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From YouTube: Trans Equity Summit (panel)
Description
Emcee: Quinn Villagomez
Opening Remarks by Mayor Jacob Frey and City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins
Panelists: Lenny Hayes, Nick Metcalf, Marcela Michelle, Zeam Porter, Cameron PajYeeb Yang
Panel Moderated by Rox Anderson
http://www.minneapolismn.gov/coordinator/Equity/TransgenderEquity/index.htm
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C
A
Today,
if
you
need
anything
today,
our
volunteers
are
wearing
purple
lanyards
and
lead
stem
as
well
as
anyone
training
with
psychological.
First
aid
is
rain.
Blue
lanyards,
please
do
not
hesitate
to
approach
any
of
them
with
any
questions.
Can
any
volunteers
and
lead
staff
in
the
room
stand
up
and
wave,
so
everyone
can
see
you.
A
Sabrina,
the
very
top
there's
some
of
our
volunteers.
Today,
these
summits,
there
are
gender
neutral
as
well
as
gendered
and
a
DA
accessible
bathrooms
throughout
the
building.
The
volunteers
can
direct
you
to
as
well
as
a
quiet
room
on
the
ninth
level.
There
is
a
key
for
the
quiet
room.
If
you
need
that
key,
please
ask
Obama
to
to
assist
you
with
that.
If
you
need
a
free,
Metro,
Transit
PATH
us
to
get
home
today,
there
are
a
limited
number
of
paper
classes
at
the
registration
table.
Please
stop
by
during
the
day
to
grab
one.
A
Today's
event
is
hosted
by
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
in
collaboration
with
the
number
of
sponsors
who
are
listed
in
your
program
and
many
of
whom
have
tables
you
can
visit
side.
I
want
to
extend
a
big
thank
you
to
all
of
our
sponsors
and
a
special
thank
you
to
the
Women's
Foundation
of
Minnesota
for
the
sponsorship
of
our
reception.
This
evening,
I
want
to
thank
animun
from
Maine
Enterprises
photography
for
being
our
photographer
for
the
day.
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D
B
D
I
am
really
proud
to
be
the
mayor
of
a
city
that
has
been
on
the
front
end
of
numerous
different
social
justice
movements
and
transact
when
he
was
is
just
one.
We've
come
a
long
way.
Clearly,
we
have
a
long
way
to
go.
A
Minneapolis
was
the
first
city
in
the
nation
to
pass
a
non-discrimination,
ordinance
specifically
protecting
LGBTQ
people
in
1975,
since
that
1975
ordinance
Minneapolis
has
continued
its
legacy
of
acceptance
for
transgender
and
gender
non-conforming
individuals.
D
D
But
it
was,
she
started
it
back
when
she
was
a
council
policy
aide
to
address
issues
confronting
the
transgender
community
on
a
municipal
policy
level.
From
that
workgroup
came
several
clear
policy
initiatives,
including
this
tranzact
release
on
the
workgroup
expanded
to
include
and
develop
the
trans
gender
equity
council,
which
serves
as
an
advisory
board
to
the
city
and
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
boy
and
I've
had
the
great
honor
and
privilege
of
working
with
both
council.
D
Vice
president
Andrea
Jenkins
and
councilman
Philippe
Cunningham,
you
know
to
have
two
members
of
our
black
trans
community
operating
as
council
members
leaders
in
the
trans
community
leaders
in
the
entire
city
of
Minneapolis.
It's
been
really
a
great
honor
for
me
and
I
think
it's
a
tremendous
benefit
to
our
entire
city.
D
As
soon
as
you
well
know,
20
19
marks
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Stonewall
Riots,
a
moment
in
which
members
of
the
transgender
and
gender
non-conforming
community
moved
from
living
their
lives
in
secret
to
fighting
for
visibility
and
fighting
for
equity.
