the community here in new york. i ve been speaking to people all day who have been grieving the loss of o shea who was in the underground dance scene but also in the professional dance scene through programs at alvin aily and his hometown of philly. as people grieve, they re pointing to these larger national concerns. in particular, glad and the antidefamation league have been pointing out that since june of 2022, there have been more than 350 recorded incidents of harassment and assaults against lgbtq people. another organization has tracked an average of about 39 anti lgbtq protests happening across the country every month now. that s up from a previous average of just three of those kinds of protests each month. so they are pointing to a climate, an environment here. for a while now, advocacy groups have been warning this kind of