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From YouTube: World Aids Day
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World Aids Day press event was at held December 1st at City Hall in Kansas City to show support of the LGBTQ+ community and remember those that have passed on this day.
A
B
Kansas
City
will
always
welcome
everyone,
and,
more
than
anything,
we
will
lead
to
tell
everyone
that
who
you
are
whom
you
love.
You
are
always
welcome
in
Kansas,
City
Missouri,
a
few
things
I
want
to
note
and
I'll
get
out
of
the
way
for
the
very
important
people.
I
will
note
as
well.
I'm
excited
to
have
my
state
senator
Greg
razor,
who
does
outstanding
Workforce
each
and
every
day,
so
we're
proud
to
have
received
a
perfect
score
on
the
human
rights
campaign's
Municipal
equality
index
for
the
second
year
in
a
row.
B
B
As
I
noted
before
1993
Kansas
City
enacted
non-discrimination
protections
for
the
lgbtq
community
in
2008,
these
protections
were
updated
to
recognize
gender
identity,
a
domestic
partner
registry,
health
and
other
benefits
for
domestic
partners,
and
the
city
has
an
lgbtq
plus
employee,
Resource,
Group
called
Casey
proud,
which
supports
our
staff,
educates,
city
leaders
and
partners
with
volunteer
organizations
all
years
all
year
long.
We
also
have
created
our
first
lgbtq
commission,
the
first
in
the
state
of
Missouri
to
further
empower
the
lgbtq
community
and
a
seat
at
the
table
in
local
government
and,
of
course,
today.
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B
I'm
proud
to
stand
with
folks,
like
state
senator
Razer,
like
leaders
from
our
lgbtq
commission,
like
Andrea
Dortch
at
Creo,
like
so
many
of
all
of
you
who
continue
to
say
that
we
will
lead
to
make
sure
that
Kansas,
City
and
Missouri
are
accepting
places
so
long
as
we
have
a
voice
so
long
as
we
have
some
influence
in
making
lives
better.
For
folks
with
that,
I
want
to
introduce
Andrea
Dortch,
the
director
of
our
civil
rights
and
equal
opportunity
Department
to
share
a
few
words.
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C
We
want
to
make
sure
that
individuals
understand
what
is
available
to
them
on
this
world
AIDS
day
that
we
have
free
health
testing
to
eliminate
the
stigma
of
having
to
deal
with
any
of
the
in-person
testing
that
you
may
go
into
the
health
department
and
get
free
take-home
tests
to
know
your
status
to
be
able
to
get
those
suppression,
drugs.
The
science
Community
has
come
a
long
way
in
the
in
the
long
year
since
1980s.
C
We
have
made
great
strides
in
homelessness
to
allow
individuals
that
have
been
affected
by
AIDS
or
that
are
in
the
LGBT
community
to
be
able
to
have
those
barriers
removed
by
enforcing
the
laws.
But
we
also
have
opportunities
that
we
present
to
individuals
on
a
regular
basis
that
such
as
our
business
registry,
for
those
who
want
to
start
new
businesses,
those
who
have
established
businesses
to
be
a
part
of
our
communities.
We
also
have
heterosexual
individuals,
women
in
our
community,
that
also
are
affected,
and
we
have
a
new
ordinance
that
we
will
be
presenting.
C
We
also
want
to
take
the
time
to
promote
June
26th
as
World
testing
day.
So,
in
addition
to
today,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
any
individual
that
may
not
know
their
status
or
may
be
in
a
highly
affected
group,
particularly
in
an
African-American
community
and
the
lgbtq
community,
that
we
also
have
a
day
of
testing
where
you
can
know
your
status
and
get
those
resources
and
the
more
that
you
get
that
suppression.
You
equals
you.
That
means
the.
D
D
D
It
would
be
more
than
a
decade
before
doctors
started
seeing
similar
cases
among
gay
men
in
New,
York
and
California
in
1982
with
the
number
of
sick
surging,
the
disease
got
a
name
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
The
AIDS
epidemic
had
begun
end
quote:
doctors
in
the
1980s
were
only
able
to
connect
the
dots
and
smize
something
larger
was
going
on,
because
blood
samples
preserved
from
the
early
victims
like
Mr
Rayford,
because
of
a
preservation
from
Mr
Rayford.
D
I
cannot
begin
to
imagine
what
those
early
days
would
have
been
like
to
live
through,
but
as
a
gay
man,
I
am
eternally
grateful
to
those
who
we
have
lost
and
those
who
have
continued
the
good
fight,
despite
impossible
barriers,
the
good
news
is
I
hope
that
hope
has
always
remained,
and
today
hope
is
brighter
than
ever.
