epidem epidemic. that according to many experts, the total is actually higher than that. because some people are mis gendered in reports. i bring this up because the supreme court is scheduled to hear arguments in three discrimination cases that will have a profound effect on lbgtq americans. they lost their jobs after revealing they are part of the lbgtq community. is it legal to fire somebody for being gay or transgender? deputy director with aclu lbgtq and hiv project. he will be at supreme court along with laverne cox. i see anybody who watched the emmys, october 8th, title 7, supreme court. yes. let s understand why this is
there are rules around whistle blowing. people are hungry for information. we have to walk a careful line. pete nichols was here yesterday. and he said that all of light being cast is going to encourage others to go forward. raisings the spectre of treason. he thought there might be comfort in this happening. is that what you think we re seeing today? we have this news, multiple folks coming forward represented by the firms as would-be whistle blowers. we would certainly hope so. most americans think president trump is the most divisive president in history. he has tried to frame everyone s criticism of him in they just don t like me. the reality is whether that s true or not, what people need to ask themselves is what are they
say so. [cheers and applause] and we can t be blind to the fact that the rules in our country have been rigged against other people for long time. women, lbgtq americans, latinos, native americans, immigrants, people with disabilities, and we need to call it out [cheers and applaus. [cheers and applause] but over over the course of generations, fuels of our economy have gotten rigged so far in favor of the rich and powerful that everyone else is at risk of being left behind. listen to this, the 1940 s 90% of all kids were destined to do better than their parents.
get that funding secured. you had a town hall a few weeks back and you ve had a number of these town halls. but this one was a small one at a high school. participants seemed to get fairly animated when the subject of president trump s tax returns came up. you were arguing the president has a right to privacy. take a listen. privacy and the rights of privacy are something we take very seriously. and we just see, this is where there s a disagreement. are you okay with those tax returns being released for any american citizen? he s the president. did not appear to be an overly popular argument there at the town hall. do you believe, congressman, that americans have the right to know how any future tax reform would affect their president s finances at least? well, i believe as we go into tax reform, having that open and honest debate with the american people is good policy and gets
people. last question. we had the census bureau apologizing saying it inadvertently listed gender idea iity in the draft of the 2020 census. officials later said they don t want to have plans to measure that issue, but also saying that it will cost lgbt americans from being accounted for within the census. how is president trump doing when it comes to lbgtq americans and their rights, what they have earned in terms of status in this country and what it means under this administration? well, donald trump raised the hopes of many, especially many lbgtq republicans, that he was going to be different and he was going to protect the rights of lbgtq people. that promise is very hallow. something as simple as the census to literally count lgbt americans, to not have them be invisible. it s very disappointing that he s done this, but it is part of a pattern of his yielding and