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Land Acknowledgement and Blessing by Miss Reva D’Nova; Welcome by Council President Andrea Jenkins; Venue Welcome by Trumanue Lindsey; and Keynote Fireside Chat with Diamond Stylz and Tamo Lucero; emceed by Quinn Villagomez
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B
C
B
Good
morning,
every
oh
sorry,
sorry,
good
morning,
everyone
good
morning
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
today
at
the
Ninth
Annual
trans
Equity
Summit,
and
this
year's
theme
is
building
trans
power.
My
name
is
Quinn
Villa,
Gomez
or,
as
most
people
know
me
as
Shimmer,
say,
hey
Shimmer,
thank
you
and
I
am
a
radio
on-air
personality
here
in
the
Twin
Cities
on
kfai
radio,
90.3
FM
I
have
a
morning
show
called
Daybreak
with
Shimmer
on
kfdi,
every
Thursday
from
6
a.m,
to
8
A.M
and
I
host
with
Rox
Anderson
on
fresh
fruit
and
rare
Productions.
B
and
I
also
have
two
fashion
shows
here
in
the
Twin
Cities
design,
icon
and
a
prince
inspired
fashion
show
so
I'm
really
honored
to
be
your
MC
for
today.
So
welcome
to
those
of
you
joining
us
at
Minneapolis
College
today
and
those
watching
the
zoom
on
Facebook
live
stream,
we're
so
glad
you're.
Here.
In
all
of
these
different
ways,
we
have
a
few
announcements
and
then
I'll
welcome
our
first
guest
to
the
stage.
B
First,
there
are
programs
available
at
the
registration
table
for
those
of
you
in
person
and
you
should
have
been
emailed
one
as
well.
If
you
registered
in
advance
the
program
inserts,
have
the
room,
number
and
zoom
links
for
all
of
today's
sessions.
There
are
also
evaluation
forms
in
the
paper
programs.
Please
drop
yours
off
at
the
registration
table
before
you
leave
today.
If
you
need
help
with
anything
throughout
the
day,
volunteers
are
available
on
slack
and
in
person
wearing
purple,
lanyards
and
our
event.
Coordinators
are
in
blue
lanyards.
B
B
Our
volunteers
can
help
give
you
directions.
And,
lastly,
if
you
are
attending
in
person,
please
wear
a
mask
unless
you're
eating
drinking
or
unmasking
for
accessibility
related
reasons.
I
also
want
to
model
some
accessibility
practices.
That
will
be.
We
will
be
working
on
for
all
of
our
hybrid
programming.
Today,
please
say
your
name
before
you
speak,
so
interpreters
know
who
is
speaking,
and
please
describe
your
video
for
our
blinds.
B
B
I
want
to
introduce
Riva
de
Nova
Riva
de
Nova
is
an
is
an
enrolled
member
of
ayote
people
of
the
Lake
Traverse
reservation
and
of
the
bear
clan
with
the
Great
Red
Lake
Nation.
She
has
been
semi-retired
since
early
2022
and
has
been
busy
doing
contract
work
for
the
trans
community
on
both
national
and
local
levels.
B
Riva
is
honored
to
be
one
of
our
four
Native
American
trans
cohorts
contracted
nationally
to
work
on
all
of
the
aspects
of
the
Native
American
section
of
the
upcoming
United
States
trans
survey,
with
the
national
Center
for
transgender
Equity
equality.
Her
history
includes
an
extensive
administrative
Administration
background
working
with
diverse
communities,
including
victims,
offenders
and
people
who
are
deemed
at
risk.
A
certified
cognitive
skills,
facilitator
a
trained
crisis
line
worker
and
has
facilitated
life
skills
classes
to
recently
released
offenders.
B
D
I'm,
not
a
holy
person,
but
I
do
want
to
take
this
moment
to
acknowledge
the
land
that
we're
on
in
the
Twin
Cities
and
Minnesota
area.
We
are
on
Dakota
land,
highly
occupied
by
the
Dakota
and
the
anishinabi
tribe,
for
our
blessing
this
morning,
I'm,
like
I,
said
I'm,
not
a
holy
person,
but
many
of
us
as
trans
people.
You
know
our
spiritual
needs
are
a
little
Lackey.
Our
don't
have
a
lot
of
support.
So
I
know
there
are
several
different
faiths
and
different
different
denominations
out
there.
D
B
B
F
Good
morning
everybody
nope,
oh
wait.
What
a
all
right!
Good
morning,
everybody
how's
everybody
doing.
That's
good!
Welcome!
Welcome
just
to
follow
instructions.
I
am
a
black
male
wearing
a
black
top
black
pants
and
a
blue
and
purple,
and
black
blazer
for
those
that
are
joining
us
online
and
so
again
my
name
is
Tremaine
Lindsay
Jr
I'm,
our
vice
president
of
equity
and
inclusion
here
at
Minneapolis,
College
and
I
would
like
to
officially
welcome
you
all
here
to
Minneapolis
College.
For
some
of
you.
F
This
may
be
your
very
first
time
stepping
foot
on
our
campus
for
some
of
you
you
may
have
visited
before
it
might
have
been
some
time,
but
regardless
of
the
frequency,
we
welcome
you
here
for
those
that
may
not
know
Minneapolis
College
I
mean
we're
first
of
all,
we're
very
very
excited
to
be
able
to
host
the
Ninth
Annual
trans
Equity
Summit.
Can
we
give
it
up
for
that.
F
Inclusion
is
one
of
those
community
community
is
huge,
is
a
huge
value
of
ours,
excellence
and
integrity.
Those
are
the
things
to
be
able
to
that
that
we
look
to
as
values
that
we
hold
to,
that.
We
strive
to
be
able
to
uplift
and
what
better
way
to
be
able
to
hold
true
to
those
values
than
to
be
able
to
host
today's
Summit
until
again-
and
we
welcome
you
here-
we're
excited
for
those
that
may
not
know
this
Summit
today
is
actually
the
first
open,
Community
event
that
we've
had
since
we're.
F
F
We
pride
ourselves
on
fostering
an
environment
where
all
individuals
are
not
told
right,
A
lot
of
times.
You
hear
things,
people
say
things,
but
the
actions
don't
back
that
up.
We
try
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
all
visitors,
all
occupants
of
our
campus,
are
not
just
told
in
here
that
they
belong
here,
but
that
they
truly
know
that
you
belong
here
and
so
again
we
are
excited,
welcome
to
Minneapolis
Camp
Minneapolis
College
campus,
and
we
hope
that
you
are
able
to
enjoy
today's
Summit.