And
since
then,
we've
made
a
lot
of
progress,
and
you
have
to
acknowledge
that
we
have
a
really
long
way
to
go
still
I
recognize
that
we
still
live
in
a
country
in
which
members
of
our
trans
community
are
restricted
from
serving
in
the
military
28
states.
D
That's
by
the
way,
a
majority
is
a
good
at
math.
28
states
lack
anti-discrimination
laws.
Protecting
LGBTQ
people
in
the
workplace,
and
violence
against
the
transgender
community
specifically
continues
and
persists.
We
know
at
least
19
transgender
people
have
been
killed
this
year.
19
lives
have
been
taken
from
people
who
simply
were
being
true
to
themselves
and
who
they
were,
and
so
the
theme
of
this
summit
is
shifting
matters.
D
We
want
you
to
know
that
Minneapolis
fully
supports
our
transgender
and
gender
non-conforming
community
members
and,
as
mayor
I'm
committed
to
making
Minneapolis
the
city
that
fosters
the
livelihood
of
every
single
person
that
calls
Minneapolis
home,
we
pledge
to
continue
doing
the
work
to
be
a
more
inclusive
City.
We
recognize
that
we
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
We
will
continue
to
work
by
not
only
being
supportive
but
also
learning,
knowing
when
to
step
back
and
to
allow
our
transgender
community
to
reclaim
and
center
your
voices
and
now
minds.
D
We
will
work
alongside
you
to
create
spaces
such
as
this
one
that
value
your
leadership.
First,
we
want
to
envision
a
future
in
which
no
one's
voice
is
silenced,
but
they
are
instead
valued,
listened
to
and
to
go
one
for
the
step
further.
They
are
celebrated,
there's
a
lot
of
work
happening
in
Minneapolis
that
we're
all
extremely
proud
of,
and
including
the
work
of
our
transgender
working
group
and
transgender
equity
Council,
and
so
thank
you
just
for
your
collective
commitments
to
making
our
city
better,
not
just
for
your
community,
but
for
all
of
our
communities.
D
D
D
Social
services
throughout
Council
vice
president
Andrea
Jenkins,
moved
to
Minnesota
to
attend
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
in
1979
two
years
before,
I
was
born
and
was
hired
by
Hennepin
County
government.
Where
she
worked
for
a
decade.
She
worked
as
a
staff
member
on
the
minneapolis
c
council
for
twelve
years
before
beginning
work
as
a
curator
of
the
transgender
oral
history
project
at
the
university
of
minnesota's.
D
Fellow
to
advance
the
work
of
transgender
inclusion
and
the
recipient
of
numerous
awards
and
fellowships
on
a
personal
level,
she
has
been
so
influential
in
my
life.
She's
been
courageous,
she's
been
brave,
and
if
you
check
out
the
work
that
she's
doing
right
now
for
the
people
of
the
eighth
ward,
it
is
incredible
by
the
way
you
know
recently
opened
the
38th
Street
Bridge.
Does
anybody
familiar
with
it
actually.
D
H
I
H
H
Five
years
ago,
I
started
the
transgender
oral
history
project
to
document
the
lived
experiences
of
gender
line
of
trans
and
gender
non-conforming
folks,
because
we
have
to
ship
the
narratives
them
others
in
our
community
to
make
sure
that
everyone's
voice,
it's
so
beautiful,
I
mean
you
know,
just
seeing
all
of
you
in
the
space.
Many
of
you
who
were
a
part
of
that
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
sharing
yourselves
sharing
your
live,
sharing
your
life
stories
or
that
project
amazing.
B
H
Martin
31,
a
black
trans
woman
Jasleen,
where
a
black
trans
woman
Ashanti
come
home;
27
year-old
black
transgender
woman,
Claire
legato
for
21
year
old,
black
trans
woman,
malaysia,
booker
a
23
year
old,
black
transgender
woman,
Michelle
Tameka
Washington
a
40
year
old,
blacksmith
and
Paris
Cameron
a
20
year
old,
black
transgender
woman,
Chanel
Lindsay,
a
26
year-old
black
transgender
woman,
Chanel
sterling
23
year
old,
black
transgender
woman,
Zoe
Spears
a
23
year
old,
a
new
zone
tomato
in
Washington
DC.
