-welcoming >> everyone from the front desk to behind our amazement there are completely knowledgeable. they are friendly good for me being a sex worker, i've gone through a lot of difficult different different medical practice and sometimes they weren't competent and were not friendly good they kind of made me feel like they slapped me on the hands but living the sex life that i do. i have been coming here for seven years. when i

i had an inkling that trans women were a thing. but i didn't know that trans men existed.eally hard. i looked up a tutorial. i think the google search was how to make my chest flat. i got results all from trans men. and they used the word dysmorphia, which i had never heard before. and it was my entire body and i figured without trans people were. >> and google is like, welcome. you're in the right place. we have all the information you need. maybe more than you want. >> yeah, a little bit. yeah. >> you're deep in now. >> yeah, i was definitely overwhelming at first. >> what does the word disphoria mean? >> the anxiety and dread that fills if you are the grown up. it's acute discomfort from things an about your body. but it's things that not right and it's playing over and over in your mind. >> what do you think of this? >> it seared in my head how poorly i had handled it the first time he came out. i didn't have a context for it. >> i tried to come out nonbinary. that didn't work out well. >> and he is asked to go by they/them. and the grammar person in my head is that is

pastor meghan has also served on the san francisco women's march and trans march committee. the san francisco human rights commission lgbtq advisory committee, and was a finalist in transgender nonfiction for the lambda literary award. she served for transgender mentoring since 1976, and it was displayed at the historical society, and meghan has also won international acclaim for the transbay documentary -- for a transbay documentary. meghan, you are an important teller of lgbtq history and stories and you are also living them yourself. leading with grace and delight, and setting a powerful example for lgbtq, and faith communities around the world. i am beyond proud to have you as a constituent, to have your leadership in the sunset, and to have this opportunity to recognize all you have done for you community, our neighborhood, our city, and the world. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. like many others in this space, it wouldn't be possible without loads of people in collaboration i won't make you come all the way up here, but stand up if you have been part of the

brazil has the highest rate of murders for trans people. start of the transition they are really vulnerable and often trans people do not have what we call passing privilege, which means that they may never have the ability to be seen as a gender that they feel they are. so, they pose as a risk to people. when it is negative media, it has a knock on effect and it filters down to the public, people who stand out like a sort them, people who may be do not conform or do not have as passing privilege, or are at the start of the transition orfor are at the start of the transition or for whatever reason are gender nonconforming, they rest attacks are top is this mainly online vomit out but attacks? how much of this is online the explosion of social media? how much of it is face—to—face or physical? media? how much of it is face-to-face or physical? in the uk alone we had a trans woman he was murdered at the end of last year and another one a few months ago for. even just another one a few months ago for. evenjust going to another one a few months

we see trans people. we see the youthful energy of the participants. we see camping.ee same-sex affection and intimacy in the series of photographs. it capturesects, what was going on during the week of the writing. host: author, historian, and history professor at san francisco state university, marc stein, who is joining us from chris river street in greenwich village,

one issue is for trans people in the united states for the u.s.has the highe numbers of murders o trans people of a country in the planet except for bril and mexico. trans people continue to be the most marginalized people ithe united states and even though rticularly trans women of color and black and brown people on theight of stonewall and those who organized the first parade in 1970 that will be commemorated next year, and overall, the position of lgbtq people emphasizing people who are lesbian and gay can be openly discriminated against in states in half the country. there are no legal protections for gay people in over half the country -- in fact, more than half the country. there are so many ways in which there has been achievement and visibility and acceptance. there has not been an achievement in rights. brent: unfortunately, we are out of time, but we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us and talk to us about this, very important. imara jones joining us from puerto rico, thank you. imara: thank you. brent: visitors t

organizers say trans people are more visible today than before. but many still face vi less and diskrimfation. >> they're being attacked every day. trans people are being killed every single day. >> reporter: the ambassador patty anne hall says she's living her best life. it's believed the movement was born 50 years ago following a police riot at new york's stonewall inn. this year the pride parade will celebrate the milestone on sunday. an stipulated 1 million spectators will be there. on this weekend when the colors of the rainbow are flying we asked what does it mean to you. >> celebrating that we can love a person of the same gender. >> pride means that we get to be fully ourselves. >> happy pride. thank you guys. >> reporter: and the trans march begins around 6 pp at 1th and dolores. thousands are expected to take part. on sunday, gavin new? >> will be the first california governor to march in a pride parade. and we will be there. happy pride. we're live in san francisco. >> great stuff, thanks so much. it's not just people sbraing pride. new