B
B
Next
I
want
to
introduce
our
city
council
president
and
one
of
my
favorite
favorite
people
she's
one
of
my
biggest
Inspirations
personally
Andrea
Jenkins
Andrea
Jenkins
is
a
nationally
recognized
writer
performance
artist,
poet
and
transgender
activist.
She
moved
to
mini
to
Minnesota
to
attend
the
University
of
Minnesota
in
1979
and
was
hired
by
the
Hennepin
County
government
where
she
worked
for
a
decade.
B
She
worked
as
a
staff
member
on
the
Minneapolis
city
council
for
12
years
before
beginning
work
as
a
curator
of
the
transgender
oral
history
project
at
the
University
of
Minnesota's
John,
Nicholas,
Treader
collection
in
gay,
lesbian,
bisexual
and
transgender
studies.
She
holds
a
master's
degree
in
Community
Development
from
Southern
New,
Hampshire,
University
and
MFA
in
creative
writing
from
Hamlin
University.
B
A
A
So
happy,
ninth
anniversary
I
do
just
want
to
acknowledge
and
and
thank
Miss
Riva
for
the
land
acknowledgment
and
we
are
on
unseated
Ojibwe
Lakota
Dakota,
and
this
is
my
baby.
A
lands,
however
we're
in
a
country
that
was
built
on
Stolen
labor
and
whenever
we
make
that
land
acknowledgment
I
want
to
also
make
sure
we
acknowledge
the
labor,
the
stolen
labor
that
has
filled
and
built
this
entire
country,
and
some
might
say,
given
the
fact
that
you
know
the
Queen
of
England
just
died,
the
whole
modern
world
right
on
Stolen
land,
stolen
labor.
A
A
I
found
it
this
Summit
nine
years
ago,
with
the
support
of
my
then
boss,
Elizabeth
Clinton
and
I
had
no
idea
that
it
would
assist
for
this
long
and
not
only
has
it
persisted,
but
it
has
grown
tremendously
I'm
looking
across
this
room
and
I'm
just
fascinated
by
how
many
of
you
are
out
here
today.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here,
and
that
is
due
to
the
the
volunteerism,
the
persistence,
the
commitment
from
so
many
other
people.
A
Christina
Kendricks,
who
I
saw
floating
around
somewhere
earlier,
but
of
course
she
has
been
here
since
day,
one
and
at
the
center
of
every
Summit
that
we
hosted
Destiny's
young
diva
siddar,
where
you
at
Diva
giveaway
way
in
the
back
there,
and
so
many
other
City
of
Minneapolis
staff,
members
and
and,
of
course,
all
of
our
sponsors
who
have
been
supporting
this
event
over
time.
I
want
to
thank
mctc.
We've
had
some
amazing
venues
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
want
to
and
move
this
event
around
to
various
spaces.
A
A
A
Yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
I
do
want
to
just
take
a
quick
moment
to
thank
and
recognize
this
year's
keynote
speaker,
Diamond
Styles,
who
stepped
up
at
the
very
last
minute
to
join
us
here,
Diamond
you're
joining
the
list
of
some
amazing
Keynotes
I
just
want
you
to
know.
Our
first
keynote
was
Angelica
Ross,
who
has
went
on
to
become
the
star
of
the
hit.
Tv
show
pose
FX
and
is
currently
starring
on
Broadway
in
the
Musical
Chicago.
A
Like
that's
huge,
we've
had
CeCe
McDonald
Tony
Brown,
the
first
trans
woman
to
perform
at
the
White
House
Miss
Precious
Davis,
who
just
ran
for
office
in
the
city
of
Chicago
and
is
the
the
Midwest
Regional
representative
for
Sierra
Club.
So
thank
you
diamond
for
joining
us
today.
We
really
appreciate
it.
Friends
we're
living
in
some
really
talented
democracy
is
being
severely
challenged
in
the
United
States.
Climate
change
is
ravaging
our
communities
all
over
the
world.
There's
a
war
going
on
in
Europe.
B
A
There's
so
much
work
to
do
nationally.
I
sit
on
the
board
of
the
transgender
legal
education
defense
fund
and
the
Human
Rights
Campaign,
because
our
communities
are
under
attack,
particularly
from
nefarious,
disingenuous
lawmakers
and
legislators
all
over
the
country,
the
Supreme
Court,
giveth,
marriage,
equality
and
taketh
away
abortion,
and,
let's
be
clear.
A
A
A
He
said
as
much
y'all
thought
it
was
all
sunshine
and
rainbows
Jon
Stewart
said
I,
know,
Dave
he's
a
good
human
being.
I
know
his
heart,
but
we
ain't
talking
about
his
heart.
We
ain't
talking
about
his
charity,
thought
I
was
Stronger,
but
they
keep
on
attacking
me
thought.
Sticks
and
Stones
would
break
my
bones,
but
words
would
never
hurt
me.
A
A
A
We
must
vote,
we
must
stay
engaged
and
not
only
just
vote
but
show
up
after
we
elect
people
who
we
want
to
live
out
our
values
to
to
to
move
forward
our
Dream
for
a
better
Society.
So,
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
I
hope
you
have
a
great
rest
of
the
summit
and
I
I'm
looking
forward
to
to
just
being
in
community
with
you
all
today
and
I
love
you
and
have
a
great
time
today.
Thank
you
so
much.
B
Just
a
couple
of
announcements:
we
do
have
a
covid-19
take
home
kits
from
the
Minnesota
transgender,
Health,
Coalition
and
THC,
brought
to
you
by
the
Department
of
Health,
and
then
also
we
also
have
water,
coffee
and
fruit
over
to
the
right.
If
you
are
a
wine,
a
snack
or
a
beverage
next
and
I'm,
also
again
I'm
wearing
a
pink
shirt.
Blue,
pants
and
I
have
blue
glasses
and
black
hair.
B
They
them
is
a
proud
first
generation
queer
nonberry
latinx
immigrants
born
in
El,
Paso,
Texas
Tamo
grew
up
in
and
around
the
Denver
metro
area,
where,
as
a
child
of
divorce,
their
talent
for
poetry
and
Opera
provided
healing
and
a
sense
of
self.
In
college,
Tamo
followed
their
love
of
performance
and
passion
for
the
Arts
to
the
mythical
plural
lands
of
the
Midwest
Dakota
Iowa
earning
a
Bachelor
of
Arts
at
Lutheran
College
through
an
involvement
in
a
wide
array
of
musical
studies
and
campus
political
organizations.
B
Tamoa's
voice
grew
stronger
and
clearer,
both
in
vocal
performance
and
their
pursuit
of
social
justice
and
advocacy
after
graduation.
