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From YouTube: Beyond Pride Presentation - November 13th, 2021
Description
The Human Rights Commission and City of Boston Neighborhood Services Presents Beyond Pride Presentation! Join us as we present the findings from our Beyond Pride Survey and Focus Groups! The purpose of this initiative is to identify and understand the communities needs and perceptions of the City of Boston services. We will use the feedback from the community to lead our LGBTQ+ agenda for the City of Boston! We want to meet residents where they are and ensure that resources are both equitable and accessible to ALL members of the LGBTQ+ community.
A
Hello,
boston
and
welcome
to
the
beyond
pride
initiative,
webinar
a
presentation
of
data
collected
from
the
amazing
lgbtq
plus
community
members
that
call
boston
home.
My
name
is
quincy
j
roberts
senior,
the
lgbtq
plus
liaison
for
the
great
city
of
boston.
I
am
also
the
education
and
outreach
manager
for
the
boston
human
rights
commission.
B
C
Hey
good
morning,
my
name
is
richard
day
hill.
I
am
a
deputy
superintendent
with
the
boston
police
department,
I'm
the
liaison
to
the
lgbtq
plus
community,
I'm
in
full
disclosure,
I'm
on
a
I'm
here
at
a
family
event,
but
it's
so
important
to
establish
the
relationship
that
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I
was
able
to
come.
So
I'm
here
and
I'm
excited
to
be
a
part
of
this
program.
B
B
Our
city
council
parts
include
the
mayor's
office
of
women's
advancement,
the
boston
police
department,
age,
strong
and
the
office
of
neighborhood
services.
Among
others.
Hrc,
however,
did
not
want
to
speak
for
the
lgbtq
plus
community,
so
we
reached
out
to
members
of
the
community
to
hear
from
them
directly.
A
B
Thank
you
quincy,
and
thank
you
to
everyone
who
took
a
moment
of
silence
for
our
beloved,
and
on
that
note
there
were
several
common
denominators
in
the
feedback
we
received
from
our
collision
meetings.
Some
of
these
denominators
included
housing,
distrust
with
the
boston
police
department
and
no
city
agency
devoted
to
the
lgbtq
plus
community.
B
A
In
an
effort
to
get
feedback
from
individuals
from
all
facets
of
the
lgbtq
plus
community,
the
human
rights
commission
designed
the
beyond
pride
survey
suited
for
both
community
members
and
allies.
The
purpose
of
the
survey
is
to
identify
and
understand
the
lgbtq,
plus
communities
needs
and
perceptions
of
the
city
of
boston
services
that
we
already
offer.
The
survey
is
anonymous
because
we
really
wanted
to
encourage
responders
to
provide
honest
and
transparent
feedback
without
fear.
A
A
Just
to
let
everyone
know
how
we
kind
of
graded
this
survey,
so
we
wanted
to
definitely
make
sure
that
we
got
age.
We
left
we
purposely
and
I
want
to
before
I
go
any
forward.
We
purposely
left
race
out
of
this
because
we
want
to
visit
that
at
a
later
date,
so
going
right
into
the
survey,
the
age
group,
so
the
age
demographic.
A
A
We
do
have
a
huge
support
from
our
seniors
that
we
just
were
recently
able
to
engage
with
through
age
strong
in
the
last
two
weeks,
so
we
were
able
to
kind
of
get
that
percentage
up,
but
we
we
want
to
encourage
ourselves
and
encourage
you
to
engage
with
our
lgbtq
plus
seniors
as
well.
Our
young
folks
are
coming
in
a
little
bit
over
14,
so
that
number
is
pretty
consistent
to
what
other
studies
have
shown.
A
Which
neighborhoods
so,
of
course,
just
square
footage?
Dorchester
is
the
largest
neighborhood
so
come
and
I
actually
live
in
dorchester.
So
I'm
excited
about
how
many
lgbtq,
plus
and
allies
identify
that
live
in
dorchester,
so
dorchester
coming
up
over
30
percent.
The
other
other
notable
neighborhoods
I
want
to
point
out
would
be
roxbury
mission
hill
area
south
end
back
bay
area,
matapan,
brighton,
austin
and
east
boston.
A
A
So
the
next
question:
how
do
you
identify
with
the
lgbt
community?
We
wanted
to
do
a
laser
focus
on
making
sure
that
we
honor
the
entire
lgbt
community,
and
that
includes
our
allies.
We
cannot
do
any
of
this
work
or
move
any
of
this
work
forward
without
our
allies.
So,
as
you
can
see
on
the
slide
here,
we
had
a
pretty
good
turnout
for
our
allies.
A
Coming
in
coming
in
at
ten
percent,
we
did
have
one
person
or
one
individual,
that
identified
as
asexual.
Our
bisexual
community
came
out
very,
very
strong,
with
over
19
percent.