because us trans people can feel very alone. it isa trans people can feel very alone.lot of police forces are put in media about stopping hate crime, my message will be don't stop doing it, do more of it and stand by us all so we can tell you what is going on so you can help us live our lives more easily. we really do appreciate you speaking with us. the heatwave across much of europe is intensifiying with france reaching 42 degrees celsuis it's highest temperature for the month ofjune. germany, poland, and the czech republic also broke their records forjune temperatures. and the uk won't escape over the next few days there could be highs here of 34 degrees. in france, several cities have restricted traffic, and in some areas schools have closed. let's have a look across europe. currently in italy,. with me is dylan saberton from dorset who is currently in bologna, italy. and by lucy mauget who is trying to keep her daughters cool in the outskirts of paris. lucy mauget who has three daughters that she's trying to keep cool in essonne, which is about 40 minutes outside

latest on that situation along 6.80 that off-ramp that shut down we actually have kron four's will tran standing by. >>with the eyes on the scene will what he's saying. >>new information to pass along according to the fremont police department they believe they have the person of interest who they were searching for for the past 90 minutes or so you can see the scene. there's that civic and the motorcycle this all went down like robin winston said at around 00:20am in the morning, the motorcyclist rushed to the hospital and according to an officer that motorcyclists is still alive. they were searching for the driver for quite some time they believe there's not call the suspect that they believe a person of interest that initially initially they thought the car was stolen, but they have been able to contact the registered owner of the car. so let's talk about the impact of the traffic on any given day this is very busy but they have shut down all lanes a lot of drivers on 6.80 get off here use mission boulevard and reconnect to 8.80. obviously that is not available to them at this time a

i'm on the trans committee for the mayor's office on trans initiatives, and impart of the lyric fellowship for youth, and i still access their services today. thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is michelle carington. i am a lifer in bayview, and i am a member of local 261. i am here to speak on behalf of open door legal. open door legal -- i was a client five years ago when they first came to my community, a community where -- had no legal help whatsoever as far as housing, evictions, whatever the case was. we had no help. these were two people who graduated from law school who chose out of all the opportunities in san francisco, to help in the bayview community -- bayview-hunters point community, and they have been a god send. we are now reaching out to expand our services, free level and civil services to excelsior and to the fillmore districts. this money i feel will be very well spent in helping us do this expansion and help people like they helped myself and many others here in my community. i am now a three-year board m

so we have to address the housing insecurity of trans women of color, the job insecurity of trans womenve to ask why they're being butchered without people really coming to their aid. we are in an epidemic. we are in a crisis. and we can't overlook that. while we party on sunday, you know, we still have 11 women, trans gender women killed, and that is a problem. so i hope we use some of our tactics that we -- looking back, there was some bold tactics that folks were implementing. these disruptions. we have to find ways to disrupt at this point and really ask. we can't just put up a sign anymore. we have to find ways to disrupt and really call our leaders to account. >> yep. >> we have to. >> thank you so much for making this film. the four-episode documentary "stonewall 50: the revolution" is available on nbcnews.com. that wraps up the hour and week for me. i will see you back monday at 1:00 p.m. eastern and 3:00 p.m. eastern. "deadline: white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >>> hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in new york. the presidential aspirations of the two-year veteran of th

. >>> two trans gender women murdered. tonight some feel they're being kept in the dark about recent violence against the lgbt community in d.c. >> new at 11:00 and only on news4, jackie foundout a vital line of communication between city officials andm victi support groups had been broken l be reopened. jackie joins us from u. street with more. hi, jackie. >> reporter: hello doreen. we did speak tonight with the head of the mayor's office of lgbtq affairs. what's known as the violence prevention and response team is now being reinstituted, effective immediately. two trans gender women murdered since march. zoe spears shot to death last week had lid in fear since witnessed the murder of her friend in march. two gay men who just moved to the distric were robb and beaten. >> i think sometimes even npd appreciated the relationship because sometimes we couldhe direct t to this or that or give them information. >> reporter:er leanudd has spent more than three decades advocating for trans gender ndividuals in the area. she recei

