and in addition for to jamess question, the amount of research that went into developing the cocktails that basically didn t solve the problem, but it allowed people to live. out of normal life span. was something that was a huge effort throughout america. but very specifically on the west coast. so i look at this as a place where there was something very scary and out of control. that americans don t forget president reagan would never admit to the crisis or do anything about it. the country responded itself. researchers responded. people in the community responded. people in churches responded. actually there was a great deal of caring that went out and as devastating as it was in san francisco, it wasn t nearly as bad as people were worried about. and that was really as a result of the work and caring that people put in.
the lgbtq community. i know that there are places you can be thrown of housing. the same 28 states. for being part of the lgbtq community. laws really matter. the president also has an amazing amount of soft power in how he or she behaves who he or she apoipts. and fighting for the things that we all care about. to me the question is how do you show the world that your heart is 100% behind the idea of full acceptance of this community. not 99%. but 100% and when you see statistics. one of the statistics that absolutely went to my heart was when i heard that half of the transgender young people attempt suicide. if that doesn t explain to you that the very dire situation that they feel themselves to be in, then you must have a heart of stone.