The
gay
population
dominated
this
survey
at
38
38.7
coming
in
second
lesbian
identified.
Individuals
at
24,
pansexual
had
pansexuals
also
had
a
great
showing
at
seven
percent.
A
Now
queer
now
for
me,
as
a
southern
gentleman
born
and
raised
in
henderson
north
carolina,
the
terminology
queer
historically
was
the
derogatory
term.
So
for
me,
what
was
really
interesting
for
this
data
point
queer
came
in
over
34,
so
34
of
the
respondents
actually
identify
as
queer
transgender
transgender
individuals.
A
A
Now
one
thing
that
sticked
out
on
sticks
out
on
this
spreadsheet
for
me
was
androgynosexual.
I
have
never
heard
of
that.
So
even
in
my
15
years
of
lgbt
work,
I
have
to
do
a
better
job
of
understanding
and
learning
these
terms
again,
we
do
want
to
give
everyone
grace
to
learn
and
grow,
including
myself,
so
that's
something
that
I
have
to
research
and
just
do
a
better
job
of
engaging
them.
A
So
this
one
is
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
as
my
start
in
the
lgbt
community
was
youth
work
and
youth
homelessness.
If
we
look
at
this
slide,
what's
a
very
alarming,
it's
almost
50
of
individuals
that
identifies
lgbtq
have
experienced
some
form
of
homelessness
in
their
lifetime,
and
that
includes
couch,
couch
surfing.
Excuse
me.
B
The
next
question
asked:
how
comfortable
are
you
being
openly
lgbtq,
plus
at
work
or
school?
Now,
just
as
a
note,
this
is
graded
from
a
scale
of
one
being
not
com,
not
comfortable
at
all,
to
being
very
confident.
As
we
see
30
33
25
percent
picked
the
highest
portion
of
it,
which
means
that
individuals
are
feeling
feeling
pretty
confident
and
we
want
to
make
sure
we
keep
that
up
and
that
we
get
even
more
bigger
numbers
closer
to
the
five
range.
B
A
All
right,
so
probably
the
most
challenging
experience
that
suzy
and
I
have
had
has
been
building
the
relationship
with
the
boston
police
department,
as
we
know
in
2021
police
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
but
this
is
not
a
beat
up
session
on
the
boston,
police
or
any
police
department
in
the
united
states.
We
do
want
to
honor
them
and
give
them
grace
to
learn,
but
one
of
the
most
important
questions
that
I
got
a
lot
of
feedback
from
was
this
one?
A
How
much
do
you
trust-
and
the
key
word
in
that
is
trust-
trust
the
boston
police
to
keep
you
safe?
So
if
you
see
the
towers,
so
we
have
three
towers
and
just
keep
in
mind.
This
is
on
a
scale
from
one
to
five,
one
being
no
trust
at
all
to
five
being,
we
trust
boston
police.
So
we
have
our
three
towers
here.
We
have
one
and
two
that
are
pretty
much
over
60
percent
of
the
respondents,
so
60
of
the
respondents
do
not
trust
the
police
as
well
as
the
third
column.
A
The
third
column
is
fair
and,
as
suzy
just
said,
fair
is
okay
and
it's
fair
is
good,
but
good
is
not
great
and
we
want
to
be
great,
so
overall,
the
city
of
boston,
we
have
to
have
a
better
relationship
with
the
police
and
vice
versa.
The
police
have
to
have
a
better
relationship
with
the
community,
so
we're
using
this
data
to
just
move
us
forward
in
that
relationship
that
superintendent
day
hill
will
talk
about
shortly.
So
thank
you
for
all
your
honesty
and
all
your
responses
on
this
question.
B
B
A
A
Trans
health
trans
health
conference,
like
they
do
down
in
philly
grants
to
support
black
and
brown,
queer
youth,
the
leaders,
more
awareness,
events,
resources
and
connections
to
city
and
local
services.
My
personal
favorite.
Last
but
not
least,
it
is
important
to
communicate
through
programs
and
events
that
the
city
is
a
safe
zone
and
safe
space
for
lgbtq
plus
residents,
and
that
the
city
supports
the
community
holistically
fully
in
its
own
totality.
B
Now
the
second
of
the
two
open-ended
questions,
which
also
garnished
over
200
responses
for
us,
was
what
are
the
top
three
issues.
You
want
the
city
of
boston
to
focus
on
in
2022
the
top
responses,
after
reviewing
all
of
them,
states,
training,
workshops
and
town
halls,
centered
around
education
and
experiences
of
the
lgbtq
community,
which
includes
housing,
jobs,
business,
ownerships,
mental
health,
etc.
A
Amazing
and
more
items
to
focus
on
in
2022,
we
have
our
plates
for
lgbtq
survivors
of
sexual
violence,
lgbtq
plus
advocacy,
knowing
your
rights
reporting
procedures
for
the
boston
police,
spotlight
series
for
lgbtq,
plus
business
owners
and
support
explicit
bias
towards
the
lgbt
community.
