[ cheers and applause ] good evening, everyone, and welcome to a historic night. Cnns democratic president ial town hall, equality in america. Im don lemon, thank you so much for being here. There was a time when people were afraid, and you know many still are. Theyre afraid to come out to their friends and their families for fear of the consequences. Now it has been four years since the Supreme Court ruled same sex marriage is legal. It is a big step. But there is still a whole lot of work to do. Tonights cnn and the Human Rights Campaign have been hosting an unprecedented event where members of the Lgbtq Community and their allies can ask the candidates questions that are important to them. Well soon hear from senator amy klobuchar, julian castro, and businessman tom steyer. But first i want you to welcome to the stage now congressman beto orourke. Hey, everybody, good to see
you. How you doing, congressman . Good to see you. I saw you on the street and you introduced yourself. How m
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i m so glad that you re here. thank you. thank you, mariana. tamara hyde is here, a graduate student 12studying public polic at ucla. research supports that black transwomen are being killed at higher rates than anyone else in the lgbtq community. what would you do to have safeguards in place? i m going to listen to transwomen of color. they will be the guide on this issue. they will direct our policy. i m thinking in particular of ja niece point dexter a woman at a town hall in detroit, michigan said hey, beto, what are you going to do about it? we had a conversation. i asked if she would advise me on these issues, which she has, to make me smarter as a candidate and effective as a