Tamo
took
a
position
at
a
national
non-profit,
becoming
executive
director
at
22
and
overseeing
youth
development
of
cooperatives
and
the
expansion
of
collab
spaces
in
North
America
having
honed
their
hands
on
leadership
skills
in
the
global
Cooperative
movements.
B
Seeing
success
in
their
work
to
ban
conversion
therapy
at
the
municipal
level
joined
in
organizing
for
yes
for
Minneapolis
campaign
and
supported
down
ballot
candidacies
of
women,
of
color
immigrants,
refugees
and
new
Americans,
and
most
recently,
Tamo
served
as
the
campaign
manager
for
county-wide
race,
focusing
on
issues
of
diversity
and
inclusion
in
the
judicial
system.
Temo
is
a
resident
of
Saint,
Paul
Minnesota
and
an
avid
student
of
sexual
health
education
and
finds
deep
Liberation
through
radical
self-love
and
expressions
of
courageous
authenticity,
and
our
keynote
speaker
for
today
is
Diamond.
B
Styles
Diamond
Styles
has
been
one
of
the
long-standing
voices
of
the
millennial
black
Trans
Community.
She
started
her
activism
at
17
when
she
won
a
first
amendment's
rights,
lawsuit
against
the
Indianapolis
Public
School
System,
a
victory
that
allows
her
to
go
to
the
prom
and
a
gender
for
me
gown.
B
Instead
of
a
tuxedo
at
19,
she
was
the
first
openly
trans
woman
to
attend
the
legendary
HBCU
Jackson
State
University,
where
she
honed
her
passion
for
activism
and
for
more
than
a
decade
she
has
used
her
social
media
platforms
like
YouTube
to
document
and
archives,
trans
people
and
events
around
the
globe.
She
has
produced
and
appeared
on
CNN
ABC
bet,
Al
Jazeera,
Insider,
The,
Insider,
Inc
and
The
Roots,
among
others.
B
C
C
G
C
Well,
great
I
I
just
want
to
Echo
where
what
we've
been
hearing
just
for
our
opening
here.
Thank
you
all
for
attending
our
Ninth
Annual
trans
Equity
Summit,
both
here
in
person
and
virtually
wherever
you
might
be
joining
us
at
home
and
because
we
as
council
president
Jenkins
shared,
we
love
and
believe
in
intersectionality
I
just
want
to
wish
our
audience
both
here
and
at
home.
Happy
latinx,
Heritage
Month
that
just
started
yesterday,
so
just
wanted
to
shout
that
out.
C
Thank
you
and
then
I'm
just
excited
to
set
the
tone.
For
this
day,
I
mean
y'all.
I
have
been
researching,
I
I.
Consider
myself,
I.
Think
a
diamond
expert.
At
this
point.
This
has
been
my
job.
I'm
really
excited
to
just
kind
of
lead
our
conversation
and
help
you
and
getting
to
know
this
really
fabulous
individual,
because
I
know
I
mean
we
were
at.
We
were
hearing
the
plethora
of
things
that
you
do,
but
it
wasn't
even
scratching
the
surface
I
mean,
as
you
heard
so
Diamond.
C
Don't
worry,
but
just
like
any
good
story.
I
like
to
start
at
the
beginning,
we
were
actually
just
leading
up
to
this.
Conversation.
Diamond
and
I
were
having
a
really
great,
really
great
chat
in
the
side,
room,
just
kind
of
talking
about
life
and
everything
and
I
brought
this
up
and
I.
Think
it's
a
great
place
to
start
so
chronologically.
C
G
For
you,
oh
gosh,
that
was
the
moment
where
I
learned
that,
despite
what
Society
said,
despite
what
everybody's
the
result
that
they
predicted
it
actually
can
be
the
opposite.
And
so
in
that
moment
I
was
not
trying
to
be
an
activist.
I
was
a
high
school
student
having
fun
trying
to
go
to
the
prom
like
the
rest
of
our
high
school
students
were
trying
to
do
and
for
whatever
reason,
I
transitioned
when
I
was
13.,
so
I
transitioned
the
summer
between
junior
high
and
high
school,
so
in
high
school
I
had
always
been
living.
G
My
truth
and
you
know
dressing
how
I
wanted,
but
I
kind
of
strategically
eased
it
into
it.
Like
I,
you
know
my
nails
got
longer,
hair
got
longer,
clothes
got
tighter,
more
feminine
and
it
just
eased
them
into
it,
and
so
nobody
ever
really
said
anything
but
two
days
before
prom,
which
is
ridiculous,
because
anybody
who
has
bought
Brown
gown
pounds
you
have
to
put
deposits,
you
got
to
get
it
made.
You
got
to
do
all
that.
G
And
so
I
was
so
frustrated
in
my
in
my
brain
I
that
I
didn't
have
any
power
in
this
situation.
She
thought
because
I
was
emancipated
and
I
didn't
quote-unquote
parents.
She
thought
that
she
could
just
bully
me
and
I'll
just
do
whatever
she
said.
I
did
initially
feel
like
I
didn't
have
any
power,
but
English
teachers.
G
My
English
teacher
heard
what
was
going
on
and
she
said,
come
up
to
my
room.
I
got
something
to
tell
you
and
she
slid
me
the
number
to
the
ACLU
and
she
says
we
talked
about
this
this
organization
before,
because
they've
been
around
for
a
long
time
and
if
you
remember-
and
she
said,
call
them
now,
don't
tell
nobody
that
I
gave
you
this,
but
call
them
and
I.
G
He
took
my
case
and
he
said
I
need
you
to
call
the
news
and
get
whoever
will
interview
you
about
it,
and
this
is
like
a
Tuesday
promise
on
Thursday
and
and
in
that
moment
I
called
the
news
and
nobody
would
pick
it
up,
except
for
one
of
course,
NBC
fox
said,
and
so
they
came
to
my
house
to
interviewed
me
and
it
was
all
over
and
they
had
to
speed
up
the
court
date.
They
gave
me
a
court
date
on
Wednesday
and
Thursday
morning.
C
G
And
then
it's
at
seven
o'clock
at
night
at
the
convention
center-
it's
not
at
school
and
I-
have
been
going
to
this
school
for
four
years
at
a
whole
petition
list
that
the
cheerleaders
and
the
football
team
put
together
students
of
students
saying
that
they
would
not
have
a
problem
with
this
at
all.
Why
are
y'all
doing
this,
and
so,
while
everybody
said,
I
wouldn't
win,
I
won
and
I
was
able
to
go
to
the
prom
Thursday
night
and
it
was
amazing.
G
C
Mean
and
I
think
about
the
power
of
in
the
in
general
and
something
that
I'm
unconsciously
I
think
about
is
just
young
people,
I
mean
like
the
amount
of
resilience
and
courage
to
just
stand
up
and
say
like
this
is
what
I
want
for
myself.
