We have as Trans People. And so all my trans siblings in this space, i want us to know how powerful we are and how resilient we are and how we are more powerful than our minds can digest and it was harvey milk who actually advocated for San Francisco pride. Once upon a time it used to happen in golden Gate Park and he fought tirelessly before, you know, but he fought tirelessly for pride to actually happen at City Hall every single year because he said that queer people and Trans People deserve to be at the seat of power in the city. And so im so grateful that we have this moment and that we have Mayor Breed and the office of trans initiatives truly advocating for trans Peoples History and our Experience And Culture and all the contributions that weve made to the world not just since 2007, but for the last hundreds and hundreds of years to be known. And i want to also acknowledge some very special people that were also going to be honoring today which is ms. Talara chang who was at the
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I would like to begin by thanking our wonderful San Francisco mayor London Breed for hosting us today and your incredible support of the trans and lgbt community and also the transgender for making this historic month possible. Thank you to all the city and elected official leaders who are here joining us including Dccc Chair Honey mahogany. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, Si Cilia chung and many more. So i moved to San Francisco after graduating from college in one thousand nine hundred eightyfive and within two years, i met the sisters and sort of was propelled head first into the front lines on the war against hiv and aids and began fighting for civil rights and the thing that has impressed me most about San Francisco is our community, we are intelligent, we are compassionate, we are creative and we are determined. The sisters of perpetual indulgence started here in San Francisco. We are the first ever gay mens chorus. We fought for the right to serve. We have laid down and screamed i
So we are blessed to have carol estes and Jim Hopkins. Welcome. You were so dynamic, youtube fo first time. And youtube celebrated its 10th Year Anniversary last week or last month. And therefore they celebrated by having us there. I did not get any word we went viral. I know a lot of people know a lot about easter. Hopefully after hearing about pentecost but before we do that carol. Tell us a little bit about your background and your ministry. Im a native san franciscan. Very proud to have been born and raised here in the city. A group of eight asheville district. Close to golden gate park. Graduated from the theological union in berkeley. I serve as a chaplain for the palliative Care Department at kaiser. And im also a senior pastor at Elmhurst United methodist church in east oakland. Great great. And jim. On the son of the intermountain west. I was born in salt lake city, grew up in western colorado. College in oregon and graduated from fresno pacific college. I am currently back at