She
lived
at
Casa,
Ruby.
H
Additionally,
we
are
deeply
concerned
about
Joanna,
Medina
and
Lane
Polanco,
whose
stories
we
follow
very
closely.
Medina
died
in
the
hospital
in
El,
Paso,
Texas,
just
hours
after
being
released
from
custody,
and
so
we
we
speak
their
names
and
we
recognize
and
express
gratitude
to
everyone
who
was
helped
to
create
this
experience.
Today
we
want
to
thank
our
host
the
Walker
Art
Center
and
its
director,
Mary,
sorry,
c4
and
her
wonderful
stamp
or
opening
up
this
beautiful
space
is
really
gorgeous
to
see
all
of
you
in
this
iconic
space
in
Minneapolis.
H
H
H
H
I
want
to
thank
all
the
elected
officials
who
sent
us
messages
of
support
and
I'll,
be
sharing
some
of
those
videos
and
letters
with
you
guys
in
just
a
little
bit.
I
really
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
my
amazing
staff,
my
senior
policy,
a
diva's
Sagara
diva.
Where
are
you
she
outside
working,
probably,
and
my
policy
associate
Zoey
Boozer
a
without
them
like
none
of
this
work
would
happen.
Trust
me.
H
I
really
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
everything
you
do
every
day
for
being
here
today,
for
showing
up
for
the
courage
to
live
your
lives
openly
and
out,
and
really
shifting
how
the
world
sees
trans
and
gender
non-conforming
people.
It's
really
important
work
to
just
get
up
and
walk
out
of
the
door
every
day
as
your
full
self,
and
that
matters
see
so.
Thank
you
so.
H
So
women,
dear
friends,
thank
you
for
coming
out
today
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
this
sixth
annual
trans
equity
summit.
For
years.
This
summit
has
been
a
beacon
of
hope
and
solidarity
for
all
those
fighting
for
justice
for
trans
and
gender,
non-conforming
Minnesotans
and
I'm
grateful
for
your
energy
and
your
commitment
to
this
important
issue.
H
Thousands
of
years
cultures
all
of
the
world
understood
that
gender
is
not
binary
any
or
an
immutable
quality.
They
knew
that
gender
is
unique
to
each
and
every
individual
on
this
planet
and
that
diversity
is
exactly
what
makes
humanity
so,
though,
we
still
have
a
long
way
to
go.
Our
society
is
finally
beginning
to
move
back
to
that
understanding.
H
Today,
trans
people
are
more
visible
than
ever.
At
the
same
time,
violence
against
trans
people,
especially
trans
women
of
color,
happens
at
an
alarming
rate
and
is
on
the
rise
representation
without
broader
exact
acceptance
means
that
trans
people
face
new
and
different
risks
than
in
the
past.
You
are
not
only
fighting
violence
from
anti-trans
Crusaders,
but
also
tokenism
from
the
people
who
claim
to
be
your
allies.
I
H
The
far-right
legalizes
discrimination
against
you.
We
will
continue
to
fight
for
your
protection
under
the
law.
When
my
colleagues
push
for
tolerance
but
still
miss
gender,
you,
we
will
show
them.
What
acceptance
and
celebration
looks
like.
We
are
done
asking
for
seat
at
the
table.
We
want
the
best
seats.
H
H
F
And
to
discuss
the
work
that
we
need
to
do
to
achieve
equity,
so
first
I
want
to
thank
the
city
of
Minneapolis
for
establishing
the
transgender
equity
council
in
2017
and
for
hosting
the
summit
today
and
I'm
so
proud
to
represent
a
city
that
is
committed
to
having
these
important
conversations
and
then
taking
action
to
make
sure
that
all
Minnesotans
are
respected,
valued
and
given
the
same
opportunities.