This
is
who
I
am,
who
I
am
authentically
inside
and
I'm,
not
gonna.
D
C
Like
give
you
the
opportunity
to
experience
something,
that's
so
I
think
fundamental
to
a
lot
of
high
school
experience
of
just
like
going
to
prom
and
having
a
good
good
time
and
looking
good
while
you're
doing
it
and
feeling
good
while
you're
doing
it.
I'm
really
glad
that
you
stood
up
for
yourself
and
really
took
that
power
back
and
then
pivoting
into
then
you
were
the
first
to
openly
trans
women
at
Jackson,
State
University
in
Mississippi,
so
in
HBCU
I
know
I
I,
I'm.
D
C
Hostility
that
you
were
facing
on
campus
and
just
hearing,
of
course,
our
introductions,
there's
a
lot
of
I.
Think
I
saw
a
lot
of
parallels,
a
lot
of
connections
to
what
you
were
experiencing
being
somebody
who
moved
from
Texas
Colorado
a
little
bit
more
ethnic,
a
little
bit
more
spicy
moving
to
the
Midwest
getting
dropped
into
the
middle
of
Iowa.
It
was
a
eye-opening
experience.
C
And
it's
it's
one
of
those
things
that
also
helped
me
understand
that,
like
I
have
agency
here,
I
can
I
can
figure
out
what
I
want
this
load
to
look
like
for
myself
and
I
think
these
educational
settings.
When
we
talk
about
high
school,
we
talk
about
college.
Those
are
the
experiences
that
we
get
to
really
flesh
it
out
and
Yeah
understand
ourselves
a
little
bit
more,
but
I
want
to
dive
into
that
a
little
bit.
Can
you
tell
us
about
what
was
that?
B
D
G
Course
we're
not
gonna,
we
can
I'm,
not
gonna,
have
the
same
childish
stuff
that
happens
and
I
learned
that
even
as
an
adult
foolish
bully
still
exist,
and
so
in
that
situation,
I
thought
that
I
was
going
to
come
in.
It
was
going
to
be
different,
but
no
not
at
all
from
the
professors
to
the
students
everything
was
toxin
and
when
once
I,
when
I
stepped
on
campus.
What
I
didn't
know
and
I
learned
this
like
literally
three
years
ago,
this
is
2000
and
I
wasn't
I'm
the
first
openly
trans
woman.
G
There
was
a
trans
woman
a
year
and
a
half
before
me
and
she
was
not
out
and
she
got
exposed
and
they
kicked
her
out
of
school
well.
Forced
her
out
of
school
I
found
her
recently
and
I'm,
hopefully
I'm
trying
to
get
her
on
the
podcast.
So
she
can
talk
about
it,
but
be
because
of
her
existence.
It
prepared
them
for
somebody
like
me,
and
so
they
forced
me
to
be
in
a
boy's
dorm
like
this,
and
so
you
know
in
that.
G
In
that
whole,
first
semester,
like
they
tried
to
throw
boiling
hot
water
on
me,
they
tried
to
anything
like
they
really
tried
to
just
harm
me
and
hurt
me.
Luckily
it
didn't
happen,
but
that's
how
ugly
it
was
my
first
semester,
but
I
knew.
What
that
also
taught
me
is
that
I
was
a
beacon
for
other
people,
because
there
were
people
who
were
obviously
queer.
That
was
saying
that
they
weren't
because
they
felt
like
they
couldn't
be
free.
G
Four
years
before
I
came,
there
was
a
queer
guy
who
was
attacked
and
the
resident
assistant
opened
up
the
door
for
the
students
to
attack
him.
This
is
how
bad
it
was
on
this
campus
and
so
I
didn't
know
any
of
that.
What
had
going
on
so
I
just
came
in
with
a
night
like
I,
said
the
naivete
of
a
rebellious
team
and
but
I
knew
that
y'all
are
not
gonna.
Bully
me
out
of
this
space
I'm
supposed
to
be
here.
G
I,
like
this
I'm
black
I,
am
proud
to
be
at
this
school
and
I
have
the
wherewithal,
you
think
those
name-calling
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff
is
going
to
stop.
Me
I've
been
dealing
with
that
since
I
was
five,
and
so
let
me
figure
this
out.
Who
are
my
allies
on
campus,
who
can
I
if
I'm
having
a
serious
issue
who
can
I
talk
to
and
I
was
able
to
kind
of
withstand
it
and
by
the
time
my
second
year
run
around.
G
C
G
You
know
what
I
another
element
that
I
learned
in
that
it
was
so
the
veneer
of
people
was
the
the
juxtaposition
because,
yes,
there
was
this
violent
ugly
veneer
of
what
was
happening,
but
the
same
day
somebody
was
trying
to
throw
bowling
I'm
coming
to
my
door.
This
is
how
they
try
to
throw
boiling
water
on
I'm
coming
to
my
door.
They
knock
on
it
and
they
expected
me
to
just
open
it
up
and
they
throw
the
water.
Okay,
I
didn't
just
open
up.
G
I
I
I,
just
kind
of
cracked
it
a
little
bit,
and
so
the
water
just
hit
the
floor
and
I
hit
the
door
and
it
went
on
the
floor
and
kind
of
poured
into
the
room.
The
crazy
part
is
the
on
the
floor.
Was
letters
from
Boys
in
this
dorm
talk
about
how
pretty
I
was
how
attractive
I
was,
and
it
ranged
from
Freak
stuff
like
who?
Can
you
do
this
oral
thing
for
me?
Oh
you,
so
pretty
I
hate
people
are
treating
you
like
this
I
wish.
G
We
could
be
friends,
and
so
yes,
these
same
boys
who
are
trying
to
hire
me.
There's
letters
soaking
up
the
water
if
they
slid
under
my
door
and
so
this
veneer
of
somebody
in
one
moment
being
negative
and
then
and
somebody
being
positive
and
and
that
juxtaposition
would
follow
me
throughout
my
life
of
one-way
Society
being
openly
ugly
to
me,
but
then
I'm
also
the
the
the
center
of
somebody's
affection
or
the
center
of
somebody's
hope.
G
C
And
they
want
to
chase
this
thread
a
little
bit
about
I
mean
you
again
just
knowing
the
breadth
of
work
that
you're
so
involved
in
and
the
things
that
you're
tackling
on
a
daily
basis,
this
Beacon
of
Hope-
and
this
is
something
that
I
you
referenced
a
couple
of
times
in
your
writing.
That
really
resonated
with
me.
F
C
Creating
waves,
you
start
disrupting
yeah
and
you
get
this
outpouring
of
like
oh
we're
watching
or
sometimes
that's
in
the
negative.
