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From YouTube: March 11, 2021 Transgender Equity Council
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A
And
then
once
it
starts,
I
will
call
the
meeting
to
order
and
do
roll
call
alrighty.
The
official.
A
The
regular
meeting
of
the
transgender
equity
council
will
now
begin
before.
We
begin
I'd
like
to
note
that
this
meeting
includes
the
remote
participation
of
members
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statute,
section
16,
13
d
.021.
I
do
that
wrong.
Every
time
due
to
the
declared
local
health
pandemic,
the
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency
board
meetings
are
public
and
subject
to
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law.
A
I
will
now
call
this
meeting
to
order
and
call
the
role
so
that
we
may
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum
kenzie
weller
here
hunter
williams.
B
C
C
E
A
Amazing,
I
know
we
are
missing
nico
ash
destiny,
emma
and
cece
right
now,
but
we
have
eight
members
present,
so
we
do
have
a
quorum
and
hunter.
I
will
pass
it
to
you
so
that
we
can
vote
on
adopting
the
agenda
and
minutes.
The
only
thing
I
would
propose
is
number
eight
on
the
agenda
is
a
report
back
from
the
office
of
violence
prevention
meeting
which
we
had
to
postpone
again.
Unfortunately,
so
I
would
remove.
A
B
Sounds
good
good
morning!
No,
I'm
just.
A
F
D
E
A
Wonderful,
there
are
eight
in
favor,
none
opposed
five
absent
the
motion
passes
and
both
the
agenda
and
minutes
are
adopted,
and
I
will
pass
it
to
hunter
for
the
next
agenda
item,
which
was
just
holding
space
to
see
if
anyone
had
any
follow-up
questions
from
hunter's
presentation
on
deaf
culture.
Last.
C
B
Yeah,
so
this
is
hunter,
my
apologies,
so
I
just
want
to
check
in
to
see
how
everyone's
feeling
about
my
presentation
about
deaf
culture.
I
know.
B
You
know
you
know
it's
easy
for
us
to
have
conversations
and
stuff,
so
I
just
wanted
to
check
in
to
see
how
everyone's
feeling
about
the
new
information
do
you
feel
like
that
presentation
made
you
a
little
bit
more
aware
of
deaf
culture,
or
do
you
want
some
more
kind
of
just
want
to
check
in
and
see
where
people
are.
B
D
Okay,
this
is
kenzie.
I
will
say
that
I
really
appreciated
hunter
you
taking
the
time
to
do
that.
I've
never
had
a
presentation
or
had
any
education
on
on
deaf
culture
before
and
so
I'm
very
grateful.
I
was
wondering
if
you
had
any
other
resources
for
myself
for
the
rest
of
the
tec,
to
find
more
education
about
deaf.
D
B
Yeah
absolutely,
of
course,
of
course,
yeah
I'll
send
out
an
email
with
in
the
new
business,
with
some
websites
that
have
information
about
deaf
culture.
There's
all
kinds
of
resources
available.
B
B
B
Absolutely
if
anyone
has
any
questions
that
they'd
rather
just
ask
me
one-on-one,
that's
totally
fine
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me.
I
promise
I
don't
bite,
I
don't
bark,
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out.
B
I
think
that
that's
it
if
no
one
else
has
anything
to
say
we
can
move
on
to
the
next
agenda
item
again.
Let
me
know
if
anyone
has
any
questions
and
then
I'll
turn
it
to
you
track.
A
Awesome,
I
am
multitasking
trying
to
move
all
the
windows
at
the
same
time,
so
we
just
wanted
to
take
a
couple
minutes
to
talk
about
how
the
tec
is
giving
feedback
to
departments
who
come
in
to
present
and
for
context
for
the
newer
folks
on
the
tec,
which
is
the
majority
of
the
folks
here
tonight.
A
The
at
some
point
in
2020-
and
I
honestly
can't
tell
you
when
at
this
point
the
tc
voted
on
both
a
list
of
questions
that
gets
sent
out
to
that
I
send
out
to
presenters
in
advance,
who
are
going
to
be
presenting
up
to
the
tec,
to
make
sure
that
they
are
kind
of
prepared
for
their
presentation
and
have
a
framework
of
what
you
all
want
to
hear
from
them
that
I
will
say
very
transparently,
I'm
realizing.
As
I
say
this
right
now,
I
did
not
send
to
nikki
who's
presenting
today.
A
A
If
amazing,
thank
you
for
specific
memory
and
then
kind
of
made
a
decision
that
what
made
the
most
sense
is,
six
months
after
a
given
presentation,
I
would
reach
back
out
to
the
person
who
had
made
that
presentation
to
ask
to
kind
of
be
like
reminder
here
are
the
recommendations
the
tec
gave
you.
What
feedback
have
you
made
on
those
and
ask
them
for
updates,
and
then
the
co-chairs
and
I
based
on
those
updates,
could
decide
if
it
made
sense
for
that
person
to
come
back
and
present
again.
A
If
you
all
had
had
more
feedback,
you
might
want
to
give
to
them.
If
there
were
things,
I
should
just
send
you
out
via
email,
etc,
and
the
last
thing
is,
I
made
a
folder
in
the
sharepoint
or
in
the
presenters
folder
in
the
sharepoint
site,
which
you
hopefully
all
have
access
to.
A
Now
there
is
a
document
that
is
just
tracking
specifically
like
what
I
hear
back
from
presenters
when
I
do
that
six
months
later,
follow-up,
so
that
is
kind
of
the
structure
we've
built
out
so
far
to
create
what
sure,
who
was
on
the
tec
until
very
recently,
was
calling
kind
of
like
a
feedback
loop
with
presenters
like
how
is
it
not
this
one-off
thing,
but
they're
an
ongoing
relationship
with
us
and
the
co-chairs,
and
I
wanted
to
pose
the
question
to
you
all
of
does
that
work?
A
A
G
This
is
galen
it's
hard
for
me
to
say
how
I
would
change
it
when
I'm
so
new
to
it.
I
haven't
really
seen
it
play
out
personally,
so
I
wonder
if
someone
who
has
been
around
and
like
has
actually
reviewed
some
of
the
feedback
and
seen
how
it's
gone,
has
an
opinion
on
it,
because
I'm
guessing
that
those
of
us
who
are
new
are
probably.
G
B
We
had
feedback
collected
and
then
was
sent
out
and
you
know
made
changes
repeatedly
to
the
pros.
You
know
to
what
happened
and
then
in
september
of
2020
is
when
we
really
made
this
new
change,
this
new
setup
to
collect
feedback
at
the
six
months
and
like
track
explained.
So
to
be
honest
with
you
work,
this
is
kind
of
constantly
a
work
in
progress
and
I
imagine
it
will
continue
to
be
and
as
things
go,
we
might
make
changes
to
make
improvements.
B
B
So,
for
example,
last
year
there
was
a
presenter
came
that
was
pretty
traumatizing
and
triggering,
and
that
kind
of
woke
us
up
to
figure
out
okay.
What
are
we
gonna
do?
How
can
we
improve
this
process
and
that
kind
of
instigated
these?
You
know
new
questions
and
everything
being
added
for
the
presenters.
B
A
Many
of
you
haven't
actually
gotten
to
experience
this
yet,
but
is
just
that,
like
I
know,
nobody's
hanging
out
on
sharepoint
all
the
time,
and
so
I
can
like
send
an
email
update
or
put
something
in
the
agenda
with
what
I
hear
back
when
I
check
in
with
folks
after
six
months
as
well
as
storing
it
in
the
sharepoint,
but
just
don't
know
what
what
feels
like
the
method
of
getting
that
information
where
that
like
helps
us
best
track?
A
E
Hi
this
is
becca
becca,
I'm
really
glad
for
all
the
work.
That's
been
done
on
this
ahead
of
time,
so
I
appreciate
everyone
who's
been
on
the
the
council
and
been
staff
before
I
really
like
the
idea
that
we
prepare
our
guests
with
some
context
of
what
what
is
appropriate
and
helpful
to
share
with
us
and
I'm
glad
we
have
a
process
for
you
know
that
follow-up
that
closing
the
loop
and
and
maintaining
a
long-term
relationship.