trans women of color are still being murdered and discriminated against >> three trans women have beenths. >> you could be facing discrimination for being black, for being a woman and for be being transgender. >> the data is there. it's no secret that bla black trans women are being murdered at a very high rate. >> as long as lgbtq people are facing any form of discrimination, pride is still relevant. i've always thought about how powerful it is for young lgbtq kids, particularly those who are closeted can identify with those on television. and i know there is a kid sitting at the kitchen table right now while his parents are watching this same exact seg mpt segment. >> to see the full episode of abc's "1969", stream it on the abc app or go to abc news.com. be sure to tune in sunday morning at 11:00/10:00 central. >>> the brother and sister marking a milestone. be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms

and our mission statement basically is to increase access to quality health care for underserved trans and non-binary people in san francisco, regardless of immigration status and their lack of income. and the values that we hold true to our program, includes social justice, community investment, peer-led harm reduction, wellness, advocacy, and compassion whole-person care. just a few milestones that i mentioned earlier, the information that really speaks to more detailed information around programs and milestones. but just a few milestones -- and i think the doctor may talk about this a little bit more later. but i think just i really want to frame the way in which we've had a really extensive collaboration and partnership with the trans community and the program really came out of that partnership, which really started in 2013, where the board of supervisor adapted a resolution that deemed these surgeries as medical necessity. so it really sparked the interest and the commitments from our department to really develop a program such as ours. and with the health commission actually app

as a reason to in general diminish the rights and freedoms of trans people. are mostly so by the way there was a slight law. which wides wrote to didn't mean to do that but all on the mo more important point lot you know peter is talking about the balance between rights he's absolutely right we do have a right as owners of our bodies to do with it what we well i'm not concerned about the science of brain gender or anything like that i simply say if you wish to transition from a man to a woman you own your body and you have the right to do it but actually there is an issue of rights here and the issue of rights is for those people who say that you know it is very clear that there is man and there are women and i'm clearly in this case somebody has been thrown out of class now obviously what peter said is a sensible point it sounds like from this video actually there was a wider issue between this teacher and they said child a nice something the he should look at however if the teacher is rights then what are you suggesting is that the policy of the council is

allo ten trans gendern killed across the u.s. this year have been black women. a total of 26 trans gender people were killed in 2018. >> now to a developing story tonight. iran releases video here that it says shows iut revolionary guard shooting a u.s drone out of the sky. tonight, president trump isre sing to take a military response off the table. our leon harris is trackies th new developments from our live desk. >> jim, an's boldness is a rising gap between the two countries. president trump is now his next move. iran says that drone violated the country's aerospace. the pentagon says that aircraft was in international territory. his is just the latest escalation between iran and the u.s. the u.s. has placed maximum pressure on iran with harsh economic sanctions. that combined with military build up in the region. >> shooting down aircraftin international aerospace, even if unmanned, is an act of war. >> don't see military confrontation. we recognize iran is a dangerous country, and they're the bad actor. >> in the oval office, president trump suggested the

cal-trans is getting the word out.een work on it since concrete fell on to structure in traffic. it's happened now. the pieces of the concrete have hit a couple of cars. no one has hurt. cal-trans has now replaced 24 of the 31 joints and they will continue to finish that work. then they will turn their attention to the lower deck next year. these joints have been around since the 1950s. they want you to know they are doing this work at night. so they don't disrupt the commute so expect lane commute keep going over those plates at normal speed. >> now an abc 7 news live desk update. >> happening president trump is meeting with teresa may in london. in just a few minutes they are joining us live from london with more. >>. >> reporter: jessica, yes, good morning. yesterday was about the pomp and palace. today it's about politics. today is all about business britain need america and trump more than ever. trump arriving at 10 downing street where meetings are expected to cover trade and security. trump knows on this trip he

we see trans people. we see the youthful energy of the participants. we see camping. same-sex affection and intimacy in the series of photographs. it capturesects, what was going on during the week of the writing. host: author, historian, and history professor at san francisco state university, marc stein, who is joining us from chris river street in greenwich village, new york. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: for viewers on c-span3, up vincenz, who chronicled the movement and the events following the riots is coming up next on c-span3's american history tv.