But
you
get
a
lot
of
these
people,
affirming
the
way
that
you
are
moving
and
the
way
that
you
are
tackling
the
issues
that
are
being
presented
at
you
and
I.
Think
that's
the
fear
right.
That's
the
fear
of
communities
like
ours,
our
trans,
Community
or
non-binary.
Our
GNC's
they're
scared
of
Us
coming
together,
yeah
right,
they're,
scared
of
us
forming
that
community
and
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
about.
C
C
G
That's
a
lifelong
process,
finding
your
voice,
keeping
the
the
strip
to
make
it
loud,
because
sometimes
you
you
can
speak
it,
but
sometimes
you
just
shy
away
for
being
loud
and
keeping
that
steady,
consistent,
steadfast
idea
of
I
deserve
to
say
what
I
have
to
say
and
share
my
experience.
It's
a
lifelong
commitment,
because
there's
sometimes
that
I'm
still
fearful
there's
some
times
that
I'm
worried
about
the
consequences
of
sharing
my
voice
and
then
there's
sometimes
that
I'm,
confident
and
I
do
it.
G
G
They're,
the
ones
who
they're
the
candy
lady
who
sells
he
can't
be
any
candy
to
the
kids,
but
they
use
that
money
to
bail
people
out.
That
is
those
people
who
keep
the
structure
of
of
the
community
in
a
whole
positive
level
POS
like
in
a
thriving
level,
but
only
for
the
system
to
come
in,
exploit
them,
some
more
and
so
I
I
think
a
lot
of
us
are
in
those
situations
where
we
are
captive
maternals.
G
Not
necessarily
has
it
all
together,
but
it
has
that
strength
and
sometimes
that
can
get
tiring.
Sometimes
that
can
you
can
feel
like
this
is
a
a
insurmountable
obstacle
to
get
across
when
we
think
about
the
system
for
present
capitalism.
Racism,
sexism,
when
we
think
about
those
things
that
we're
kind
of
chipping
away
at
a
mountain.
But
it
is
the
thing
that
we
are
the
most
worthy
of
it
is
the.
G
So
we
can
continue
to
thrive.
I've
been
past
the
torch.
So
how
can
I
take
that
torch
and
if
I
need
to
put
it
down,
put
it
up
against
the
wall?
Hang
it
up
whatever
I
need
to
do
and
rest
a
little
bit
know
that
I'm
owed
that
to
myself.
So
that's
what
I!
For
me!
That's
what
it
is
about
that
defining
that
balance.
C
C
Take
On,
The,
World
weight
of
the
Worlds
we
tend
to
I,
don't
know
make
ourselves
be,
do
the
have
to
do
the
most
have
to
do
the
extra
and,
more
so
I
think
when
we
start
talking
about
marginalized
identities
and
I
think
compounding
experiences
of
being
a
black
Trans
woman
being
a
non-binary
Mexican
person
like
I
just
know
those
things
start
stacking
up
and
it
starts
getting
harder
and
harder
to
see
the
end
and
I
know.
Thank
you.
C
I
needed
to
hear
that
so
I
appreciate
that,
but
I
wanted
to
switch
into
diving
into
the
meat
of
our
conversation.
We've
been
getting
to
know
you
a
little
bit
more
just
over
these
last
few
minutes,
but
our
theme
this
year
is
building
transpower
on
the
website,
something
that
stood
out
to
me
just
reading
the
little
blurb
trans
people
have
always
known
how
to
build
power
out
of
environments
designed
to
prevent
that
as
we
respond
to
legislative
attacks.
C
Nationwide,
maybe
remember
what
our
communities
are
capable
of,
and
that
really
stuck
with
me
specifically
with
our
theme
of
power
today,
because
I
I'm,
a
political
organizer,
I'm,
a
Community
organizer,
and
that's
what
I've
done
for
the
last
seven
years
and
it's
what
I
know
and
it's
my
passion
and
what
I
love
doing
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
that
can
sometimes
be
the
language
that
we
use
around
organizing
can
sometimes
be
very
limited
and
I.
Think
language
is
hard
and
I
think
limiting
in
so
many
ways
ever
evolving.
G
C
And
I
think
for
knowing
on
organizing
terms
we
talk
about
power
very
as
something
that
you
can
have
as
something
that
you
can
give
to
other
people
and
it's
something
that
people
shouldn't
be
scared
or
shy
about.
I.
Think
when
we
hear
about
power,
we
hear
about
all
the
negative
ways
that
power
is
used.
Absolute
power
corrupts
absolutely.
You
know.
C
We
hear
these
things
all
the
time
and
there
are
yet
so
many
good
ways
to
wield
power,
as
we've
seen
with
council
president
Jenkins,
when
you
use
power
in
the
right
way
right
like
these
possibilities,
these
doors
start
opening
and
it's
up
to
us
to
I
think
in
some
ways
force
that
open,
but
also
claim
that
power
for
ourselves.
So
in
organizing
we
say,
power
is
based
on
money
and
based
on
people
so
to
either
make
laws
to
make
movement.
C
You
need
a
whole
bunch
of
capital
to
be
able
to
do
it,
and
you
need
a
really
good
base
of
people
to
be
able
to
do
it,
and
we've
been
talking
a
little
bit
about
your
kind
of
growing
up
and
we
got
a
chance
to
connect
a
little
bit
more
about
that
ourselves.
But
I'm
curious
in
these
moments,
where
things
felt
really.
C
G
G
You
know,
cisgender
and
I
couldn't
go
to
the
men's
shelter,
because
I
said
you
are
a
liability.
If
you
can't
take
your
breast
off,
and
so
you
can't
go
there,
and
this
is
the
kicker
I
couldn't
go
to
the
LGBT
shelter
because
I
wasn't
HIV
positive,
and
so
these
are
the
only
three
options
that
I
could
in
in
Houston
at
the
time.
G
So
I
couldn't
go
to
anything
and
I.
Wasn't
I
was
in
a
Black,
Planet
chat
room
and
this
trans
girl
in
there
said
we
were
talking
and
I,
told
her
what
was
going
on
and
she
said,
oh,
you
can
stay
with
me
and
I
moved
to
Houston
November,
the
15th
and
she
had
a
one
bedroom
apartment.
She
already
had
a
girl
staying
with
her
and
her
man,
so
these
four
adults
I've
lived
in
a
one
bedroom
apartment.
She
had
one
two-seater
couch
and
a
big
three-seater
couch
I
was
the
tallest
one.
G
G
I
ain't
got
no
big
luxury
Mansion,
but
I
got
a
couch
and
in
a
month
through
sex
work
through
Community
I
had
my
own
Plata
keys
to
my
apartment,
December,
the
16th
and
I
was
able
it
was
the
beginning
of
where
what
you
see
now,
and
so
it's
always
the
community
that
saved
me.