E
So
I'm
happy
to
see
this
continue
and
as
hunter,
you
said
it's
an
ongoing
process,
so
I'm
sure
we'll
learn
more
as
we
go
and
evolve
that
process.
F
Hey
track,
this
is
ray
in
terms
of
I
somehow
missed
or
forgot
that
you
were
posting.
Those
updates.
F
So
to
your
point
like
what
would
be
the
best
way
to
notify
us
that
something
changed
or
there's
something
to
go
read,
I
don't
necessarily
think
it
needs
to
be
an
agenda
item,
I'm
not
against
that,
but
it
could
also
work
when
you
send
out
minutes
to
just
also
have
part
of
the
email
be
like,
oh
and
be
sure
to
check
these
items
on
sharepoint
to
call
our
attention
because
asynchronously
we
have
a
little
more
time
to
like
peruse,
and
then
it
doesn't
put
the
labor
on
you
to
read
it
out
loud
to
us
at
the
meeting.
B
And
this
is
hunter,
I
think
a
few
times
track
did
have
a
calendar
like
of
the
tec
meetings
and
added
attachments
with
that.
You
know
with
the
agenda
or
excuse
me
with
the
calendar,
and
so
maybe
we
could
do
that
same
thing
with
sharepoint.
I'm
recommending
track
that,
maybe
when
we
add
all
links,
it
doesn't
have
to
necessarily
be
in
the
agenda,
but
maybe
just
add
a
link
or
an
attachment
or
something
in
the
calendar
so
that
people
receive
the
invite.
Then
they
can
be.
B
You
know
able
to
click
on
the
link
to
access
it
right
there,
because
I
know
some
people
have
a
hard
time
accessing
sharepoint.
You
know,
depending
on
the
formatting
too,
if
it's
a
pdf
or
not
and
it'll
save
you
some
time
and
having
to
send
things
out
over.
You
know
a
million
times,
so
that
might
be
nice
if
we
just
have
an
attachment
right
there
in
that
email
ahead
of
time.
It's
just
another
thought.
A
This
is
track.
Does
anyone
else
have
any
other
feedback
on
that?
If
not,
I
can
move
on
to
the
next
set
of
updates.
H
H
A
H
G
A
Has
more
of
me
than
is
ideal,
but
that
works
and
yeah
I
will
commit
to
sending
via
calendar,
invites
or
email
those
updates
as
they
exist
and
if
other
folks
have
other
things
they
want
to
see,
including
me,
not
forgetting
to
send
those
questions
to
presenters.
Please
let
me
know,
but
the
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
updates
on
the
tec.
A
Recommendations
to
council
that
kenzie
and
hunter
did
an
amazing
job,
especially
through
a
number
of
tech
issues
presenting
yesterday
so
big
kudos
to
you,
both
and
in
a
minute
I'll
talk
about
updates
on
like
where
the
items
that
we're
making
progress
are
at.
But
first
I
want
to
pass
it
to
kenzie
and
hunter
if
they
want
to
share
any
reflections
on
how
the
presentation
went
or
anything
like
that.
H
D
Okay,
so
I
will
say:
yes,
there
were
a
number
of
tech
issues,
but
we
really
killed
it,
everybody
so
to
not
to
to
our
own
horn,
but
and
everybody
on
city
city
council
seemed
to
be
receptive.
We
got
a
lot
of
really
good
compliments
and
yeah.
I
felt
very
hurt.
D
H
All
right-
and
this
is
hunter
and
really
really
appreciated
people
who
bore
with
that
actually
struggled
through
the
tech
issues.
The
interpreters
had
problems
as
well
with
things
disappearing,
so
there
were
so
many
issues
that
did
come
up,
but
it
was,
it
was
successful
and
then,
at
the
same
time
I
think
maybe
it
was
andrea,
I'm
not
sure
it
might
have
been
another
person
I
forget
specifically,
who
it
was.
However,
there
was
a
councilwoman
omar.
H
H
H
H
B
A
This
is
track
amazing
timing.
My
wi-fi
kicked
me
out,
but
I
got
back
in
just
as
you
passed
it
back
to
me
so
I'm
here
I
love
technology
and
yeah.
I
want
to
give
hunter
and
kenzie
another
big
shout
out
and
let
you
know
that
multiple
staff
in
it
are
aware
that
it
is
very
hard
for
guests
to
get
into
presenting
on
teams
live
and
particularly
when
we're
also
using
asl
interpreters
in
that
context
and
know
that
that
is
a
situation.
A
The
city
needs
to
improve
and
it
was
a
bigger
barrier
for
the
you
all,
then,
is
ideal
to
say
the
least
and
the
updates
I
will
give-
and
these
will
also
be
in
the
minutes
as
well-
I'm
not
going
through
every
item
on
the
tec
recommendations
because,
as
you
all
know,
from
many
of
you
who
helped
edit
them
at
one
point
or
another
they're
long,
but
I
want
to
raise
up
the
ones
that
are
in
progress
or
moving
forward
right
now,
so
you
all
know
what's
happening
so
in
terms
of
housing.
A
You
all
made
a
recommendation
that
the
new
single
room
occupancy
ordinance,
because
it
will
involve
renters
renting
in
spaces
that
have
shared
restrooms,
includes
language
about
ideally
gender,
neutral
restrooms
and
when
that's
not
possible
in
the
building,
like
people
being
able
to
use
the
restroom,
they
want
to
use
put
into
the
ordinance
council
member
goodman's
office,
since
they
are
leading
that
ordinance
are
working
on
that,
and
they
will
send
me
the
draft
bathroom
language
once
they
have
it.
So
that
is
moving
forward.
Rent
stabilization
passed
its
first
council
vote.
A
It
is
a
long
process
that
will
eventually
involve
it
being
on
the
ballot,
hopefully
in
november,
and
then
needing
to
be
passed
by
voters,
but
the
first
step
towards
it.
Getting
on
the
ballot
passed
in
council,
the
language
that
redefines
family
in
the
maximum
occupancy
ordinance.
So
that
not
being.
A
Legally
blood,
whatever
related
to
someone,
does
not
mean
that
you
have
too
many
people
in
your
home
that
edit
is
going
through
council
this
month
in
terms
of
the
trans
equity
grant
requirements
in
our
contracts
with
shelters
and
other
homelessness
response
organizations.
A
Councilmember,
fletcher,
f,
h,
e
r,
spelling
out
loud
is
really
hard
for
me,
and
I
say
that
every
time
because
I'm
on
recorded
video
and
feel
self-conscious
from
ward
3
is
willing
to
support
like
any
legislation
that
needs
to
happen
with
that,
because
he
sees
it
as
part
of
his
role
on
the
finance
subcommittee,
and
he
also,
let
me
know
you
all-
had
a
more
open-ended
recommendation
around
prioritizing,
affordable
housing
and
the
city
has
been
using
their
2040
plan
as
a
way
to
do
more
of
that
work
around
prioritizing,
affordable
housing
in
terms
of
training
for
landlords.
A
A
Please
throw
your
name
in
the
chat,
so
I
follow
up
with
you
or
send
me
a
text
or
an
email,
even
if
you
just
want
an
opportunity
to
look
at
what
we've
drafted
so
far
and
see
if
you
have
thoughts
if
we
need
to
write
any
type
of
legislation,
for
example,
to
make
this
training
mandatory
council
members,
cunningham
and
ellison
are
both
potentially
interested
in
authoring
that
legislation.
A
A
does
name
as
someone
who's
interested
and
in
terms
of
improving
quality
of
rental
properties.
The
citywide
zero
lead
poisoning
plan
is
also
coming
out
later
this
year.
A
lot
of
the
credit
for
that
goes
to
another
one
of
the
city's
appointed
boards,
the
public
health
advisory
committee
and
the
council
is
kind
of
following
the
framework
they
developed.