it all started with the trans march. thousands of people marched from deloris park to the tenderloin. the march is considered one of the largest trans events in the country. this year, the city showed pride weekend isn't all about festivals. the mayor announcing $2 million in funding to address issues like homelessness in the trans community. given the political climate, many people say it's important to get involved with the festivities. >> what's going on now with the political cloud, it's a huge, huge issue. for me, pride means loving each other as who we are. >> often when they had the parade we pull the shuttered up and go to sonoma for the weekend. we're staying this time. i think it's really important to just show up. >> now the weekend's biggest event is tomorrow's parade. yesterday volunteers put the finishing touches on the 35 floats that will be in the parade. >>> democratic presidential candidate joe biden is scheduled to attend a fundraiser this morning. this after spending the day collecting money from supp

the march part of the trans- march has begun. here it is. we are taking on dolores street leaving dolores park. thousands of folks about to begin the march. down from dolores park to the tenderloin. it will take more than an hour. we are expecting thousands of folks to take to the speed the streets. the weather can be a question mark this time of year. it is not today. it is breezy. we should expect that. temperatures currently in the low 60s. your pride festival forecast saturday and sunday at the civic center. it cannot get much better. sunshine 67. your pride parade forecast sunday at 10:30 am which will broadcast on our website. also sunny and mild 67 degrees. it is nice to see a lack of fog in san francisco we have an outdoor event. that is what we have today. it should have tomorrow afternoon and sunday afternoon. the full forecast coming up. >>> can't wait for sunday. >>> kpix 5 is a broadcast partner for pride. watch our live streaming of the parade sunday morning 10:30 am. kpix.com. >>> shooting videos without consent. even giving p

we have thousands of people out for the trans-march which gets underway at 6 pm. the party before hand has been going on for more than an hour. the weather albeit breezy is sunny and pleasant. let me give you the forecast for the weekend festivities. saturday and sunday at the civic center. the pride festival forecast sunshine and 67. we know that is not a guarantee in san francisco this time of year. it should be pleasant. for the pride parade itself which we are broadcasting sunday at 10:30 am plan on more sunny and mild conditions. temperatures middle to upper 60s. two thumbs up forecast. it can be cloudy and drizzle and very gray. it could get damp. not the case. sunshine for midmorning on work saturday and sunday.>>> your full forecast we are talking about a minor warm-up coming up in two minutes. >>> it is important reminder kpix 5 is the broadcast partner for as of pride. watch our live streaming coverage of the parade starting sunday morning at 10:30 am exclusively on kpix.com. >>> california senator kamala harris might be getting a boost after last night'

from harvey milk to the trans women of color. today our community has achieved so much. we have made incredible strides thanks to the generations every assistance before us. this work would not be possible with all of you and without our allies and leadership here in city hall who have joined us on the front lines for lbgt equality. it is my honor to welcome our mayor, mayor london breed. [cheers and applause.] >> mayor breed: thank you to everyontoeveryone who is joinin. no one celebrated pride like the city and county of san francisco. celebrate we must to make sure that our voices are heard and the federal government knows that no matter who you are and who you love, we will not be erased, not in america, not in san francisco, not today. i want to take this opportunity to acknowledge some of the leadership we have in san francisco, people who are making a difference. thank you so much to our state senator scott weiner for being here, who you will hear from shortly. as well as our treasure who is with us today. your fierce supervisor rafael mandelman. community college

we do not talk enough about trans americans, especially african-american trans americans, and the incrediblyh rates of murder right now. we don't talk enough about how many children, about 30% of lgbtq kids, who do not go to school because of fear. it's not enough just to be on the equality act. i'm an original co-sponsor. we need to have a president that will fight to protect lgbtq americans every single day from violence in america. amy: that was new jersey senator cory booker. by the way, the issue of trans rights, the first time it was addressed in a presidential primary debate. aimee allison, the significance of this? >> it was an amazing moment have both senator booker and julian castro who mentioned trans rights in the context of reproductive justice -- joint amy: saying trans men can have babies. >> that's right. bringing community to a very vulnerable population and it is a direct result of the amazing organizing happening on the ground for black trans rights. is, in ahat this means presidential contest -- as we go forward, the acknowledgment of african-americans in the diversity sh

today we tend to police the boundaries between gay and trans. but in 1969, many people like marsha p. johnson and sylvia rivera were comfortable as refer -- referring to themselves as both gay and transvestite. they did not see those as mutually exclusive. steve: to our viewers tuning in we are looking back 50 years ago , at the stonewall riots. a turning point for the gay and lesbian community. our guest from greenwich village, new york is marc stein. he is the author of a new book that looks back at what happened 50 years ago. we have been talking about new york city police officers. police commissioner james o'neill on twitter with this apology for the way officers 50 years ago handled the situation. [video clip] >> i think it would be irresponsible of me as we go through world pride month not to speak of the events at the stonewall inn in june of 1969. i am certainly not going to pretend to be an expert on what happened at stonewall. i do know what happened should not have happened. the actions taken by the nypd were wrong, plain and simple.

