nowouldn tw, why wouldn t we bes them as we are, say, ukraine s trans army? t and therera arens famouslys people in ukraine s army. they re very, very proud of that. so why stop with ar 15s? i mean, why not f thirty fives or tanks? you know, that s a question for our highest ranking trans admiral, richard levine. here is richard levine ine july of 2020 describingle a the threat, the most vulnerableo among us continue to suffer, including lgbtq individuals of color, lgbtq youth, lgbtq seniors, and lgbtq immigrants. so none of that is factually, true as we i just told you. in fact, some of the people he s describing are not the most oppressed in our society, but literally and measurably the most entitledd and privileged. t
it brings pride. pride is visibility. if you know who we are, you know that we re your uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, cousins. we re no longer in the closet. we re human. this is who we want to be. what do you feel is the difference between [ inaudible ]. we re not equal yet. we don t have the equality yet. we re still second class citizens. today you can get arrested can t get married anywhere in this country. in 28 states you can still be fired the following day because you got married. we re second class citizens. we need to fight for lgbtq youth and trans and something no one talks about, our lgbtq seniors. i m 68. the people i fought with at stonewall, they re our first generation of out seniors and many of them are being tossed