A
Did
anyone
have
questions
about
any
of
the
housing
pieces?
I
know
I
just
threw
a
lot
at
you
before
I
move
into
the
next
bit.
E
Yeah
this
is
becca.
I
I
just
briefly
on
the
the
definition
of
family
in
terms
of
who
can
be
in
a
household.
Can
you
say
just
a
little
more
about
that.
A
This
is
track
totally.
Thank
you.
So
it
used
to
be
that
part
of
how
the
maximum
occupancy
for
a
residence
was
defined
was
around
family,
which
was,
I
forget,
exactly
how
they
were
doing
the
legal
definition,
but
it
is
being
edited
to
just
say
a
family
is
anyone
you
live
with,
and
so
you
would
be
in
violation
of
maximum
occupancy
if
you
had
more
people
per
bedroom
than
was
safe,
but
it
does
not
matter
if
and
in
what
way
you
are
related
to
the
other
people.
H
Regarding
are
we
talking
about
apartments,
townhouses
standalone
houses,
so
you
know
housing
can
be
such
a
range
of
different
types
of
housing.
Is
there
a
specific
category
of
housing
that
we're
talking
about.
A
Here
this
is
track
great
question.
Thank
you.
I
was
using
it
more
generally
to
cover,
as
like
a
category
for
all
of
the
different
things
we
were
talking
about
within
here.
A
Many
of
them
apply
to
all
the
different
categories
of
housing
you
talked
about,
but,
for
example,
the
single
room
occupancy
ordinance
is
specifically
about
making
it
legal
in
minneapolis,
for
people
to
rent
out
single
rooms
in
a
building
that
may
not
have
like
a
kitchen
or
bathroom
attached,
and
that's
why
we're
putting
in
language
around
gender
inclusivity
in
those
bathrooms,
so
that
one
is
a
very
particular
type
of
housing,
but
most
of
this
applies
broadly
did
that
answer
your
question.
H
I
need
to
take
more
of
a
look
at
this,
because,
if
we're
talking
about
single
occupancy
housing
as
well,
are
they
going
to
have
disability
accommodations
for
individuals
who
are
deaf-blind
for
their
way?
Finding
wheelchair
ramps
and
other
any
kind
of
physical
disability
needs
to
be
considered
because
there
could
be
many
barriers
there.
So
that
would
be.
One
of
my
concerns
is
just
to
follow
up
about
disability
access
as
well
within
that
that
was
all.
A
This
is
track
thanks
for
that
hunter.
I
don't.
I
don't
think
that
that
ordinance
is
creating
new
buildings.
I
think
it's
just
making
it
legal
for
buildings
to
be
rented
out
in
different
ways
than
they
previously
were,
but
I
can
follow
up
and
see
what
accessibility
is
looking
like
there
and
if
there
are
ways
to
put
in
regulations
around
anything
new,
that's
being
constructed.
H
H
You
know,
maybe
people
don't
notice
these
types
of
things
that
these
things
are
overlooked,
but
you
know
these
days.
We
do
have
to
play
the
game.
H
Regarding
and
seeing
what's
included
in
the
laws,
however,
what
I'm
talking
about
more
is
the
very
old
structures.
Clearly
they
they're
not
ada
compliant,
and
so
I'm
just
wondering
if
you
do
have
some
more
information
about
that
and
whenever
you
do
share
the
language
with
me,
I'm
I'm
happy
to
take
a
look
at
that
as
well
offer
some
feedback.
A
I
will
move
on
to
the
next
section
then,
and
please
feel
free
to
jump
in
at
any
point
with
questions
the
content
that
was
summarized
as
safety
and
healing
in
the
recommendations.
A
One
of
those
recommendations
was
around
safe
use,
sites
for
drug
use
and
council
member
ellison
is
interested
in
looking
into
that
work
later
in
2021.
Another
was
around
banning
the
lgbtq
panic
defense,
we've
determined
that
we
can't
ban
it
on
a
city
level.
However,
a
bill
got
proposed
at
the
state
level
I
think
like
in
the
last
week.
A
I
found
this
out
today,
but
I'm
apparently
behind,
and
we
are
doing
a
quick
turnaround
to
amend
the
city's
legislative
agenda
for
the
city's
intergovernmental
relations
lobbyists
who
lobby
at
the
state
level
to
explicitly
lobby
in
support
of
banning
the
lgbtq
panic
defense
which,
if
anyone
doesn't
know,
is
currently
it
is
legal
for
someone
to
find
out
that
someone
is
queer
or
trans
and
kill
them
and
claim
that
they
panicked
upon
finding
that
out,
and
that
is
justification
for
murdering
someone.
A
This
bill
would
ban
that
defense
and,
although
we
can't
do
that
on
a
city
level
and
the
current
state
legislature
would
be
an
uphill
fight,
the
fact
that
it
has
even
been
introduced
and
that
we
have
enough
time
to
get
the
city
to
turn
around
and
lobby,
for
it
is
progress,
and
I
will
keep
you
all
updated
on
where
that
is
at.
H
And
track
I'm
sorry
to
interrupt,
but
why
can't
the
city
ban
it?
Why
is
it
not
effective
at
the
city
level.
A
Totally,
I
am
not.
I
do
not
practice
law,
so
I'm
not
going
to
explain
this
in
the
most
technical
terms,
but
to
my
understanding
there
are
ways
that
if
the
state
defines
something
there
are
restrictions
around
what
we
can
define
as
a
crime
or
not
a
crime
that
is
not
defined
that
way
at
the
state
level.
I
am
not
using
the
technical
terms,
but
essentially
yeah.
A
H
So
yes,
I
understand
that
this
state
that
the
city
still
has
responsibility
and
that
they
can't
go
against
the
state,
but
I'm
wondering
about
all
the
cities.
There
are
so
many
of
them
where
they're
complying
and
they
do
have
to
rely
on
the
state
and
that
can
take
forever.
H
H
This
is,
and
so
I'm
just
thinking
please
go
ahead
so
if
if
a
person
is
queer
or
trans
and
and
this
I
don't
know,
just
help
me
to
understand
this
really.
G
This
is
galen,
I
am
also
not
a
lawyer
or
someone
who
practices
law.
I
don't
even
play
one
on
tv.
My
understanding
is
that
the
courts
and
what
is
allowed
to
be
given
as
a
defense,
is
something
that
is
managed
at
the
state
level.
We
cannot
tell
courts
because
especially
my
understand
is.
This
also
relates
to
what
sorts
of
crimes
are
being
committed
and
we
don't
have
the
purview
as
a
city
to
tell
the
courts
what
someone
can
and
cannot
say
in
defense
of
their
actions
and
the
state
is.
G
H
G
We're
talking
about
what
someone
can
use
as
justification,
not
that
that
justification
makes
it
legal
right.
Anyone
at
this
point
can
say
that
that
they
did
it
because
they
were
panicking
because
of
gay
trans
panic,
etc.
But
that
doesn't
mean
a
jury
is
going
to
take
that
as
a
valid
reason
and
excuse
their
behavior
based
on
that,
so
it
it's
still
incredibly
frustrating
that
someone
could
say
something
like
that,
but
it
is
at
least
not
something
that
is
legal
per
se,
to
assault
someone
or
kill
someone,
because
they're,
gay
or
trans.
H
B
Interpreters
and
I
can
let
someone
else
go,
but
I'm
I'm
sorry
to
just
go
on
and
on
about
this,
but
yeah
I
mean
I'm
sure
you
can
tell
by
my
face.
B
B
Yeah
and-
and
so
it's
like
sometimes
you
know,
people
will
do
some
jail
time,
but
maybe
a
shorter
jail
time
because
of
the
defense-
and
this
is
just
so
common,
it's
so
common
and
it
happens
in
the
city,
but
the
state
is
the
one
that
decides
what's
allowed
and
what's
not
allowed.
B
You
know,
and
this
whole
like
even
to
have
something
called
a
panic
defense.
The
term
panic
is
like.
Oh,
you
know.
