shelter and saw what i went there and the discrimination and that specifically is faced by the transpeople, and also, you know, just because of who he is, he took his experiences as a homeless person, and wanted to give back and so you know, he got housing, he got hel ygt, both mentally and physically and went to work as a community housing with the partnership where he continues to work with the homeless and formally homeless, and low income and people of color and disabled as well as the people who are working and trying to go back to work and so i feel like that speaks a lot about who he is and he does want to give back. and i feel like this is pointment will help him to continue on that path as giving back, i don't know them, but as a homeless person, share stories hit me and i am also speaking in favor of their appointments too. >> thank you very much. >> i have one card, mone and the other card was royal who just spoke. >> come forward. >> hello, supervisors and i did not submit a card, my name is scott nelson and i am here to support, jackson for his appointment to seat two. and i a

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some transpeople may have had that experience.takes away from diversity of our community. >> frankly the way jenner has been treated is incomprehensible to me. to be like meat in the tabloids every single day. >> some say this coverage is good. it's detrimental to our community. it's not showing us in a positive light. >> it a takes away from us that we don't have jobs and housing, people are brutal xized and housed. those issues i don't know if bruce will face those. >> i have been followed down the the street. i get harassed all the time. >> for the transwomen that we lost this year so far. thank you. >> movements are made up of moments. even though bruce jenner is happening right now, it's not going to completely revolutionize or change things for transpeople. >> the ellen moment for transpeople will come when we are seen and treated equally as human beings. >> want to thank our part perners for our report. if we gather around the tv sets tonight and watch this maybe we'll have the final feeling of whether or not we get public

conversations in families that might not otherwise discuss these issues and they may not realize how many transpeopleually in their lives. >> let's talk about the sports world because bruce jenner is a reality star quite frankly. what if he had still in the sports world been a coach, do ayou think that would have made a difference? >> i do. and i'm one of the people who actually doesn't know what channel the kardashian show is on. but i know him from sports. and let's say this were coming up in sports this is an issue that hasz come up in sportsz and it will be more of an issue. i think it would have been a fascinating one if it had stayed in the sports arena and not gone fl to the reality arena. i think it would have opened a lot of mines. as the world of sports is becoming more more inclusive and understanding than the old way of thinking of sports is just a man's world. well my goodness there's so many issues that sports takes us to with these national conversations and this certainly would have been another one. i think the fact that he has gone into the reality tv side changes that dynamic a bit

the part that's going to make americans really understand that they know transpeople.stly have to do a call out to you for the amazing pioneering work you have done with let trans people have voice on your show. it has mattered so much melissa. >> mara i greatly appreciate that today. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> and up next how to be funny in washington. on purpose. i love making sunday dinners. but when my back hurt, cooking all day... forget about it. tylenol was ok, but it was 6 pills a day. but aleve is just 2 pills all day. and now, i'm back! aleve. you could sit at your computer and read all about zero-turn mowers. click. scroll. tweet. or you could just sit on a john deere z435 eztrak and feel its power. you'll know it'll get the job done fast. when it's time to pick a mower you've got to get on one. visit your local john deere dealer for a test drive today. sign up to take your turn on a z435 and save 100 dollars on your purchase. nothing runs like a deere. >> tonight president obama will be trying out his best one liners at the white house correspondence

she's wript a piece for "the washington post" called transpeople need an icon but bruce jenner is thest possible choice. zoey is here with me now. in "the post" yesterday you worried that the positive trajectory of the transgender movement was going to be derailed by bruce jenner. was it? >> no, not completely. i think bruce jenner did a very good job initially and was very sympathetic. in fact, i was moved to tears really with the opening response, opening remarks between jenner and diane sawyer. however, clearly what i thought would happen wound up happening and this turned out to be one long tease for the big reveal that will happen in a reality show possibly keeping up with the kardashians. so, you know, jenner answered one question and then refused was evading the rest of the question. so it became just something to tease another show. we really didn't learn very much. >> what surprised you from the two-hour interview last night? >> diane sawyer throwing marshmallows for questions. she's a very tough reporter and i think that, you know, jenner just wasn't very forthcoming. i thou