Let
me
be
clear:
it
is
unacceptable
for
any
American
to
experience
discrimination
based
on
who
they
are
or
who.
F
People
should
have
the
freedom
to
be
who
they
are
wherever
they
are,
and
we
still
know
that
there
is
still
important
work
to
do
to
protect
and
defend
that
right,
especially
in
the
workplace
and
far
too
many
states.
You
can
be
fired
from
your
job
for
being
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual
or
transgender
in
Minnesota.
We're
proud
to
offer
protection
against
this
discrimination,
but
as
somebody
who
identifies
as
transgender
wanted
to
take
the
job
just
across
the
border
in
Wisconsin,
they
could
find
themselves
without
the
equal
protection
of
the
law.
That
is
just
wrong.
F
Your
fundamental
rights
should
not
depend
on
your
zip
code.
A
recent
study
by
the
Human
Rights
Campaign
found
that
nearly
half
of
lgbtq+
employees
are
closeted
at
their
workplaces.
What's
even
more
shocking
is
that
this
statistic
has
barely
changed
over
the
past
decade.
It's
far
past
time
for
us
to
affirm
lgbtq+
rights
in
the
workplace
and
in
all
public
spaces,
so
that
no
person
faces
barriers
to
opportunity
because
of
their
identity.
F
The
Supreme
Court
recently
that
they
would
hear
a
case
on
this
precise
issue,
whether
the
Civil
Rights
Act
of
1964
prohibits
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity,
and,
while
I
expect
that
the
Supreme
Court
will
affirm
that
these
protections
are
clearly
within
the
scope
of
the
existing
law,
we
should
not
wait
for
the
court
to
decide.
The
stakes
are
just
too
high.
The
House
of
Representatives
has
already
passed
the
Equality
Act
and
the
Senate
should
pass
it
too.
F
This
is
the
next
step
in
our
nation's
journey
to
expand
civil
rights
and
it's
long
overdue.
The
Equality
Act
would
amend
our
federal
civil
rights
laws
to
ensure
that
lgbtq+
people
receive
protection
against
discrimination
in
employment,
education,
housing
and
all
public
accommodations.
For
the
first
time
in
our
nation's
history,
our
lgbtq+
family
members,
neighbors
and
co-workers
would
be
guaranteed
all
of
the
same
federal
protections
as
other
protected
classes.
So
I'm
asking
you
all
to
join
me
in
the
fight
to
get
the
Equality
Act
across
the
finish
line.
F
I
also
want
to
mention
how
important
it
is
to
fight
for
fairness
and
housing
and
in
health
care.
Recently,
the
US
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
signal
that
they
will
direct
homeless
shelter,
operators
to
assign
rooms
based
on
an
individual
sex,
as
assigned
at
Earth
instead
of
their
stated
gender
identity,
and
we
know
that
many
folks
who
are
transgender,
already
forgo
shelter
services
due
to
feeling
unsafe,
but
rather
than
working
to
make
shelter
services
more
accessible.
The
Trump
administration
is
making
it
even
harder
for
folks
to
find
a
safe
place
to
sleep.
F
When
someone
comes
into
a
shelter,
they
should
never
be
turned
away
because
of
their
gender
identity
or
be
forced
to
choose
between
sleeping
on
the
street
or
being
in
a
shelter
room
that
makes
them
feel
unsafe.
That
is
a
choice
that
no
person
living
in
this
country
should
ever
have
to
make.
The
Trump
administration
also
moved
to
eliminate
protections
against
discrimination
and
here
and
wants
to
allow
healthcare
providers
to
refuse
care
varies
based
on
a
patient's
identity.
F
Now
I
hear
from
Minnesotans
who
are
transgender,
that
they
experience
mistreatment
and
discrimination
when
they
seek
medical
care,
even
with
federal
protections
in
place.