Oh
geez,
I
just
doesn't
sit
right
so
anyway,
you
know
there's
people,
you
know
this
has
been
a
fight,
I'm
sure
for
many
many
years
you
know
back
to
marsha
p.
Johnson
stonewall.
B
E
Hi
this
is
becca.
This
is
still
a
serious
issue
and
it
points
to
some
parts
of
our
society,
not
accepting
us
as
transgender
people.
So
I'm
happy
for
the
tec
to
do
anything
I
can
to
support
the
city's
legislative
agenda
to
get
panic
defense
banned
and
it
it's
definitely
an
emotional
point
for
me
as
well.
E
G
Yeah
this
is
galen
and
I
know
last
time
we
met,
we
talked
about
you
know,
knowing
that
this
was
probably
something
that
we
couldn't
do
at
the
city
level,
how
we
would
potentially
work
as
a
council
to
either
put
together
a
formal
letter
or
reach
out
to
state
legislate
legislators
beyond.
Just
you
know
the
folks
in
the
city
to
even
if
it's
only
symbolic,
you
know
throw
what
weight
we
can
behind
the
efforts
at
the
state
level.
G
So
I
think,
as
perhaps
as
the
city
figures
out
their
lit
legislative
agenda
and
stuff,
we
can
try
and
loop
into
that,
or
even
just
do
our
own
little
independent.
You
know
putting
together
a
letter
in
support
of
the
legislation,
legislation
and
get
it
out
there.
A
The
tec
definitely
cannot
speak
to
other
government
bodies,
as
the
city
quote,
unquote,
which
is
not
what
you're
proposing
the
only
people
who
are
required
by
ordinance
in
any
way
to
listen
to
you
at
least,
are
the
mayor
and
city
council
are
the
people
who
are
a
part
of
this
government
body.
However,
that
doesn't
mean.
I
think
I
personally
just
needed
to
work
this
out
out
loud
to
make
sure
we
were
all
on
the
same
page.
So
thank
you
for
your
patience.
A
That
doesn't
mean
you
couldn't
write
a
letter
as
the
tc
and
say
like
we
are
members
of
the
tec.
We've
been
appointed
because
of
our
expertise,
although
we
do
not
advise
the
state
of
minnesota.
We
all
want
these
legislators
to
know,
and
I
think
that's
absolutely
something
you
could
do
the
other
direct
avenue
for
something
immediate.
That,
I
will
say,
is
we're
pulling
together
the
documents
to
amend
the
legislative
agenda.
B
B
B
Yeah
I
mean
try
yeah
track,
I'm
I'm
down.
I
think
we,
let's
start
whatever
we
can
do
to
confront
and
the
legislature
and
tell
them
at
the
state
level.
You
know
whatever
we
think.
Let's,
let's
do
what
we.
B
A
If
you
want
to
put
your
names
in
the
chat,
I
can
record
that
in
the
notes
for
next
steps
and
follow
up
the
other
thing,
I
will
say,
as
people
are
putting
their
names
in
the
chat
if
they
want
to,
is
that
the
other
thing
that
we're
doing
right
now
is
pulling
together
the
documents
to
get
this
on
our
legislative
agenda,
including
writing
up,
what's
called
a
racial
equity
impact
analysis
around?
A
Why?
Obviously,
the
pursuit
of
racial
equity
involves
addressing
this.
I
have
access
to
some
of
the,
I
think,
limited
data
that
is
out
there
on
trans
folks,
but
if
there
are,
if
there
is
information
or
data
that
you
would
want
me
to
include
in
the
racial
equity
impact
analysis
that
you
think
I
might
not
have,
please
also
shoot
a
message
or
throw
your
name
in
the
chat.
A
That
is
the
other
immediate
ask
is
pulling
together
all
the
documentation
that
we're
gonna
use
to
edit
our
legislative
agenda
and
I'm
seeing
everyone
in
the
chat
and
capturing
that
in
the
notes-
and
I
do
have
a
link
to
the
language
of
the
bill
and
can
send
that
out.
When
I
connect
you
all.
A
The
other
things
in
this
kind
of
category
of
updates
are
smaller
things,
but
I
know
the
tec
has
been
advising
the
city
for
years
to
actually
represent
the
gnc
community
in
the
photos
that
are
on
city
documents.
I
have
met
with
communications
about,
as
they
long-term
update,
all
of
where
people
pull
from
to
update
the
website
etc.
A
Getting
trans
stock
photos
in
that,
and
the
only
other
thing
I
will
add
in
here
is
there
was
a
recommendation
around
decriminalization
of
sex
work
and
there
is
a
community
coalition
building
which
the
tec
policy
subcommittee
is
connecting
to
around
repealing
the
loitering
ordinance,
which
would
be
one
small
piece
of
this
work
and
we'll
talk
about
that
more
in
next
month's
policy
meeting
for
folks
who
are
there.
A
But
there
are
some
council
members
who
are
already
potentially
supportive
of
this
work
and
others
who
are
interested
in
more
information,
and
then
the
next
categories
are
shorter,
but
the
updates
I
have
on
training
are
just
that
council
member
ellison
is
also
really
excited
to
support.
A
A
A
If
not,
I
just
want
to
thank
kenzie
and
hunter
for
navigating
the
many
emails
that
were
involved
in
getting
these
recommendations
out
to
most
of
the
council
offices
and
the
kind
of
follow-up
that
went
from
that,
because
I'm
sure
that
was
full
inboxes
for
you
both
for
a
bit.
I,
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
was
a
co-chair
vote
because
I
know
cece
potentially
wanted
to
run
to
be
a
third
chair,
but
she
is
not
here.
So
we
will
move
past
that
and
kenzie.
A
I
will
pass
it
to
you
to
introduce
subcommittee
updates
unless
I'm
missing
anything.
D
All
right,
we're
gonna,
do
a
quick
report
back
from
the
subcommittees,
so
if
somebody
from
the
training
subcommittee
wants
to
give
us
an
update
on
what
she
all
talked
about
last
meeting,
please
the
floor
is.
D
F
Sure
I
can
do
that,
so
this
is
rey
talked
about
a
few
things,
one.
We
are
getting
ready
to
hire
a
replacement
for
tyrae
for
the
gender
inclusivity
training.
F
So
we
talked
about
what
interview
questions
would
be
helpful
for
any
candidates,
and
then
we
talked
about
interpreter
training,
which
hunter
will
talk
a
little
more
about,
but
trying
to
get
that
up
and
running
so
that
interpreters
are
trained
before
the
summit
for
sure
and
then
they're
gonna
actually
be
marketing
and
running
it
on
a
much
wider
basis
than
that
which
is
great
also
starting
to
talk
about
what
training
should
look
like
for
both
city
and
park
board.
F
So
it's
really
time
sensitive
and
the
outgrowth
of
that
is
that
a
couple
people
are
going
to
start
with.
Building
like
a
packet,
I
think
sure
and
becca
are
putting
together
a
draft
packet,
so
at
least
they
can
get
some
like
paper
training
to
start.
While
we
keep
working
to
hire
someone
who
could
then
do
some
more
robust
training
later,
oh.
C
B
I
can,
I
can
add
something.
This
is
hunter,
my
apologies,
so
as
for
the
training
we
have
finally
sent
out
or
we
started
advertising
for
people
who
are
interested,
my
workshop
for
interpreters,
I've
sent
an
attachment
to
track.
B
Yes,
I
will
send
that
again,
but
I'm
excited
people
are,
people
are
excited
and
signing
up.
So
that's
great.
To
be
honest,
I
don't
know
how
many
people
we
will
end
up
with.
B
B
Of
course
you
know
the
asl
interpreters
will
have
homework.
They'll
have
to
read
some
articles,
there'll
be
all
kinds
of
stuff,
that's
sent
out
and
then
I'll
collect
it
for
saturday
morning.
Take
a
look
at
it
to
make
sure
I'm
ready
for
the
presentation
and
again
you
know
we'll
emphasize
that
this
is
not
a
level
101.
D
All
right,
then,
does
anyone
from
policy
want
to
report.
