power and position, that i allow doors to open for all kinds of people. the conversation started in the writers room, we have a wonderful executive producers, and wonderful writers room that does fire divers and one of our writers who is also transgender to said, hey we need to show representation. they talked about nonbinary and this and that, but ultimately we came down, we need to show transgender characters and a positive light and not which such hustle and fuss about it. julianna, talk about the significance of this role for you personally and what it meant to you to be visible on a network like the disney channel? gosh, for me personally what this role ended up doing for me was, it made me into that person that i wish i had growing up on television. the person i wish we would ve
for less than all this. i made a horrible mistake. go to your happy price priceline for our final conversation we want to tie all these threats together a defending lgbtq plus history and the voices of finding representation and expression. the human rights campaign, america s largest lgbtq+ organization just declared a national state of emergency for lgbtq+ people. kelly robinson, the president of hrc believes that move, the first of its kind in the group s 40 year history was necessary, to notley convey the gravity of the moment, but also compel the community and its allies to action. kelly robinson, president of the human rights campaign, thank you for joining us, you,
i grew up in a catholic puerto rican military family in florida, of all places, so i did not have a community around me. i did not have anybody in my family, a part of the community let alone and be on tv to really connect to. so to be on disney channel also and do it, i told raising the story, i m doing a version of my favorite childhood show. raven was my best friend in my mind for years, and so to now be on a version of my favorite show and i get to do it authentically as myself on a network like the disney channel, it just, it is broken down those walls in my mind about what i am capable of, what time am deserving of, and that is what i hope kids seeing it will watch to know that they are valid and their experiences valid. you know, raven-symoné, you said a moment ago that representation in the right of ramadan borton. can talk about the importance of queer visibility in the media, especially for a younger audience like yours and especially when we are seeing a
raven s ammonia and julianna to queer women of color defending lgbtq plus representation in the media and who just made history making the first out character on the disney channel. and kelly robinson, president of the human rights who is literally protecting the right of queer people to exist. but first, to the breaking news of the night, the supreme court has ruled in favor of a website designer who wanted to deny her services for same-sex weddings, despite no one asking her to provide such a service. in this 63 decision the disservice of conservative led court to refuse to serve members of a protected class based on religious beliefs, essentially legalizing discrimination against the lgbtq+ community. in her dissent, justice sonia sotomayor wrote, quote, today the court, for the first time
black people needed to have representation in certain areas. and, the entertainment industry, i mean now we can look and we see target commercials with mixed race couples, not just black and, white but also indian, native american asian, and it is like exactly. if you want to attract a consumer, make sure that your consumer can see themselves. right. i mean, you know, exactly. and, julianna, the same question to you, do you feel even more need to be visible when conservatives are trying to silence voices like yours? absolutely. i mean, at the end of the day, i m an actor, trying to live my life and do what i, love do i wish that my was not such a political statement yes because it can get exhausting but that is the reality. reality is that you know, the trans community, we are less