It's
always
the
people
in
my
Social
Circle
that
save
me
even
back
in
high
school,
my
teachers,
stepping
up
and
saying
hey
I
know
this
system
is
crazy.
G
Let
me
show
you
how
to
do
something
about
it,
and
so
it's
always
community
community
is
always
important.
They
always
are
the
people
who
I
can
fall
back
on,
and
so
when
it
comes
to
power,
I
make
sure
that
you
can't
sometimes
power
is
othering
and
it
can
kind
of
make
you
feel
like
you,
don't
have
access
to
it,
because
we're
always
talking
about
these
things.
The
powerful
is
doing
this,
the
powerful
doing
that
we
actually
have
power
within
our
own
circles.
G
What
are
you
doing
in
your
church
to
be
more
inclusive
in
the
in
the
places
that
you
have
power?
What
are
you
doing
in
your
home
that
says
yeah
that
transphobic
stuff
can
happen
out
there,
but
in
my
house,
no
we're
going
to
respect
people
where,
when
you
have
power,
where
you
have
power,
how
do
you
step
up?
How?
How
do
you
actually
create
the
world
that
you
want
to
see
where
you
do
happen,
where
you
do
have
influence,
and
so
I
had
to
learn
that
I
had
to
stop
thinking?
G
G
G
G
When
and
and
no
I
don't
own
this.
But
this
is
where
I
have
the
power.
This
is
why
I
have
the
power,
so
how
can
I?
How
can
I
change
the
landscape,
and
so
and
and
what
was
crazy?
In
that
moment,
we
went
from
being
11
in
the
district
that
we
were
in
to
three
for
the
eight
years
that
I
was
there,
but
to
isolated
between
three
and
two
and
I'm
attributed
to
the
fact
that
we
have
the
diversity
we
can
connect
with
people
who
can
speak,
Vietnamese
people
who
speak
Spanish.
G
We
could
connect
with
people
when
you
come
to
our
store
and
your
trainings
are
queer
or
whatever
you
don't
have
to
worry
about
what
we're
gonna
say
or
do
because
we're
here
to
serve
you-
and
you
deserve
to
be
here
too-
and
you
see
it
by
the
diversity
in
our
team.
You
know
that
you
might
not
see
in
other
stores,
because
you
know
I'm
not
tripping
about
if
a
person
has
dreads,
even
though
the
big
company
is
saying.
Oh.
G
But
I'm
saying
here
at
my
store,
you
can
have
your
hair
natural
as
you
want
it
to
be
locks
for
whatever,
because
different
bright
colors.
As
long
as
you
can
sell
long,
as
you
can
do,
give
great
customer
service
I,
don't
care
about
that
and
that
showed
up
in
results.
It
showed
up
in
the
comfortableness
I.
G
G
Know
that
was
against
the
rules,
but
this
is
one
of
my
best
workers.
This
is
one
of
my
favorite
people
that
I
love
to
sit.
Why
would
I
punish
her
or
harm
her
when
I
know
she
needed
money?
I
have
built
a
relationship
with
my
team.
I
know
she
can't
afford
to
lose
this
damn
work
with
her
baby.
So
if
I'm
the
boss
here-
and
it
may
not
be
the
rules
but
who
is
going
to
say
something
I'm
the
boss?
G
Absolutely
so
when
how
to
I
learned,
that's
the
power
that
you
have
to
be
able
to
know
when
to
hold
them
and
when
to
follow
the
rules
when
they
don't
rules,
usually
the
rules
of
what
we're
trying
to
break
to
change,
we
got
to
break
them
in
order
to
change.
So
that's
what
I
learned
in
in
that
space
and
yeah
the
power
that
I
I
I
recognize.
Okay,
I
can
do
something
different.
C
G
We
were
talking
about
our
spiritual,
Journeys
back
there
and
one
of
the
most
powerful
moments
for
me.
After
being
young
and
obviously
queer,
everybody
wants
to
try
to
teach
you
if
you're
a
queer
person
born
as
a
male,
then
all
the
men
in
your
life
is
trying
to
teach
you
how
to
be
a
black
man
they're
trying
to
teach
you
basically
how
to
whatever
the
spoils
that
male
privilege
get
you.
G
They
want
to
put
you
in
a
position
where
you
can
get
it
and
I
rejected
that,
and
one
of
those
places
that
really
was
really
harsh
about.
No,
you
can't
reject.
It
was
religion,
and
so
one
of
the
most
powerful
moments
was
when
somebody,
a
religious
leader,
says
without
any
prompt
without
me,
saying
anything
about
trying
to
teach
them
no
kind
of,
because
usually
I'll
be
like.
You
know,
trying
to
teach
you
when
I
meet
you.
G
G
G
G
It's
you
have
a
purpose
world
big
and
so,
if
I,
if
I
knew,
if
I
have
something
to
say
and
there's
there's
a
reason
to
share
my
story,
why
not
do
that
and
so
and
I
I'm
blessed
to
be
in
a
time
where,
while
there
are
still
Gatekeepers,
we
have
the
internet
and
we
can
create
content
and
shows
and
whatever
with
our.
However,
we
want
it
until
our
stories.
C
I
quoted
you
back
to
yourself
earlier
one
of
the
things
that
you
said
that
really
captured
me
image.
Image
control
is
something
most
marginal
more
most
marginalized.
People
lack
and
I
think
that's
so
powerful
in
so
many
ways
and
there's
so
many
there's
like
six
other
questions.
I
want
to
ask
you,
but
we're
getting
the
wrap
up
so
I
know
it's
going
to
be
difficult
to
I.
Think
answer
this
quickly,
but
we
I
think
we're
at
a
time
where
we're
becoming
so
aware
of
again
the
intersections
of
our
communities.
C
G
I
think
we
we
get
in
the
weeds
of
things.
June
Jordan
has
a
a
essay
that
she
wrote
about.
It's
called
the
report
in
the
in
report
from
Bahamas
and
she
talks
about
her
experience
being
in
the
Bahamas
and
seeing
the
class
difference
and
how
you
know.
While
we
may
be
under
the
same
some
people
that
she
found
there,
you
might
be
under
the
same
oppressive
systems.
But
okay,
there's
a
difference
in
how
we
think
about
it
and
we
may
have
an
ending
goal,
but.
G
My
time
with
you
I
want
to
how
can
I
work
with
CIS
women
who
see
me
as
an
asset?
How
can
I
I
know
for
a
fact?
Our
similarity
is
that
they
are
going
after
the
agency
of
your
body.