D
A
This
is
track
if
no
one
wants
to.
I
can
just
give
a
real
brief
summary
and
say
that
the
in
the
policy
subcommittee
meeting-
I
think
most
of
the
time
was
spent
talking
about
primarily,
I
think
the
community
safety
work.
I
gave
a
lot
of
updates
on
the
process
of
getting
the
new
mental
health
crisis
response.
A
Teams
that
will
be
going
out
to
mental
health
crisis
calls
instead
of
police
the
updates
on
that
kind
of
request
for
proposals
and
hiring,
and
we
spent
some
time
just
trying
to
figure
out
like
what
is
what
is
the
best
way
to
create
a
space.
That's
not
just
updates
and
how
to
get
information
out
in
advance
far
enough.
A
That
folks
can
react
to
it
and
feel
informed
enough
about
the
information,
and
I
am
also
going
to
try
get
in
a
better
practice
with
both
subcommittees
and
the
general
tec
of
sending
out
draft
agendas
in
advance
for
people
to
send
me
things.
They
would
want
to
see
added
to
that
in
the
hopes
that
that
helps
a
little
bit
but
yeah.
A
I
would
say
a
lot
of
time
spent
on
that
and
then
gave
a
couple
updates
as
well
on
housing
work
more
detail
than
some
of
the
stuff
we
shared
today,
and
that
is
more
or
less
what
I'd
share
from
that.
Unless
anyone
else
who
was
there
wants
to
report
back
as
well.
A
This
is
track.
I
have
too
many
updates
today
and
I'm
gonna
move
through
these
quickly.
So
then
we
can
get
into
our
presentation
because
I
know
nikki
is
here,
but
in
terms
of
the
city's
trans
issues,
work
group,
the
main
project,
that's
going
on
from
that
space
right
now
is
one
that
I
also
referred
to
when
I
was
talking
about
updates
on
url's
recommendations,
which
is
the
piece
around
getting
trans
equity
requirements
into
the
city's
grants
and
contracts
with
shelters
and
eventually
with
other
types
of
organizations
as
well.
A
A
I've
been
continuing
to
talk
to
staff
at
the
county,
and
hopefully
the
county
will
also
implement
these
requirements
in
their
contracts,
which
would
be
great
because
they
contract
with
far
more
shelters
than
we
do
and
with
like
more
domestic
violence,
shelters
and
other
orgs
that
are
in
slightly
different
fields
than
we're
than
the
city
is
granting
to
right
now,
and
the
last
thing
I
will
share
is
updates
on
summit
planning,
which
is
getting
started,
and
I
am
finally
accepting
that
we
are
in
that
season.
A
The
first
summit
planning
committee
meeting
is
going
to
be
march
25th.
If
there
is
anyone
who
wants
to
be
involved
in
that
meeting,
who
doesn't
already
have
the
meeting
link
hasn't
already?
Let
me
know
that
please
once
again
just
throw
your
name
in
the
chat,
so
I
can
loop
you
into
that
space.
A
We
meet
monthly
through
june
every
other
week
in
july,
and
then
every
week
in
august
and
september,
I
want
to
say
hunter.
I
already.
I
already
have
the
first
meeting
on
your
calendar
and
I
have,
I
think,
maybe
coco.
I
definitely
have
an
interpreter
booked
for
that
first
meeting
and
then
we
put
out
a
survey
to
kind
of
get
folks
feedback,
as
the
summit
has
grown
and
also
had
to
transition
to
virtual
last
year
about
if
the
way
it's
currently
structured
is
working
for
folks
or
what
we
could
change.
A
It
is
a
much
bigger
and
different
event
than
it
was
when
it
was
first
streamed
up
seven
and
a
half
years
ago
and
the
biggest
themes
out
of
the
survey
feedback.
There
aren't
a
ton
of
answers,
but
the
biggest
themes
out
of
what
we
have
is
an
interest
in
having
more
community
members
kind
of
shape
and
drive
the
event.
So
I
would
say
if
you
know
folks
who
would
be
curious
about
contributing
to
this
in
any
way
whether
it's
presenting
at
it
or
helping
planet.
Please
connect
me
to
them
or
reach
out.
A
If
sorry,
there
is
a
conversation
about
when
the
cats
are
getting
fed
happening
in
in
earshot,
and
I
couldn't
keep
my
train
of
thought
if
they
would
need
like
if
they
wouldn't
be
able
to
do
it
unless
they
were
compensated.
We
are
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
make
sure
that
more
of
the
community
member
roles
involve
compensation.
So
they
should
totally
share
that
and
we
can
try
to
figure
that
out
and
then
there
is
also
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
survey
in
having
the
summit.
A
Not
just
be
one
giant
annual
thing
and
that's
it,
but
instead
having
like
one
bigger
event
and
multiple
smaller.
B
A
Throughout
the
year,
I
share
that
not
to
say
that
I
or
anyone
has
figured
out
what
that's
going
to
look
like
yet
or
even
know
what
capacity
we
have
to
plan
that,
but
to
kind
of
give
you
a
heads
up
and
yeah,
I
want
to
open
space
for
a
couple
minutes
before
we
move
on
to
our
presentation
to
see.
If
anyone
else
has
things
they
want
to
see
out
of
the
summit
or
out
of
like
events
in
general,
if
we
are
maybe
moving
to
a
more
regular
equity
event,.
H
This
was
hunter.
I
do
want
to
see
more.
I
don't
know
if
it's
possible
for
us
to
be
doing
this
all
virtually
online
or
in
person,
and
so
that
I
think
we're
not
really
we're
gonna
talk
about
it
more
in
april,
as
we
get
closer
to
april
about
doing
outdoor
events.
I
think,
because
of.
H
Well,
I
recall
yep
last
year
was
when
we
did
the
virtual
summit.
Wow
time
goes
quickly,
and
so
now
I
think
we
haven't
decided
as
of
yet.
If
this
year
is
going
to
be
virtual
or
in
person,
and
so
maybe
if
it's
in
person
it
would
be
a
different
conversation,
but
if
it's
virtual
then
maybe
yes,
we
might
want
to
have
more
events.
I'm
sorry,
I
love
you
all
and
I
have
to
go
I'll
be
right
back.
Please
continue
I'll,
be
back.
D
I
love
seeing
all
the
pet
cameos.
Well
I
will
say
this
is
unrelated
to
hunter's
point,
but
I
I
did
not
attend
the
summit
last
year,
but
I
was
thinking.
Is
there
a.
D
Let
me
rephrase
that
are
the
events
open
to
everyone
so,
like
all
events
open
to
whoever
wants
to
go.
A
This
is
track.
Yes,
historically,
everything
is
fully
open.
There
have
been
workshops
within
the
summit
where
the
workshop
presenters
have
named,
like
we
really
want
this
space
to
center
youth
or
bypoc
voices
or
trans
folks,
or
something
like
that.
But
the
event
as
a
whole
is
open.
D
Okay,
because
I
I
mean
that's
exactly
what
I
was
going
to
say,
I
think
it
is
important
to
say
or
to
be
more
intentional,
maybe
about
like
you
know,
if
you're
an
ally,
this
training
is
for
you
and
then
maybe
these
trainings
aren't
yeah
that,
like
this,
this
event
is
is
for
you.
If
you
are,
you
know
if
you're
a
young
person
things
like
that,
I
think
that
would
be
important,
but
that's
all
I'll
say
that's
just
what
I've
been
thinking
about.
A
This
is
track
heard
legally.
We
cannot
restrict
spaces
based
on
identity,
but
we
can
definitely
name
like
whose
voices
are
centered
and
be
really
intentional
about
how
we
name
that
and
how
we
support
folks
to
show
up
in
the
spaces
that
will
be
most
beneficial
to.
A
H
Where
there
would
be
specific
voices
centered
and
then
also
you
know,
sometimes
if
everyone
is
together
and
then
something
happens
that
when
there
would
be
end
up
being
a
breakout
space
of
the
discussion
of
what
happened,
and
so
I
think
that
sometimes
we
have
to
give
some
feedback
to
the
people
who
are
facilitating
those
spaces
because
of
events
that
might
happen
within
those
spaces.
