Newsoms Leadership Back in 2004 clapping he has been a true partner to our office and me personally throughout this struggle. I mean, i was proud to stand by him and to defend him and he was proud to stand by me when we decided to sue california for the equal rights of marriage. And to kate kendall and nc l r who have been our partners through this as well. I cant tell you how much i appreciate that. And i have to tell you gavin newsom was talking about leadership. I can remember in 2004 when people said it was too fast too soon and too much. Im a Firm Believer youve got to kick the door in and do whats right and be morale. And to those people who said we were moving two face and too soon now the other 13 that have it well have it restored again and certainly thats about a legal case but its about more than a legal case its about challenging the hearts and minds of people and thats where all of you come in. We wont be here if it wasnt for the Community Helping us change the hearts and
Supervisor london breed. Supervisor kathy changing and supervisor jane kim clapping our fire chief joanne hayes clapping our police chief greg sir, clapping and i just as a personal note you know your living in the right city with a fire chief and the police chief show up clapping our city administrator who is going to have a very big job ahead in the coming weeks. Joanne kelly and commissioners andrea and tom nolan and michael clapping and i want to close that i under scoring the point. Were going to celebrate today like you cant believe. And were going to have a hell of a time. And its going to be one amazing fing pride weekend clapping and we deserve it. Weve worked hard for that. All of you made it possible so every tough conversation you had with your family and im not coming home unless you let me bring my boyfriend but remember every one of us came from somewhere where theres no protections even in the face of those ruling. So theres many of our lgbt partners are watching with a
clapping our city administrator who is going to have a very big job ahead in the coming weeks. Joanne kelly and commissioners andrea and tom nolan and michael clapping and i want to close that i under scoring the point. Were going to celebrate today like you cant believe. And were going to have a hell of a time. And its going to be one amazing fing pride weekend clapping and we deserve it. Weve worked hard for that. All of you made it possible so every tough conversation you had with your family and im not coming home unless you let me bring my boyfriend but remember every one of us came from somewhere where theres no protections even in the face of those ruling. So theres many of our lgbt partners are watching with a their day to day life in 37 states is not going to change so our commitment has to be look what were doing here and were going to help you where you live. Were not going to leave anyone behind. Have a great day. Have a great weekendout to brin someone special. Welcome to
Of marriages that are constantly happening here. And for the last few years everyone is happy theyre getting married but its a constant reminded theres no gay people getting married but today those married are going to get a little bit more diverse so thank you clapping and on a little bit more personal note a gay man in the 1980s when thing werent great it was a time of fear when we had a president who wont say the words aids or hiv. This community is so damn resilient we fought and move forward and we did it again here we have more challenges to come but were going to beat every single challenge. So congratulations everyone clapping there are so. Other leaders and elected leaders but many of them are in the crowd and standing behind me if you see them spot them and go up to them and tell me thank you. So very quickly i want to acknowledge Assembly Member bill and city treasurer clapping our assessor carmen chu. Supervisor mike farrell clapping supervisor ms. Cowen clapping supervisor
Office and then the leadership in this city on the board of supervisors level per were going to hear from 3 of our members of the board of supervisors we need to thank them for making San Francisco this amazing place to live. Ground zero in which so much energy comes and for them to obviously tell us congratulate on this city and statewide and a country you wide vicious. Please welcome president chiu clapping what is great day. clapping i am honored to help represent the board of supervisors that included a man who was looking upon us today. At the top of those stairs is a statute a bust of a man named harvey milks clapping and harvey milk told us we had to have hope and that hope lives on today. clapping i want to take a moment just to if everyone could look at the beauty of this crowd. Everyone in this room came in here because San Francisco has been a beacon of hope. I sat on the board when the law was made and a today, our Supreme Court has struck that allowing law down clapping to