I
think
they
mean
training
for
that
food
pantries
for
lgbtq
plus
individuals
and
something
that
I'm
working
on
myself
in
my
personal
life,
lgbtq
plus
family
planning.
That
was
one
of
the
ones
that
really
really
stuck
out
to
to
the
group.
As
we
were
going
over.
These
notes.
C
Hey
thanks
for
having
me
again
yes,
so
the
transgender
policy
was
issued
in
april
of
this
year
and
it
was
basically
we
did
it,
because
the
national
center
for
transgender
equality
sort
of
did
a
report
on
all
the
police
departments
in
the
country
and
us
came
back-
was
not
that
great.
So
I
said
we
can
do
better.
So
basically
we
work
for
a
couple
of
months
on
introducing
the
policy.
C
The
the
the
the
policies
specifically
addresses
a
couple
of
different
issues:
non-discrimination
based
on
gender
identity,
non-binary
recognition
issues
concerning
transportation
of
prisoners
placements
of
transgender
individuals
in
in
temporary
lock-ups,
access
to
medical
care
for
transgender
individuals,
removal
of
appearance,
related
items
for
transgender
individuals
and
bathroom
use,
so
that
was
issued
in
april
of
this
year.
We
also
started
doing
a
a
class
at
the
academy
for
recruit,
and
I
want
to
thank
susie
and
quincy
for
coming
to
the
last
one
to
really
emphasize
that.
C
We're
also
working
on
right
now,
with
the
bureau
of
community
engagement
of
some
youth
programs
for
the
lgtb
plus
youth
in
our
city.
That's
still
in
its
infancy,
but
we're
really
looking
forward
to
getting
that
pushed
out.
And
I
think
that's
sort
of
what
we've
been
working
on
so
far.
But
and-
and
I
want
to
thank
again
both
suzy
and
quincy-
from
the
human
rights
commission
for
really
extending
the
hand
to
the
boston
police
department
and
helping
us
to
work
to
to
repair
our
relationship
with
the
community.
So
thank
you.
A
C
A
Deputy
superintendent
day
hill,
we
do
appreciate
you
and
your
continued
partnership
over
the
last
four
four
months
with
this
project.
I
do
want
to
go
into
next
steps,
as
I
promised
everyone
via
email.
We
were
not.
We
were
not
going
to
keep
you
too
long
on
this
beautiful
saturday,
so
we
just
want
to
get
right
into
the
next
steps.
We
have
all
this
data.
We
have
over
300
respondents
we're
keeping
everything
going.
So
what
are
we
going
to
do
with
this
information?
A
So
the
next
steps
that
the
group
came
up
with.
Of
course
everybody
knows
that
we
have
a
new
mayor
mayor,
elect
wu,
congratulations
to
your
team
and
your
administration.
The
first
thing
we
want
to
do
is
actually
share
this
data
with
that
team
to
make
sure
that
they're
aware
of
what's
going
on
in
the
community.
A
I
know
a
big
thing
for
mayor
like
wu
is
meeting
the
community
where
they
are.
This
is
exactly
what
we're
doing
with
this
initiative.
So
we
look
forward
to
those
conversations
in
the
coming
weeks.
Community
gate,
engagement,
tour
as
deputy
superintendent
day
hill
mentioned.
We
are
going
on
a
tour
everybody
we're
going
to
community
centers
town
halls
focus
groups,
you
name
it.
We
want
to
be
there.
So
if
you
have
any
type
of
event,
that's
going
on
whether
it's
virtually
or
in
person,
we
want
to
be
there.
A
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
supporting
the
community
that
we're
meeting
people
where
they
are
so,
if
you
have
any
suggestions
for
us,
please
put
in
the
chat
or
email
me
directly,
something
else.
That's
really
really
cool
that
we're
working
on
that
I
haven't
seen
the
city
do
before
is
in
my
shoes,
video,
where
we're
highlighting
five
lgbtq
individuals
that
call
boston
home.
A
I
am
fortunate
to
be
one
of
those
five
individuals,
so
I
can't
wait
to
share
this
in
my
shoes,
video
just
highlighting
what
it
is
to
be
an
lgbt
individual
and
how
we
navigate
boston.
What
boston
means
to
us,
so
that's
going
to
be
really
cool
and
dope
to
share
with
everyone,
also
lgbtq,
lgbtq,
plus,
culturally
competency,
training
for
all
city
of
boston
staff,
something
that
we're
kind
of
already
doing
in
partnership
with
boston
police.
As
deputy
superintendent
just
mentioned,
we
want
to
do
more
of
those.
A
A
In
that
newsletter,
we
want
to
continue
to
highlight
our
community
members.