So
we
need
to
do
more
to
ensure
that
people
are
safe
and
respected
when
receiving
health
care
instead
of
rolling
back
fundamental
civil
rights
and
denying
patients
access
to
the
care
that
they
need.
I
will
never
stop
defending
the
rights
of
people
who
are
transgender
and
gender
non-conforming.
Thank
you
for
dedicating
yourself
to
the
pursuit
of
equality
and
visibility
and
know
that
I
am
your
partner
in
Washington.
J
But
everyone
gathered
at
the
6th
annual
Minneapolis
tranzact
woody
summit
I
think
you
know
I
much
rather
be
there
with
you
in
person,
but
there's
just
a
few
things
going
on
right
now,
so
I'm
honored
to
join
you
via
video
I'd,
like
to,
of
course
thank
Andrea
and
Philippe,
who
in
2017
became
two
of
the
first
openly
transgender
people
of
color
to
ever
be
elected
to
public
office
in
the
United
States
of
America.
Ok,
that's
worth
some
applause.
J
People
who
support
the
transgender
issues
workgroup
and
the
transgender
equity
council,
our
home
state
of
Minnesota,
has
been
called
the
land
of
10,000
loves.
So,
as
we
reflect
on
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Stonewall
riots,
we
honor
the
courage
and
activism
of
our
transgender
and
non-conforming
communities.
Our
state
also
celebrates
that
we
held
our
first
gay
pride
parade
three
years
later
after
those
riots
in
1972.
It
was
more
of
a
protest
than
a
celebration
and
over
the
years
it
changed.
J
Today's
theme,
shifting
the
narrative
telling
our
stories
is
fitting
in
through
sharing
your
stories
that
we
turn
the
page
and
make
progress
think
about
it.
It
wasn't
too
long
ago
that
there
were
zero,
zero
hate
crime
protections
for
LGBTQ
people
on
the
books
a
little
more
than
15
years
ago.
In
some
states
you
could
be
prosecuted
for
being
gay.
It
wasn't
too
long
ago
that
Don't
Ask
Don't
Tell,
was
the
law
of
the
land,
but
today
there
are
more
hate
crime,
protections
and
more
on
the
job.
Protections.
J
Oh
and
there
are
more
LGBTQ
elected
officials
than
ever
before,
including
including
Andrea
and
Philippe,
but
also,
of
course,
angie
Craig.
Who
is
elected
last
year
and
is
the
first
openly
gay
member
of
Congress
from
Minnesota?
She
joined
over
150
LGBTQ
candidates
across
the
country
more
than
any
previous
election,
but
as
far
as
we've
come,
we
still
have
many
miles
to
go.
As
my
friend
and
colleague
and
our
neighbors
senator
Baldwin
likes
to
say,
full
equality
has
not
been
won.
We
can't
confuse
progress
for
victory.
J
That's
why
I
am
an
original
co-sponsor
of
the
Equality
Act.
This
bipartisan
bill
would
ensure
that
LGBTQ
people
receive
equal
protection
under
the
law
by
updating
federal
civil
rights
laws
to
ban
discrimination
and
employment,
housing,
public
accommodations,
Jerry,
superb
service,
education,
federal
programs
and
credit
on
the
basis
of
race,
color,
religion,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
national
origin,
age
of
disability.
Now
you
know
we
were
one
of
we
were
the
first
in
Minnesota
to
do
this,
and
that
was
a
long
time
ago.
It
is
time
to
get
this
done
nationally,
there's
more,
we
must
do.
J
Convention
act
a
bill,
I've
co-sponsored,
which
will
help
to
put
an
end
to
harmful
conversion
therapy
so
that
all
LGBTQ
youth
in
America
are
protected,
no
matter
what
state
they
call
up.
I'll
end
with
this
there's
an
old
saying,
know
where
you
stand
and
stand
there
and,
let's
be
clear,
I
will
stand
with
all
of
you.