we see trans people. we see the youthful energy of the participants. we see camping.e see same-sex affection and intimacy in the series of photographs. in some respects, it captures some of what was going on during the week of the rioting. host: author, historian, and history professor at san francisco state university, marc stein, who is joining us from christopher street in greenwich village, new york. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. 202-748-8000 -- are watchingu american history tv, all we can and every week and on c-span3. >> next, we talk about the economics of slavery. she is the author of "the price for their pound of flesh: the value of the enslaved, from the wound to grave, in the building of the nation." this interview was recorded at the organization of american historians annual meeting in philadelphia. >> where does this come from? >> it came from different parts of west africa. they were n

we're back live with the trans march. thiss the6 yearor the trans march. it's still going. i've covered this for the last three or four years. this event definitely larger than years past. as far as the pride parade on sunday. gavin newsom and kamala harris expected to take part and we'll be there. we're live in san francisco tonight, cornell bernard. >> thank you. we do have a complete guide to pride for you including a full schedule of events all the way through sunday. it's on our website at abc news.com. >>> in terms of the weather, it will be great, warm but not too hot. >> spencer christian is here with the forecast. >> i'll jump right to the pride weekend forecast rather than i like to forecast outside the box. let's get right to this. we're going to start the day, both days saturday and sunday with a little bit of morning fog but bymid morning and certainly through the remainder of the day, sunny with high temperatures in san francisco in the mid to upper 60s. it's going to be a nice, pleasant and milder weekend. here is a look at what is happening now. we have main

we are less than an hour away from the start of the trans march, but there is quite a crowd already here. we have seen people all day and a brunch and performers and the mayor talked housing around the city. people are excite and ready for pride and some have even more reason to join in. at cliff's variety in san francisco's castro district, shoppers came in to get ready for pride. piper lynn helps them and thinks about the weekend. >> what's going on with the political cloud is huge nowadays. for me, pride means loving each other for who they are. >> they came in with milo, the first pride after living abroad. >> the magnitude has blown up and it's cool. >> ken lives in the neighborhood and said in this political climate, he's more motivated to join in. >> when they had the parade, we pulled the shutters open and go to sonoma for the weekend. we are staying and it's important to show up. >> over at dolores park, the mayor addressed critical housing needs. >> we have invested 2 million additional dollars into resources to not only help people who are homeless in our trans community, but

zoe spears is the secon trans gender woman to be killed since harch. she was found a mile from where hanti carmen was killed earlier this year. >> tonight we spoke to a local activist who knew both of these victims. >> my heart is broken. >> this woman new zoe spears. spears had gone from being homeless to living independently. he was found shot to death in prince george's county thursday night. >> it's a hard hit because we don't do this work for people to get killed. we do it so they can survive >> we don't know who shot spears ea why. she was found dd close to where she lived off eastern avenue and fairmont heights just before midnight. >> there are people who see us as disposable people because they know they can get away with things and they do. >> reporte zoe was the second transgender whom to be murdered here in this area in the last couple months. and some in the community are concerned they're being targeted. >> ashanti armen was found shot just a fewlocks away. police are investigeeing to s if there's a connection between the two murders. fri

and the trans march got underway about an error ago. it will end in the tenderloin. it looks like perfect weather for the weekend. >> reporter: for san francisco standards this is perfect weather, and it continues for saturday and sunday. i live look at dolores park, we have the trans march leave at 6:00, and now many folks are just enjoying what is a fantastic friday evening in the city, with temperatures in the low 60s. here's your pride festival forecast. saturday and sunday at civic center, minimal morning cloud cover, let a blue sky in the afternoon, 67 degrees, and your pride parade forecast, we will broadcast on our website, kpix 5.com, some morning cloud cover, 67 degrees once again. back out here live, the weather is fantastic for any outdoor activities this weekend, we are knocking on the door of the weekend with sunshine, and that is a good thing. the final weekend of the first half of the year.>>> kpix 5 has you covered this weekend, an exclusive live stream of the pride parade starts sunday morning at 10:30 on kpix 5.com. >>> up next, a heartless crime.