We
have
amazing
community
members
that
are
doing
videos
that
are
doing
psas,
that
are
doing
advocacy,
work
and
policy
work.
We
want
to
shed
light
on
those
individuals
as
well
as
other
lgbt
nonprofits
that
are
hosting
events.
We
really
really
really
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
the
central
point
for
all
those
organizations
and
those
individuals,
so
they
can
get
there.
A
The
word
out,
last
but
not
least,
beyond
pride
survey,
we
decided
to
keep
this
live
as
a
suggestion
from
one
of
our
allies,
because
throughout
the
year
we
want
to
know
what
people
are
thinking,
how
they
want
to
be
a
part
of
this
initiative,
so
we're
going
to
keep
that
live
moving
forward
as
of
right
now,
we
will
not
close
if
you
have
not
filled
out
the
survey.
Please
do
so.
A
A
So,
with
all
this
engagement
and
all
this
data
and
all
this
hard
work,
boston
massachusetts,
unfortunately,
is
the
only
city,
only
major
city.
I
should
correct
myself
and
say
the
only
major
city
that
does
not
have
an
lgbt
affairs
department.
It
is
they
we
do
not
have
a
central
location
for
lgbt
individuals
to
come
to.
A
We
need
a
central
location
to
put
all
this
data
and
these
resources
in
so
with
all
this,
we
wanted
to
make
recommendations
for
the
city
of
boston
and
that
recommendation
would
be
to
establish
the
first
lgbtq
plus
affairs
department
for
the
city
of
boston,
so
we
can
continue
this
work.
I
look
forward
to
continued
engagement
and
service.
I
really
want
to
just
thank
everyone
for
listening
to
us.
This
has
been
a
long
four
months,
challenging
four
months
under
covet
and
under
different
transitions
that
we
all
have
been
going
through.
A
B
B
D
D
I
think
also
when
you
talked
about
the
food
pantry
for
lgbtq
right
now,
I'm
a
part
of
the
boston
city
of
boston,
food
access
committee
and
I've
been
bringing
this
I've
been
raising
that
concern
up
to
them
about
creating
a
food
pantry,
that's
dedicated
for
the
lgbtq
community
and
they're
on
board.
I
think
that
we
just
have
to
find
some
space
that
they
can
allocate
for
us
for
us
to
open
up
that
particular
food
pantry.
A
A
As
you
said,
you
are
already
doing
the
work
and
that's
some
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
do.
We
know
people
are
out
here.
Many
many
individuals
are
doing
lots
and
lots
of
wonderful
work
for
the
lgbt
community,
but
I
think
for
us
we
have
to
do
a
better
job
of
making
it
central,
so
everyone
has
access
to
it
and
you're
right.
We
want
to
be
able
to
be
the
resource
for
you
and
other
organizations,
so
we
can
find
those
those
spaces,
whether
that's
city,
space
or
space
in
general.
A
B
A
A
So
if
you
know
anyone
that
wanted
to
be
here
that
couldn't
be
here
in
real
time,
we
will
provide
them
this
slide
of
this
recording,
as
well
as
we're
willing
to
meet
you
where
you
are,
we
can
come
to
your
your
site
and
chat
it
up,
because
we
really
really
want
everyone
at
the
table.
We
don't
want
certain
people
at
the
table
and
certain
people
not
we
want
everyone
at
the
table,
because
we
really
really
want
to
be
a
coalition.
A
Thank
you,
commissioner,
all
right.
So
if
we
don't
have
any
more
questions,
we're
gonna
get
into
the
thank
yous,
so
I
really
wanna
and
commissioner
just
said-
thank
you
to
us.
I
wanna
thank
you
to
the
human
rights
commission
and
all
the
commissioners
too
many
to
name
by
name,
but
we
really
really.
Thank
you.
A
You
all
have
been
instrumental
to
this
work
and
we
appreciate
you
all
for
giving
us
this
platform
to
do
the
work.
It
could
not
be
done
without
you
all
and
last
but
not
least,
we
want
to
thank
everyone.
That's
on
this
call,
I'm
part
of
this
webinar
and
everyone
who's
participated
in
the
survey
focus
groups.
I
appreciate
you,
everyone
who's,
given
me
feedback,
constructive
criticism,
encouragement!
B
I
echo
all
of
quincy's
thank
yous,
especially
to
those
that
tuned
in
to
us
today
and
who
have
come,
have
had
conversations
with
us
and
will
continue
to
have
conversations
with
us.
This
is
just
the
beginning,
and
I
look
forward
to
the
work
that
we
can
do
together,
and
I
really
want
to
thank
everyone,
everyone
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart,
for
being
a
part
of
this,
and
on
that
note
it's
a
beautiful
day
and
I
do
not
want
to
keep
anyone
here.
We
wish
you
all
a
wonderful
day.