You
know
what
we
have
right
now.
We
have
a
president
that
literally
has
said
that
brave
trans
people
should
not
be
able
to
serve
in
the
military.
That
is
wrong.
J
A
Also,
if
you
have
lost
any
items
any
belongings,
there
is
a
lost-and-found
table
at
the
front
in
the
lobby.
Now
I
want
to
introduce
our
opening
plenary
panel.
This
powerful
crew
of
community
leaders
will
discuss
what
it
means
to
them
to
shift
narratives
in
this
work.
Please
welcome
our
panel
for
today.
K
I
F
I
I
I
I
E
L
K
I
B
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
time
on
the
panel,
so
I've
been
instructed
to
pair
my
questions
down
a
bit,
so
I
will
do
that
for
the
sake
of
time,
since
this
focus
of
today
is
I'd
like
to
start
with
each
of
you
telling
sharing
with
us
what
activated
you
to
do
the
work
that
you
do.
What
was
your
activation
point?
There's
a
specific
or
a
particular
thing
that
happened
or
remembering
that
you
might
have
that
hope
to
motivate
to
do
the
work
that
you
do
now.
G
G
K
What
has
impacted
me
to
do
so
much
national
workers
that,
even
within
our
own
tribal
communities,
our
identity
is
not
recognized
even
when
we
think
of
nationally.
Even
the
two-spirit
identity
is
not
recognized,
we're
not
included
in
the
main
stream
language
in
organizations
we
are
are
but
nationally
we're
not
so
I
advocate
a
lot
for
the
recognition
of
this
identity
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
tell
people
and
I
think
some
people
get
really
uncomfortable
with
me
when
I.
K
It
once
I
have
talked
specifically
for
it
with
elders
within
my
own
internal
community
and
other
tribal
communities.
In
fact,
we
do
have
a
lane.
We
do
have
a
word
in
our
language
that
identifies
male
and
female,
but
when
you
think
about
colonization
before
colonization,
our
people
treated
all
people
with
respect
and
honor.
We
don't
even
have
the
LGBTQ
language
before
colonization.
K
There's
no
such
word
in
our
tribal
languages,
so,
for
instance,
I
come
from
the
court
to
people,
and
the
word
that
was
and
to
me
to
identify
who
I
am,
is
winkta,
so
I
identify
first
as
a
winkta
second
identify
as
a
two-spirit
now,
because
that
word
didn't
come
about
until
1990
and,
lastly,
I
di
identify
as
a
gay
male.
This
is
my
way
of
decolonizing,
my
own
way
of
thinking.
L
F
L
I'm,
just
starting
with
my
activism
only
a
few
years
in
and
anyone
really
pushed
me,
it
was
not
having
enough
spaces.
For
my
eagerness
and
my
greenness
and
my
trans-ness
I
know,
I
was
a
part
of
that
generation
that,
where
a
lot
of
things
started,
a
lot
of
entities
started
closing
down.
So
all
the
airlines
in
this
room
make
sure
to
donate
to
those
places.
L
I
know
a
South
Side
cafe
closed
when
I
was
coming
out
of
college
and
moving
back
to
the
Twin
Cities
I'm
in
shape
the
yellow
was
closing
down
and
just
having
those
spaces
to
find
community
and
that
end,
having
places
in
spaces
to
advocate
for
people
who
love
me
and
people
who
are
impacted,
the
most,
which
are
black
brown
trans
people.
And
that's
that's
what
that's
why
I'm
here
right
I'm
is
because
I
needed
a.
B
I
I
F
I
Real
cool
because
I'm
told
a
shorty
in
eighth
grade
bad
doing
this
work
for
her
because
she
definitely
fought
like
she
didn't
finish.
High
school
and
I
know
part
of
this,
because
what
a
problem
like
when
we,
you
know
came
out
together,
I
got
caught
in
the
bathroom
people
who
fought
early
I
was
too
much
of
a
punk
to
fight,
so
she
will
fight
for
both
of
us
thinking.