A
H
Presenter,
well
also
with
interpreters,.
H
So
for
interpreters,
really
oh
but
again,
feedback
regarding
the
past
summit
and
interpreters
being
able
to
get
names
and
pronouns
correctly,
I'm
not
saying
all
presenters
would
have
a
script
ready,
but
I'm
just
saying
that
if
there
is,
I
call
this
like
if
there's
a
last
minute
something
that
comes
up
and
there's
no
script
ready.
You
know
we
do
need
to
have
interpreters
being
prepared
for
the
events
that
are
happening.
It's
not
just
our
responsibility.
H
It
is
also
the
responsibility
of
the
facilitators,
the
presenters
that
everyone
does
need
to
have
information
ready
to
share
with
the
interpreters
for
them
to
prepare
best
so
that
the
information
comes
through
accurately.
I
mean
also
with
the
captioning
really
come
on.
You
know
about
that
captioning.
C
A
Right,
if
no
one
else
has
anything
nikki,
I
want
to
pass
it
over
to
you
to
introduce
yourself
and
your
work
with
congresswoman
omar,
and
if
you
want
to
the
work
you
previously
did
at
the
city
or
not,
if
you
don't
want
to
and
looking
forward
to
hearing
anything,
you
have
to
share
with
this
group.
I
For
sure
well,
thank
you
for
having
me
tonight
track
and
everyone
it's
great
to
be
with
those
of
you
who
I've
gotten
to
work
with
or
or
meet
in
the
past.
For
those
of
you
who
I
haven't
gotten
to
meet,
my
name
is
nikki.
I
am
congresswoman
ilhan
omar's,
constituent
services
director.
I
work
here
in
our
minneapolis
office.
I
use
they
them
pronouns.
I'm
coming
to
you
live
from
my
bedroom
in
south
minneapolis,
a
bunch
of
plants
here
surrounding
me.
A
I
I
Yes,
so
in
my
role
in
the
congresswoman's
office,
I,
the
bulk
of
my
job,
is
to
provide
casework
assistance
to
our
constituents.
H
H
That's
okay,
if
you
would
just
go
back
to
the
last
one
that
you
were
talking
about.
I
missed
about
half
of
that.
I
Sure
so
just
covering
some
of
my
responsibilities
in
ilhan's
office.
So
the
issues
that
I
help
constituents
with
directly
are
immigration
taxes,
things
like
stimulus,
payments
issues
with
the
u.s
postal
service,
consumer
protection
issues
and
then
a
bunch
of
other
random
little
things.
I
And
then
I
also
lead
outreach
and
engagement
in
the
district
on
environmental
issues,
immigration
and
foreign
travel,
u.s,
postal
service,
consumer
protection,
taxes
and
the
lgbt
community.
C
I
Of
course,
I'll
keep
a
little
bit
eye
on
you
as
well,
so
I
can
track
better.
So
the
reason
that
I
wanted
to
be
here
with
you
tonight
is
to
give
you
a
little
update
on
a
bill
that
congress
passed
in
late
february
called
the
equality
act.
In
short,
the
equality
act
would
add
gender
identity
and
sexual
orientation
to
federal
anti-discrimination
laws,
and
it
would
do
that
in
order
to
prohibit
discrimination,
so
it
would
add
gender
identity,
sexual
orientation
to
the
civil
rights
act
of
1964.
I
The
jury,
selection
and
services
act
and
a
few
other
federal
laws
that
that
are
related
to
employment
and
participation
in
the
federal
government.
I
I
passed
along
earlier
to
track
a
handout
from
the
equality
caucus
that,
hopefully,
you
can
look
through
if
you
have
time
or
interest.
Basically,
it
just
does
a
deep
dive
into
each
of
those
individual
federal
laws
and
discusses
why
they
are
important
and
why
ensuring
that
trans
and
queer
people
are
not
discriminated
against
in
those
contexts
is
important
for
our
ability
to
exist
in
our
society
and
access
our
full
power
as
as
residents
of
our
communities.
I
So
I
mentioned
it
passed
the
house
on
february
25th.
It
is
currently,
in
the
senate's
hand,
waiting
for
consideration
there.
The
same
equality
act
was
passed
in
may
2019
last
congress,
but
it
did
not
receive
any
action
in
the
senate
at
that
time.
The
senate
was
also
controlled
by
republicans,
and
so
that's
why
nothing
happened
with
it.
There's
still
a
lot
up
in
the
air
around
what
its
fate
will
be
in
the
senate.
I
As
many
of
you
likely
know,
the
senate
still
has
a
pretty
robust
filibuster
that
prevents
the
passage
of
most
policy
without
at
least
60
votes,
which
would
mean
we
would
need
at
least
10
republicans
to
support
the
bill
or
we
could.
We
could
force
through
filibuster
reform,
with
just
our
simple
majority
in
the
senate.
Ilhan
has
been
calling
for
the
repeal
of
the
filibuster,
as
well
as
to
tackle
other
undemocratic
elements
of
congress,
such
as
statehood
for
dc
and
puerto
rico.
I
If
puerto
rico
would
want
it
as
well
as
other
u.s
territories
and
and
there's
a
variety
of
other
sort
of
procedural
elements
that
stack
the
deck
in
favor
of
the
minority
party,
which
is
also
at
this
stage,
representative
of
maybe
30
of
the
country
compared
to
the
70
percent
that
is
represented
by
democrats
in
congress.
I
I
This
this
supreme
court
ruling
prohibited
discrimination
due
to
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity
in
employment
contexts.
Specifically
on
day
one
of
his
administration,
president
biden
issued
an
executive
order
that
directed
federal
agencies
to
apply
that
ruling
to
all
other
anti-discrimination
laws
in
housing
education.
I
The
few
things
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
reason
we
still
really
need
the
equality
act
is
that
a
future
administration
that
does
not
support
queer
and
trans
equality
could
immediately
repeal
that
executive
order
that
currently
provides
federal
protections
to
people.
It's
it's.
What
we
saw
president
trump
do
basically
as
soon
as
he
entered
in
office
and
roll
back
protections
that
were
under
the
affordable
care
act,
title
ix,
other
areas
that
president
obama
had
protected
lgbtq
people.
I
So
it's
really
important
that
we
pass
the
the
equality
act.
I
am
optimistic
that
that,
with
the
with
the
energy
that
that
currently
is
behind
the
the
progressive
wing
of
the
democratic
party
and
especially
where
the
covid
relief
package
ended
up,
it's
certainly
not
perfect,
but
clearly
we
are.
We
are
seeing
that
there
is
appetite
to
use
the
mandate
that
we
have
been
sent
to
congress
with
and
ilhan
and
and
other
members
of
congress
hope
that
the
senate
is
willing
to
do
what
this
moment
requires.
I
Repeal
the
filibuster
and
pass
pass
the
equality
act
pass
hr
one
which
expands
access
to
voting
and
and
strengthens
the
voting
rights
act
that
was
gutted
by
the
supreme
court
a
couple
years
ago
and
a
million
other
important
things
that
that
are
desperately
needed.
I
The
last
thing
I
just
wanted
to
share
was
a
little
bit
about
the
covert
relief
package
that
was
signed
into
law
today.
I'm
sure
you
all
know
that
that
included
1400
stimulus
payments,
one
of
the
new,
really
great
developments
for
this
round
of
stimulus
payments
is
that
it
those
payments
are
now
covered
for
all
dependents.
I
So
previously,
if
you
had
an
adult
dependent
like
a
parent
who
has
a
disability
that
you're
caring
for
neither
of
you
would
get
the
stimulus
payments
now,
the
the
taxpayer
will
get
the
stimulus
payment
on
behalf
of
their
dependents,
no
matter
their
age.
