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From YouTube: JUNE 2 2022 Statements Spencer Chandra Herbert
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
vancouver
west
end.
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
I
think
it's
important.
We
understand
our
history,
so
we
know
how
to
build
a
better
future.
I
speak
for
those
that
come
after
us.
Many
have
said
it's
pride
month
in
bc,
but
I
need
to
set
the
record
straight
honorable
speaker
or,
should
I
say,
gaily
forward
pride
month.
A
People
talk
about
it
because
of
stonewall
in
new
york
city,
but
I
think
we
need
to
acknowledge
that
in
this
pro
in
this
province
in
this
place,
2s
lgbtq2a
plus
people
have
a
history
that
goes
back
millennia.
It
wasn't
until
colonialism
that
the
hate
that
many
people
have
been
led
to
feel
started
to
fester
in
communities
because
of
the
advent
of
the
church
targeting
first
nations.
Indigenous
communities,
where
being
two-spirit
in
many
communities
was
just
a
matter.
A
Of
course,
gender
was
not,
as
we
were,
forced
to
understand
it
and
we're
slowly
peeling
that
back
now.
So
let's
make
that
point.
First,
pride
did
not
start
lgbt
folks
did
not
start
with
trudeau
in
1969
or
any
of
those
kind
of
things
we
are
told
it
was
here
long
before
in
bc.
We
have
heroes.
I
won't
name
them
because
really
they
didn't
do
this
for
themselves.
A
They
did
this
for
everyone,
so
that
others
wouldn't
have
to
feel
the
torment
and
the
hatred,
the
loss
that
they
themselves
feel
it
felt.
In
1958
we
had
some
of
our
first
protests
outside
of
courthouses,
where
individuals
held
up
signs
saying
I
am
a
human
being
because
they
were
treated
like
they
were
animals
in
1971
in
august,
and
I
say
august
because
it's
not
june
august
is
when
so
much
of
our
lgbtq2s
plus
history
takes
place
in
terms
of
activism,
of
turning
back
the
tides
we
had
rallies.
A
I've
run
out
of
time
because
the
history
is
long
and
the
history
is
vast
of
people
standing
up
when
hate
was
breathing
down
their
necks,
but
they
did
it
not
to
be
named
and
to
be
known
but
to
be
loved
to
feel
love,
and
so
that
others
could
feel
loved
for
being
who
they
are
in
a
community
in
a
real
community
of
love
and
acceptance.
So
happy
pride
in
june
happy
pride
in
july.
Happy
pride
in
august.
Happy
pride
every
day
of
the
year,
because
everybody
should
feel
loved
every
day
of
the
year.