I
F
I
K
Her
was
the
fact
that
she
was
61
at
the
time
and
at
a
place
where,
because
I've
had
many
conversations
with
two-spirit
people
in
community
on
their
pubic
basis
as
friend
as
a
community
member.
But
having
that
conversation
that
sometimes
often
they
feel
like
they're
being
forced
to
do
something,
meaning
that
this
individual
did
not
want
to
take
hormones.
K
And
the
people
in
community
that
she
was
with
in
the
non-native
community
got
angry
with
her
and
stopped
talking
to
her
unfriended.
Her
on
Facebook
and
I.
Was
really
really
hurt
by
that
she
identified
as
a
native
tribe
on
Native
trans,
two-spirit
woman,
and
she
said,
let
me
I'm
too
old
in
transition.
That's
not
what
I
want
to
do
it
I've
just
come
to
a
place
of
acceptance
of
Who.
K
K
And
sometimes
I
mean
places
where
I
believe
that
people
are
uncomfortable
with
what
I
have
to
say.
But
I
will
speak
truth
because
I
am
a
survivor
and
we
have
many
two-spirit
native
lg2
LGBTQ
people
out
there
who
are
being
impacted
by
violence,
all
forms
of
violence,
but
yet
we're
not
talking
about
them.
K
One
of
the
things
that
I'm,
also
working
on
nationally
in
all
the
places
that
I
go
into
is
the
fact
that
we
never
acknowledged
the
Michigan
murdered
a
two-spirit
people
when
a
little
over
three
four
years
ago,
from
my
own
tribe,
we
had
five
individuals
from
my
tribe
within
a
little
over
two
year
span
word
murdered
or
died
by
some
form
of
violence.
So
why
are
we
not
in
ology
the
two-spirit
people?
Thank
you
before.
I
B
J
L
L
And
I
used
to
pretty
I
was
a
radio
producer
for
two
three
years
after
with
guidance
from
rocks
and
man,
and
so
telling
stories
is
always
very
important
to
me,
because
people
want
my
identities.
There
aren't
a
lot
of
stories.
I
come
from
among
folks
who
have
no
land
and
are
used
by
Americans
and
our
history
or
history
or
in
their
story.
Our
stories
were
number
written
down
or
they
were
burnt
or
destroyed,
and
a
lot
of
trans
folks
write
our
stories.
L
Aren't
there
and
I
started
I
wanted
to
create
stories
for
people
who
looks
and
identified
like
me
and
my
entire
life.
That's
what
I've
been
doing,
but
then
realized
I
wasn't
happy
right,
even
telling
these
stories
and
what
I've
learned
recently
was
I
needed
to
tell
stories
and
that
for
the
mainstream
right.
L
You
know
that's
I
needed
to
tell
my
own
story
for
me
because
a
lot
of
people
they
would
tell
me
like
you,
should
make
your
dad
come
in
there
like
this
or
like
you
should
you
know
they
used
to
talking.
A
photograph
should
be
like
looking
like
this,
like
you
should
talk
like
this
and
like
powder
down
right
there.
That's
like
just
like
wait,
and
everyone
tells
you
like.
He
should
write
like
how
you
should
be
by
and
these
rules
but
genuinely
like.
L
If
you
don't
love
yourself
and
like
people
tell
you
doesn't
love
yourself
all
the
time,
but
like
it
wasn't
until
I
had
to
go
through
it
right.
Then
I
finally
realize
like
damn
I
needed
to
start
doing
things
for
me
and
yeah
I
made
this
like
really
badass
documentary
and
do
not
take
everyone's
critiques.
It's
you
find,
and
it
was
beautiful.
L
Like
all
the
music
and
the
audio
was
just
me,
my
friends
jamming
out
and
then
we
just
like
I
just
scored
it
in
because
I'll
get
you
know
yeah
and
like
storytelling.