Similarly,
mixed
status,
families
will
also
get
stimulus
checks
previously,
if
a
us
citizen
was
married
to
somebody
who
did
not
have
a
social
security
number
because
they're
an
immigrant,
neither
person
would
get
the
stimulus
check,
which
was
just
really
messed
up.
I
There's
a
lot
of
support
for
local
governments
and
schools,
there's
federal
tax
relief
for
unemployment
benefits
and
so
for
a
lot
of
people
that
additional
600
you
were
getting
per
week
came
with
a
surprise
tax
bill.
If
you
filed
your
taxes
already
and
now,
the
first
ten
thousand
dollars
of
those
benefits
is
no
longer
taxed
on
the
federal
level,
which
is
really
great
for
people
who
who
relied
on
those
unemployment
benefits.
I
We
also
expanded
support
for
gig
workers,
so
that'll
be
like
uber
drivers,
other
independent
contractors,
and
also
extended
the
additional
payments
that
were
going
on
to
state
unemployment
benefits,
and
so
that's
at
300
per
week,
and
then
both
of
those
benefits
are
extended
through
september
6th
and
there's
also
a
huge
huge
expansion
of
child
tax
credits,
which
is
basically
amounts
to
a
sort
of
universal
basic
income
for
families
with
children
and
for
the
the
poorest
families
in
the
country.
I
That
is
going
to
basically
lift
like
30
of
of
families
that
are
of
kids
that
are
currently
living
in
poverty
out
of
poverty.
It'll
be
like
around
twelve
thousand
dollars
per
year
for
families,
which
is
which
is
so
important
and
then,
lastly,
there's
some
additional
health
insurance
subsidies.
I
Obviously
we
really
need
medicare
for
all
in
our
opinion,
but
during
this
this
period,
where
people
are
seeing
surprise
medical
bills
due
to
the
pandemic,
where
people
are
losing
their
job
and
then
their
health
insurance
due
to
layoffs,
it's
so
so
much
more
important
that
our
government
steps
up
and
ensures
that
everybody
has
access
to
health
care.
I
So
with
that,
I
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
Well,
oh
sorry,
actually
one
final
thing:
I
heard
the
discussion
around
the
the
trans
panic
bill
and
just
checked
in
with
my
dc
counterpart
to
make
sure
that
ilhan
will
be
co-sponsoring
the
the
federal
bill
that
bans
the
gate
and
trans-panic
defense
nationwide
that
should
be
reintroduced
in
the
next
couple
weeks
here
and
she
will
be
an
original
co-sponsor
for
that.
I
Oh
and
that's
my
puppy
but
yeah.
If
anyone
has
any
questions,
I'm
totally
happy
to
answer
that
the
other
handout
I
gave
to
track
is
the
casework
overview
of
the
sort
of
things
we
can
help
with
and
so
just
want
to
emphasize.
If
you
or
anyone
you
know,
needs
help
with
a
stimulus
payment,
a
missing
tax
refund
unemployment
application
not
going
through
a
delayed
work,
permit
anything
like
that,
reach
out
to
us
there's.
If
we
can't
personally
help,
we
will
definitely
get
you
connected
with
the
people
who
can.
B
I
do
have
a
quick
question
for
you
nikki,
so
from
my
experience,
I've
lost
a
few
jobs
actually
during
the
pandemic.
I
do
have
ssdi
but
of
course
it's
impacted.
My
health
care
coverage.
B
I've
lost
my
health
insurance,
and
so
is
this
all
during
like
surgery
process
surgery,
you
know
going
through
the
process
of
surgery
too
and
all
during
covet.
So
I'm
wondering
what's
the
status
of
that
for
people
who
do
receive.
B
I
I
Typically,
you,
those
exchanges
are
only
open
for
like
a
a
month
and
a
half
period
at
the
end
of
the
year,
and
so
this
would
reopen
the
marketplaces
so
that,
if
somebody
loses
a
job,
you
can
go
to
the
marketplace
and
get
health
insurance
without
needing
to
go
through
all
of
the
additional
paperwork
process
to
prove
you
had
a
change
in
life
circumstance
which
was
the
previous
requirement.
I
I
I
don't
know
specifically
in
terms
of
what
this
bill
is
going
to
change
for
the
sort
of
health
insurance
that
people
on
like
ssdi
or
like
medicare
and
medicaid
would
receive.
So
I
will
check
in
with
my
counterparts
that
lead
work
on
healthcare
and
like
medicare
and
social
security
and
whatnot,
and
get
some
additional
information
on
what's
in
this
bill
and
would
be
happy
to
follow
up
with
you.
B
Great
and
I'll
add
to
that,
I'm
thinking
specifically
about
trans
folks
in
the
surgery
process.
B
I
have
some
friends
who
have
lost
insurance
because
of
covid,
you
know,
and
then
they
work
part-time
and
have
no
insurance.
B
B
So
I'm
thinking
about
that
sort
of
thing,
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
are,
you
know
going
through
trans-related
surgeries
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic,
and
so
I
think
it's
good.
You
know
to
have
those
kinds
of
conversations
about
what
those
impacts
are,
because
people
are
struggling
and
you
know
they
can't
afford.
You
know
to
pay
their
bills.
They
may
be
afraid
to
be
even
losing
their
home,
let
alone
everything
else.
That's
going
on.
B
You
know
so
I
also
want
to
you
know:
I'm
grateful
for
all
the
work,
but
you
know
to
have
any
kind
of,
or
people
are
grateful
for
the
work
to
have
any
kind
of
work.
You
know
that
can
maybe
cover
some
of
their
bills,
but
then
there's
no
insurance,
and
you
know
the
story
goes
on.
I
Yeah,
so
I
like
the
I,
I
guess
what
the
typical
process
would
be
if
somebody
loses
their
job
and
then
loses
their
employer
provided
health
insurance
would
be
to
apply
for
one
of
the
state
subsidized
health,
insurance
programs
like
medical
assistance
or
minnesota
care,
and
for
both
of
those
those
are
means
tested
which
basically,
it's
just
like.
I
If
you
don't
have
income,
you
show
that
to
the
state
and
then
the
state
would
provide
you
either
free
or
heavily
subsidized
health
insurance
thanks
to
some
lawsuits
and
settlements
from
gender
justice
and
and
I
believe,
out
front
over
and
the
aclu
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
The
state
of
minnesota
does
cover
most
transition
care
on
that
that
that
is
medically
necessary.
And
so,
if
somebody
is
in
the
middle
of
a
surgical
process,
I-
and
this
is
the
job
they
should
be
able
to
get
medical
assistance.
I
The
the
whole
kind
of
I
mean
it's
such
a
burdensome
paperwork
process
to
get
any
sort
of
like
gender,
affirming
surgeries
in
our
current
medical
system,
but
that
you
may
have
to
go
through
the
pre-authorization
process,
with
medical
care
with
minnesota
care
or
medical
assistance,
but
those
should
be
covered
and
if
they
are
refusing
to
cover
them,
then
that
that
that
would
amount
to
discrimination
that
that
the
supreme
court
in
minnesota
has
affirmed
is
not
acceptable
under
the
law
and
there
are
a
number
of
organizations
that
I
believe
would
be
happy
to
help
represent
people
who
are
facing
a
denial
like
that.
I
So,
if
you
know,
people
who
like
either
need
help
getting
connected
with
minnesota
care,
medical
assistants
or
if
you
know,
people
who
like
are
getting
those
pre-authorizations
denied
by
their
new
health
insurer.
If
you
want
to
come
to
me,
we
can
get
you
connected
with
the
right
folks
who
would
be
able
to
help
you
navigate
those
specific
concerns.
B
A
A
G
G
There's
a
big
difference
between
what
you
know,
medical
organizations
deem
medically
necessary
and
what
states-
and
you
know
the
government-
considers
medically
necessary
and
it's
a
fight
that
continues
to
happen
in
medicaid,
medicare
context
as
well,
and
I'm
curious
if
there's
been
any
movement
on
finding
solutions
to
you
know
this
sort
of
I
mean
aca,
had
you
know
certain
things
in
it
related
to
medical
care,
but
ultimately
not
enough,
and
I'm
I'm
curious.