I
know
they
will
go
after
mine,
so
while
I
don't
have
any
skin
in
the
game
in
this
role
versus
Wade,
fine,
because
I'm,
not
a
birthing
person,
I,
don't
want
to
Center
myself,
but
I
want
to
be
an
ally
to
you,
because
I
know
that
this
is
where
our
similarities
lie.
Not
our
differences.
G
G
B
G
Care
they
don't
give
a
about
us
period
absolutely
so
why
would
I
be
sitting
and
engaging
a
battle
with
my
Ally?
There
might
be
some
times
when
we
can
go
back
and
forth,
but
this
is
not
the
time,
and
so
why
waste
my
time
in
that
I
think
that
that's
silly
and
it's
multiple
conversations
that
we
get
I'm
Ariel
I
am
not
arguing
with
no
racist
white
people
about
my
black
Ariel
I.
Don't
care
She's
Mine!
G
You
don't
like
her,
don't
watch
it!
I'm
gonna
watch
it
absolutely,
and
so
there
is
certain.
That's
another
thing
where
you
got
to
figure
out.
You
have
power
where
you
put
your
energy
I'm,
not
putting
my
energy
in
those
kind
of
conversations,
these
low-level
silly
conversations,
I'm
not
meet
me
at
the
booth
meet
me
at
the
voters.
Booth.
Let's
have
the
conversations
there,
and
so
you
know
at
the
ballot,
and
so
yes
for
me,
focusing
on
the
the
the
similarities
that
we
have
is
what
I
find
to
be
powerful.
C
C
Thank
you
all
for
letting
me
moderate
this
conversation
I'll
leave
you
all
to
a
q,
a
with
diamond
herself,
so
I'll
pass
off
the
mic
here,
but
just
as
where,
if
you
have
a
question,
if
you're
curious
to
ask
Diamond
something,
please
raise
your
hand
we'll
find
a
mic
to
you
probably
just
have
time
for
a
couple
of
questions,
but
just
as
we're
finding
our
first
question.
So
if
you
have
one
raise
your
hand,
please
I
just
want
to
take
some
time.
Can
you
I?
C
G
Last
week,
Marsha's
plate
hit,
1
million
listens,
my
podcast,
it
is
so
amazing
to
be
there.
October
will
be
our
fifth
anniversary,
so
I'm,
just
that
my
goal
when
I
first
started,
was
to
go
five
years
and
to
get
a
million,
and
so
I
literally
reached
those
at
the
same
time
this
month.
So
I'm
excited
about
that
I'm
on
the
board
of
advisory
for
a
call
to
men
and
that
that
organization
is
about
pushing
men
in
the
right
direction,
and
it's
led
by
this
amazing
CIS
black
man
named
Tony
Porter.
G
It's
just
hit
black
man
I
need
to
make
sure
I
say
that,
and
he
hired
me
to
produce
a
documentary
with
him
and
it's
the
first
time
that
I've
seen
something
like
this,
where
we
sit
down
and
have
a
conversation
before
black
Trans
women
and
four
CIS
had
black
men
and
talk
about
anti-trans
violence
and
intimate
partner,
homicide,
that's
effects
in
CIS
and
trans
women,
and
we
wanted
to
have
those
kind
of
conversations
and
I
had
never
seen.
Somebody
actually
invest
in
the
money,
the
money
into
creating
that
kind
of
content.
G
G
My
brothers
I
have
a
brother
who
is
totally
accepting
and
then
one
that
is
all
new
feels
like
I
took
his
big
brother
away,
and
so
we
have
our
issues
on
how
you
know
we're
learning
to
love
each
other
through
that
and
forgive
each
other
and
in
a
whole
different
place
now.
So
the
book
is
coming
out
in
February
and
I
think
that's
all
I
got
going
on.
E
I
am
a
trans,
mother
and
so
I'm
just
starting
to
get
out
here
and
understand
things.
I
have
four
children
and
they're
in
the
school
district
and
they're
getting
older.
Now
so
I
have
lots
of
fear
because
I
have
to
show
up
as
their
mother
and
I'm,
having
a
lot
of
fear
about
how
am
I
going
to
handle
this
next
stage.
They're
very
young
and
they're
five.
Six,
seven
and
eleven
I've
had
them
all
since
birth
and
I'm
the
face
of
new
motherhood,
I
am
going
to
be.
E
There
are
going
to
be
more
transgender
mothers
in
the
community,
but
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
how
I'm
going
to
navigate
the
next
stage,
where
sixth
grade
and
seventh
grade
comes
and
I'm
at
a
football
game.
With
my
child,
who
wants
to
play,
football
he's
been
wanting
to
play
football
and
I'm
so
secure,
because
I'm
like
how
am
I
going
to
show
up
how
do
I
handle
the
coach.
You
know
now.
E
My
son
has
a
transgender
mother
and
you
know
so
I'm
starting
to
deal
with
a
lot
more
issues,
I'm
having
fear
I'm,
strong
I'm,
one
of
the
first
I
came.
I
know
Andrew
Jenkins
when
she
was
young.
She
knew
me
when
I'm
young
we've
known
each
other
40
years,
I'm
one
of
the
oldest
transgender
women
around
you
know,
but
and
now
I'm,
a
mother,
so
I'm
dealing
with
a
whole
new
life
and
I'm.
Trying
to
and
actually
I
am
an
award-winning
author.
E
I
wrote
a
children's
book
yep,
that's
my
mommy
and
trying
to
get
it
out
there
in
the
world.
Now
because
I'm
I
wrote
it
for
my
kids
so
that
when
they
go
to
school,
they
can
be
taught
and
teach
their
friends
about
their
mother.
I
was
scared.
I
was
scared
to
tell
my
kids,
your
mother's,
a
transgender
they're
like
What's,
that
you
know
and
I
remember.
We
were
writing
the
book
and
I.
A
E
Was
like
the
the
publisher
said:
read
it
to
your
son
and
I'm
like
hell?
No,
you
know
that
moment
that
I
was
caught
off
guard
and
so
I
read
it
and
when
I
came
to
the
transgender
part,
my
son
was
like
which
he
was
nine
at
the
time
and
I
had
so
much
fear
to
to
going
back
down
that
road
with
him.
But
then
I
said
you
know
what?
If
I
don't
go
down
this
road
with
him?
How
do
I
expect
normal
function,
normal
family,
to
read
this
book
to
their
children?
E
So
I
said
Gene
you
have
to
go
and
you
have
to
read
this
book
but
I'm
just
telling
you
these
things
because
I'm
hearing
your
story
and
I'm
like
okay.
