just to live. and yet, here we are. seeing the right of our community members diminish. their voices are silenced, they re very identities denied. our nation has made great strides with filling the fundamental promises of freedom and equality for lgbtq plus americans, but lately something has changed. the arc of progress is bending in ways we did not think possible just five years ago. unjust ways. so far this year, more than 520 anti lgbtq bills have been introduced in state legislatures. that is a record. more than 220 of those bills, specifically, targeted transgender and non-binary people. also a record. and an unprecedented 70 anti lgbtq laws have been enacted just this year. in the past, we have put together pride specials celebrating lgbtq+ individuals and their achievements, first in the white house and then on the stage and screen. achievements that deserve to be celebrated. but tonight, as that progress is threatened like never before, we are going to do something d
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
to create a space for others struggling with their identities. now, julianna joel and raven-symoné are both doing that on a network for young people. raven-symoné, julianna joel, thank you both for joining us. raven-symoné let s start with you. you re an executive producer on ravenshoe, may talk about your commitment to diversity and inclusion on the show and how conversations began that led to having a transgender character? well, it is very important to show representation on a show that i am a part of because i am a part of the lgbtq+ community as well as a black woman and it is very important that, in my role, of 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
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