I
Into
yeah
that's
a
a
really
good
question,
so
there's.
I
One
of
the
things
that
we
have
been
working
on
is
in
kind
of
this
vein
is
around
the
the
coverage
of
care
that
the
va
provides
to
veterans,
and
so
one
of
the
reasons
that's
been.
I
A
focus
area
is
because
the
coverage
of
transition
care
at
the
va
can
be
achieved
through
a
policy
directive
like
like
not
even
at
like
the
secretary
level
or
like
the
executive
order
level
like
it
could
just
be
an
internal
policy
memo
that
would
automatically
cover
every
trans
veteran
for
transition
care
when
it
comes
to
coverage
under
medicare.
I
I
Our
state,
the
state
versions
of
medicare
or
like
the
programs
that
the
state
runs
using
medicare
and
medicaid
funds,
do
cover
the
the
stuff
that
medicare
nationally
does
not
cover,
or
at
least
they
are
supposed
to,
and
so
I
I
don't
know
that
the
congresswoman
has
personally
I
or
has
personally
worked
on
fixing
the
the
medicare
issue,
just
because
in
our
district,
that
is
not
like
the
the
federal
floor
is
not
the
floor
in
minnesota,
because
we
have
the
the
minnesota
human
rights
act.
I
I
But
I
totally
hear
you
and
that's
that
just
because
it's
not
the
just
because
it's
not
as
bad
in
minnesota,
which
is
not
to
say
that
it's
not
bad,
it
is
bad
and
a
lot
of
people
are
still
beating
their
head
against
that
wall.
All
the
time.
A
lot
of
insur
insurance
providers,
just
as
like
a
standard
practice,
will
initially
deny
many
claims
figuring
that
people
will
just
give
up
and
not
go
through
the
whole
process
of
challenging
that
denial,
and
I
I
mean.
I
Certainly
we
believe
that
the
equality
act
would
help
in
that
way
as
well,
because
it
codifies
equal
access
under
the
law
in
basically
every
area
imaginable,
and
so
right
now,
although
we
do
have
a
like
a
federal
executive
order
that
says,
the
federal
government
should
should
consider
that
the
law
that
ultimately
isn't
the
law
yet
and
so
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
use,
for
example,
the
president's
executive
order
to
find
a
different
like
aspect
of
like,
what's
in
in
the
law
on
medicare,
as
as
a
like,
we're,
not
gonna,
be
able
to
undo
the
law
due
to
the
executive
order,
whereas
if
we
had
two
laws
that
were
contradictory,
one
of
them
would
have
to
go.
I
You
know,
and
we
believe
that,
under
the
like
equal
protection
clause,
that
it
would
be
more
likely
that
the
the
ban
on
what
is
covered
would
be
the
thing
to
go.
I
G
Yeah,
mrs
galen,
thank
you
for
that.
I
know
you
know
in
in
terms
of
the
current
situation.
I
know
that
federal,
like
legislative
progress
on
a
lot
of
these
issues
is
going
to
be
hard
to
come
by
or,
like
you
said,
relate
to
ending
a
filibuster
or
filibuster
reform.
I
was
just
curious
if
it
was
something
that
was
on
people's
radar,
because
there
was
a
general
feeling
that
I
had
that
there
were
a
lot
of
people
who
saw
the
aca,
and
you
know
inclusions
that
were
put
through
with
that
as
just
like.
G
Oh
we're
done
rubber
stamp
and
as
someone
who
has
had
to
navigate
the
process,
we're
not
quite
there
yet
even
in
minnesota,
even
with
what
we
have.
It's
still,
you
know
a
bear,
so
I
was
just
curious.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
100-
and
I
mean
ultimately
like
we
believe
the
answer
is
medicare
for
all
and
that
you
shouldn't
have
an
insurer
that
decides
what
is
what
is,
or
is
not
medically
medically
necessary
for
you,
that,
like
the
system
that
we
have
right
now
is
fundamentally
broken,
and
the
reason
that
so
much
coverage
for
trans
people
is
denied
is
because,
like
queer
and
trans
people
overall
just
have
less
power
in
our
society
and
are
more
easily
able
to
be
taken
advantage
of
by
health
insurers
and
it's
ultimately
about
the
bottom
line.
I
So
yeah
I'll
also
follow
back
up
with
the
with
track
to
pass
on
information
with
you.
If
I
based
on
what
I
learned
from
my
dc.
A
This
is
track.
I
actually
have
a
question
nikki.
I
don't
remember
at
what
point
during
our
conversation
about
the
panic
defense
and
the
minnesota
bill
you
jumped
in
on,
but
there
was
some
conversation
about
like
okay,
the
city
of
minneapolis
can
add
it
to
our
legislative
agenda.
A
I
don't
personally
have
a
sense
of
how
often
congresswoman
omar
like
provides
any
feedback
or
input
or
nudges
around
things
that
are
going
on
at
a
state
level
in
minnesota,
but
it
was
wondering
if,
if
she
ever
tries
to
do
that,
and
if
so,
if
some
of
both
like
the
panic
defense
still
on
a
on
a
good
end
and
some
of
the
really
transphobic
stuff
going
through
minnesota
legislator
as
well
on
a
negative
end,
are
things
she
would
want
to
like
reach
out
to
former
colleagues
about
or
anything
like
that.
I
Yeah,
so
I
I'll
check
in
with
her
it
would
have
to
she
would
only
be
able
to
do
that
in
a
personal
capacity.
So,
like
I
couldn't
reach
out
to
her
on
my
official
time
just
to
due
to
ethical
guidelines,
I
mean
she
is
certainly
in
active
communication
with
all
of
with
many
elected
officials
in
the
state.
I
don't
think
that
I
I
don't
know,
I
guess
my
impression
is
at
least
of
all
the
legislators
in
our
district.
I
I
would
imagine
that
all
of
them
are
probably
original
co-sponsors
of
the
bill
or
would
be
if
asked
by
someone,
and
so
just
in
thinking
of
our
constituency
like
like,
we
definitely
have
opportunities
to
bring
things
up,
and
so
I'll
certainly
add
that
to
our
like
next
legislators,
luncheon
thing
just
to
make
sure
that
the
congresswoman
is
encouraging
people
to
to
to
consider
that
and
yeah.
I
I
guess
ultimately,
it's
gonna
rest
on
a
few
people
in
the
senate
here
as
well,
in
terms
of
whether
it's
going
to
be
able
to
to
pass
in
the
next
few
months.
E
Hi
this
is
becca
nikki.
Thanks
for
the
work
you
do,
and
I
just
want
to
put
in
another
plug
for
universal
coverage
for
health
care.
I'm
one
of
the
folks
who's
lucky
enough
to
have
an
income,
that's
decent,
but
you
know
I
pay
over
1500
a
month
between
my
insurance
coverage
and
my
prescriptions
and
it's
you
know
it's
I
make
just
enough
to
slowly
go
broke
quite
honestly
and
I'm
looking
for
any
long-term
solutions
that
we
can
work
on.
I
Yeah,
I
I
hear
you
I
mean
I
I
wish
that
I
had
good
answers.
It's
I
mean
it's.
It's
a
system
that
was
kind
of
designed
to
do
exactly
that.
The
subsidies
that
we
have
in
place
are
like
very
ineffective
in
a
lot
of
different
ways
and
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
fall
between
the
cracks.
If
your
employer
offers
something
like
a
health
savings
account
or
something
like
that
and
you
haven't
joined
that.
I
That
might
be
something
that
would
be
worth
considering
and
at
least
if
you're
gonna
have
to
pay
that
much
money
on
a
monthly
basis.
You
can
not
pay
taxes
on
that
money,
but
yeah,
I'm
sorry
that
you're
in
that
situation,
it
sounds
very,
very
frustrating.
I
A
If
no
one
has
anything
else,
thank
you
nikki,
so
much
again
for
being
here
and
if
any
other
questions
come
up,
I'm
happy
to
pass
them
along
to
you.