Now
she
can
do
it
now,
I'm
at
that
next
stage
where
I'm
like,
and
what
are
my
rights
when
it
comes
to
being
a
transgender
parent
and
how
I'm
treated
in
the
community
and
how
I
how
my
kids
are
perceived
and
what
may
happen
to
them
because
things
are
going
to
happen
because
of
the
world
we're
in
and
the
level
of
escalating
things
that
are
happening.
G
Let
me
in
so
I
got
custody
of
my
brother
when
I
was
21,
because
my
mom
went
to
prison.
She
got
caught
up
in
the
crime
bill
that
Biden
created
back
in
the
90s,
and
so
in
that
moment,
right
before
I
got
like
legal
custody.
I
have
been
taking
care
of
him
since
he
was
born,
but
there
was
a
moment
when
he
was
in
fifth
grade
and
I
ca
and
we
lived
in
Walnut,
Grove
Mississippi.
So
it's
like
a
rural
town,
and
so
everybody
was
like.
Oh
Lord.
G
You
know
we
heard
that
there
was
a
trans
person,
a
drag
queen,
that
didn't
leak
moved
in
our
little
town,
and
so,
when
my
brother,
when
the
kids
at
school
got
a
whiff
of
it,
they
would
cheese
them
and
he
was
young
and
it
made
me
cry
and
emotional,
because
I
did
not
want
my
brother
to
be
teased
because
of
how
I
decided
to
live.
My
truth
felt
like
it
was
unfair
to
him,
but
these
are
also
our
children.
They're,
not
worried
about
fairness,
they're.
G
G
I
can't
navigate
that
what
I
can
all
I
can
do
is
show
you
that
I
love
you
and
I'm
going
to
be
in
your
corner.
Now
my
brother
is
a
30-something
year
old
man
with
his
own
children,
and
one
of
the
things
that
he
came
back
and
told
me
as
an
adult
was
I
felt
bad
when
I
was
when
I
was
in
fifth
grade,
but
every
time
that
I
needed
somebody
in
my
corner,
you
were
the
only
there
and
I
would
not
trade
you
for
the
world
for
anybody
else
you
have.
G
You
are
the
one
that
I
was
blessed
with.
You
are
the
one
that
has
just
been
there
and
while
those
things
were
hard
for
me
to
deal
with
it,
it
created
the
man
who
I
am
nobody.
Can
nobody
can
say
that
I
have
you
know,
abused
them
or
made
them
feel
uncomfortable?
He
said
me
being
a
part
of
your
life
and
you
being
a
part
of
mine,
just
created
the
man
that
I
can
be
proud
of,
and
nobody
is
calling
me
toxic
masculine.
G
Then
nobody
is
calling
me
things
because
you
taught
me
how
to
be
a
man
with
Integrity.
You
taught
me
how
to
be
a
man
and
you're
and
not
because
you're
a
man
is
because
you
you,
because
you're
experiencing
you
being
proud
and
you
just
staying
strong
in
your
principles
and
so
I
mean
there's
going
to
be
some
things
to
happen.
It's
gonna
be,
but
your
kids
are
going
to
eventually
learn
that
you
are
the
one
that
is
in
their
corner,
and
this
is
gonna
color,
how
they
navigate
the
world
and
so
I.
G
Just
I
was
selfishly
tender
like
I'm,
not
gonna
change,
who
I
am
but
I
know.
This
is
hard
for
you.
So
let's
talk
about
it
and
that's
which
it
with
your
kids
just
talk
to
them.
It's
going
to
be
hard,
there's
gonna,
be
some
bullying.
There's
gonna,
be
some
teasing.
There's
gonna
be
some
a-holes,
but
you
be
that
rock
foreign.
E
B
You
diamond
also,
we
want
to
thank
our
our
keynote
moderator,
Thomas
Lucero,
give
them
a
big
head
as
well.
Also
miss
Riva
de
Nova
from
our
land,
acknowledgments
Tremaine
Lindsay,
vice
president
of
equity
and
inclusion
and
our
city
council
president
Andrea,
Jenkins
and
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
Malaysia
who's
been
handling
all
of
our
our
live
feeds
and
our
volunteers
today.
So
let's
give
Malaysia
a
fabulous
Round
of
Applause
they're,
also
going
to
be
giving
away
free,
covid-19
vaccinations,
and
you
also
get
a
50
gift
card.
B
If
you
are
wanting
to
do
that
upstairs
on
the
fifth
floor-
and
you
can
see
ranika
for
that,
as
well
as
take
home
and
vaccine
kova
tests
provided
by
the
sponsored
by
the
city,
Minneapolis
Department
of
Health,
and
thank
you
to
the
Minnesota
transgender
Health
Coalition
again,
my
name
is
Quinn
Villa
Gomez,
AKA,
Shimmer,
I'm,
wearing
a
pink
shirt,
blue,
pants,
blue
glasses
and
black
hair.
We
will
be
back
in
this
room
and
on
zoom
and
Facebook
at
4,
30
PM
for
our
closing
panel.
B
Until
then,
there's
so
much
going
on
in
the
middle
of
the
day,
there
are
free,
coveted
vaccinate
vaccines
again
with
a
50
gift
card
and
free
HIV
testing
on
the
fifth
floor
of
this
building
and
there's
also
a
career
and
resource
Fair,
including
a
few
giveaway
gender,
affirming
clothing
items
for
youth,
name
change,
applications
and
so
much
more
also.
There
is
a
career
fair
in
the
gym,
from
12
30
pm
to
4,
P.M
and
tons
of
workshops
and
healing
and
Aesthetics
offerings
that
are
available
both
in
person
and
online.
B
More
info
about
all
of
our
programming,
as
well
as
Zoom
links
and
room
numbers
are
in
your
print
and
digital
programs.
Today
and,
as
you
can
see
from
the
keynote
information
in
the
program,
we
had
to
print
our
programs
before
some
detail.
Changed
details
have
changed.
Please
use
the
program
insert
for
the
most
updated
information
about
which
workshops
we
are
holding
and
where
they'll
be
located
and
to
see
our
updated
list
of
performers,
because
we
have
even
more
joining
us
on
that
program.
B
Schedule
later
today,
our
in-person
and
slack
volunteers
are
here
to
help
you
find
the
right
room
on
Zoom
links
as
well
and
for
in-person
attendees.
Lunch
will
be
served
in
this
space
from
1
pm
to
2
p.m,
but
you're
welcome
to
grab
food
and
eat
outside
for
covid
safety
as
well,
and
we'll
see
you
back
here
at
4,
30
pm
and
thank
you
all
so
much
for
being
a
part
of
the
night
annual
trans
Equity
Summit
with
us
again.
My
name
is
Queen
via
Gomez
AKA
Shimmer,
we'll
see
you
soon
have
a
beautiful
day.