. >> like a lot of transpeople, like a lot of people that weren't trans, i was afraid it would go wrongs in an uncomfortable manner. i was proven wrong right off the bat. i think, you know when the tears came and he said -- >> taking the hair out of the rubber band. let's get into this. what i saw was somebody who was really authentic and genuine and, you know, somebody that just inspired a lot of compassion in me and a lot of people and that's what -- that's really what it's about. i tell stories, whether it's in film or story telling or writing or whatever i tell stories as a transperson so that i can bring people into the world of someone who is trans, let them see the world through those eyes and then forget that they are seeing the world through those eyes. then they realize it's just another human being and i can see the world through their eyes we have the same concerns and hopes and wishes and especially like if you look at what's going on today with all the headlines, of all the really tragic stuff that's going on i think it's important to remember that you know nobody is losin

the reason we've advanced to quickly is because gay, lesbian, bi and transpeople are randomly throughouthe population. we're in every racial groups families. if african-americans were randomly disrupted, racism would have been easier to confront george zimmerman would be in prison and the voting rights act would not have been gutted by the supreme court. we are born into straight people's families and they have to look at us for who we really are and not listen to demagogues like the people on fox news or mike huckabee. >> it's an interesting point you make. backed by so many politicians that keep invoking their children in various ways. and that suddenly changes people's minds. the bigger challenge here is to try to change everyone's mind without having to only see it on a personal level. dan and sarah, thank you so much. >>> every time comedian chris rock has been pulled over recently he posted realtime photographs of the stop. is it a joke? is it social commentary? or is it natural insurance policy against potential abuse? we're going to talk about that straight ahead. i don't want to

building on like, you know i think a changing zeitgeist on the nature of, you know acceptance in transpeople and the fact that we're achieving greater and greater visibility in mainstream society, not just in the spaces that have been afforded to news the past. so as a result, you know like i thinking about able to talk about trans people in america today in a way that goes beyond -- maybe that's the power of celebrity culture and being used to a positive purpose, but it's also something that i think because we know about bruce jenner through sports that really this is an opportunity to let us talk about things we have in common and in common with trans people like sports. >> this may not be the best analogy but when george clooney goes to sudan, reporters follow and they speak more about sudan. you're saying celebrity culture in this case may have a similar result. >> well i definitely think this is something like -- i'm sorry. >> i was just going to say also when we talk about -- go ahead, sara. jean when you look . >> when we look at harvey levin at tmz when he spent out a tweet apologizi

and not just talking about the coming out story but talking about the wellness and make sure tra transpeoplebeing successful. >> and then there are questions too, bruce jenner addressed his sexuality on that interview. >> i never was attracted to the guys or any of that kind of stuff, okay? the sexuality was totally different than what my issues were. i always felt heterosexual. >> he said there's a difference between sexual and gender identity when he says at this point he's kind of asexual and will figure that out down the road. but it was important for him to distinguish that. >> it's important for him, which is beautifully done but most importantly, how big this is it is so important from here on we're going to have this conversation that gender and sexual preference are completely different things. right? for the longest time our communities and our society have been led to believe that gender is a winebinary, male or female. it is not. gender is a spectrum it is a fluid. i mean i am a product from the culture in the philippines that had history of gender fluidity. transgender identity

forward to tell their story and live visibly is a revolutionary thing in a world that tells us that transpeople shouldn't exist. bruce is courageous. they were concern birthday their family and they really wanted to come forward to hopefully make a gifrns and make a change and hopefully save lives. >> it's something that you have done as well for the community. thank you so much, bra vern cox. i hope you have a wonderful evening. you've been one of the most popular celebrities. thank you for talking to us here at cnn. >> thank you. >> big night, poppy. this place is crawling with some really big names. >> have a blast. we'll come back to you throughout the evening. peter hanby will join us. very cool to hear from laverne cox, an important message to send. let's talk about what this evening means. of course there's the glam and celebrities. there's also a lot of politics going on as always. so let's bring our guests back in. to you, patrick. let me begin with you. you just wrote, directed, filmed, did all of it for your documentary all about tonight. >> yeah. >> the nerd prom. before we get into