If,
obviously,
the
people
who
are
telling
the
stories
should
be
the
ones
who
are
centered,
the
most
impacted
communities
should
be
the
one
centered
and
story
should
be
told
right
to
fillings,
visualized
organized
by
the
people
who
the
stories
are
about
and
I,
don't
know
how
I
mean.
We
all
know
this
right.
G
B
I
I
I've
learned
how
to
time
travel
and
you
need
each
other.
It's
it's
hard
to
come
right,
I'm,
just
getting
comfortable,
don't
get
weird
about
it.
Okay,
so
we're
gonna
type
those
together-
and
this
is
the
thing
you
need
to
go
faster
than
the
speed
of
light,
but
they
didn't
say
anything
about
that
just
being
in
our
neurons,
so
we
want
to
have
our
neurons
fire
so
fast.
I
We
are
gonna
talk
to
our
ancestors,
as
well
as
our
trans
babies
in
the
future,
but
I'm
a
bad
counter
weight,
cuz,
I'm,
a
missio
and
like
in
order
to
do
this.
We
got
gotta
love
each
other
and
so
shout
out
to
the
people
in
the
audience
who
might
echo
got
in
the
way
of
loving
y'all?
I'm.
Very
sorry,
can
you
please
just
take
a
breath
with
me.
Only
the
people
who
have
over
need
to
take
a
breath
right
now.
Okay,
thank
you.
That's
fine,
homie
be
a
conduit
for
this
time.
I
Truck
I'm
gonna
need
everyone
to
close
the
eyes.
I'm
need
everyone
to
think
thing
ancestors
and
that's
all
of
them
for
my
black
people,
even
think
but
say
you
to
the
Masters
on
our
bloodline.
Okay,
now
everyone
say
thank
you,
I
appreciate
you,
you
taught
it
so
that
it
could
be
here.
You
busted
good
nuts,
so
I
could
be
here,
and
that
is
powerful.
That's
magical
and
I'm
doing
what
I
gotta
do
now
for
the
babies
in
the
future.
Here
goes
this
manifesto.
Here's
our
time
trouble.
I
The
oxygen,
the
nitrogen,
the
wood
it
takes
to
be
to
shine
this
bright.
They
don't
understand
the
pain
of
burning.
They
don't
understand
renewal,
sometimes
for
growth.
Certain
seeds
have
coating
on
them
that
have
to
evaporate
translation.
When
you
are
doing
you
the
best,
sometimes
people
will
cry
because
your
light
shines,
their
eyes
begin
to
sting
and
the
seeds
wrapped
and
coated
the
wrapped
in
shame
and
then
begin
to
flame
and
burst
and
combust.
So
when
they
flame
and
burst
a
compass
in
your
face,
do
not
consume
any
of
it.
I
A
Their
descriptions
and
locations
are
in
your
programs,
followed
by
lunch
in
the
lobby
where
you
registered
this
morning.
Additional
programs
are
available
at
the
registration
table
and
volunteers
are
available
to
help
direct
to.
You
will
have
a
second
round
of
breakout
sessions
after
lunch
again,
descriptions
and
locations
are
in
your
program
and
then
we
will
gather
back
here
2:45
to
see
a
premiere
of
the
stonewall
oral
history
project
and
will
hear
from
our
keynote
speaker,
Nicki
bean
and
then
also
just
a
reminder
that
we
do
have
our
job
resource.
A
They
are
going
on
from
9
a.m.
to
4
p.m.
in
the
pavilion
just
across
the
street,
in
the
sculpture,
gardens
and
then
there's
also
a
healing
justice
phase
from
11:00
a.m.
until
5:00
p.m.
and
the
pavilion
and
there's
more
information
about
that
in
your
programs.
Again,
I
am
koinonia
Gomez
or
Shrimant,
whichever
you
prefer.
How
this
amazing
day
at
the
6th
annual
transit.