As
we
close
in
on
the
fight
in
HIV,
AIDS,
new
therapies
have
made
undetectable
and
untransmittable
a
reality.
E
That
was
a
great
introduction.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
thank
you
for
being
here
and
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today.
I'm
Senator,
Greg
razor.
It
was
41
years
ago
that
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control,
first
announced
to
the
world
that
a
new
disease
was
upon
us,
a
gay
man
in
New
York
in
San,
Francisco
and
Los
Angeles
we're
coming
down
with
rare
cancers,
rare
pneumonias,
it
didn't
have
a
name.
E
As
Michael
just
said,
it
was
1982
that
they
realized
this
wasn't
a
gay
disease
and
it
needed
a
proper
name,
and
the
name
that
was
given
was
AIDS
in
1984
the
virus
was
found
and
in
1987
President,
Ronald
Reagan
said
it
out
loud.
For
the
first
time,
thousands
and
thousands
of
Americans
died
of
indifference.
E
E
It's
behind
this
disease
has
come
so
far
from
not
knowing
what
it
was
to
today.
We
don't
need
a
vaccine
to
rid
us
of
HIV.
No
longer
are
people
dying
of
HIV
or
Aids
they're
living
with
HIV.
If
every
person
knew
their
status
and
was
on
medication,
you
will
get
to
an
undetectable
viral
load,
which
means
you
cannot
transmit
the
virus,
even
though
you
have
it
and
if
everyone
who
was
susceptible
was
on
prep,
then
there's
no
way
to
ever
pass
the
virus.
So
when
you
hear
someone
say
an
aids-free
generation,
that's
what
they
mean.
E
Science
has
come
a
long
way,
but
I
think
it's
important
that
we
remember
the
thousands
of
Kansas
Cities
that
were
lost
in
the
1980s,
the
90s
and
the
men
and
women
gay
straight.
The
whole
community
that
came
together
to
support
them
at
that
hour
of
need
today
in
Jefferson.
City
is
the
first
day
that
we
filed
legislation
for
next
year
and
unfortunately,
I
will
have
to
for
I
believe
it's
the
23rd
or
fourth
consecutive
year
introduce
the
Missouri
non-discrimination
act,
which
simply
says
in
Missouri.
E
You
can't
be
fired
from
your
job,
evicted
from
an
apartment
or
denied
Public
Services,
because
you
are
or
someone
thinks
you
might
be.
Lgbt
the
state
of
Missouri
still
refuses
to
say
that
out
loud,
but
we
have
things
to
be
proud
of.
In
Kansas,
City
Kansas
City
was
a
leader
in
1993,
we're
a
leader
today,
a
100
percent
index.
E
We
have
invested
in
ourselves
for
20
years
now
we
see
it
with
the
Sprint
Center,
the
T-Mobile
Center
and
the
Power
and
Light
District.
We
see
it
with
ever
expanding
streetcar
and
the
soon
to
be
open
brand
new
airport,
but
infrastructure
is
also
the
people,
the
people
of
Kansas
City,
and
something
that
I'd
like
to
remark
on
all
the
time
is
in
this
city.
You
can
move
here
and
become
a
Kansas
City,
regardless
of
where
you're
from
originally
what
country
you
come
from.
Immigrants
are
welcome
here,
regardless
of
the
color
of
your
skin.
E
E
F
F
You
know
my
name
is
Justice
horn
I'm,
the
vice
chair
of
the
LGBT
commission,
I
use.
He
slash
him
pronouns
and
you
know
I
first
want
to
thank
you,
know
the
city
and
the
many
people
who
applied
and
competed
for
us
to
earn
this
perfect
100
score
on
the
municipal
equality
index
from
the
Human
Rights
Campaign.
F
F
So
I
don't
know
if
you
can
see
this,
but
this
is
a
protest
poster
from
the
90s
that
says:
Target,
City,
Hall
and
there's
a
Target
on
City
Hall
with
the
Act
Up
logo,
and
you
know
why
I
bring
this
up
is
for
us
to
be
standing
here
today
as
lgbtq
individuals.
As
you
know,
members
from
a
minority
group
when
there
were
so
many
people
who
fought
who
protest
to
just
be
in
these
Halls
to
be
in
the
space
and
to
be
on.
You
know
this
floor.
F
F
So
let
us
remember
that,
and
you
know,
I
really
want
to
commend
director
Dortch,
for
you
know,
moving
forward
with
an
ordinance
that,
specifically,
you
know,
combats
and
and
gets
at
the
fact
of
discrimination
against
AIDS
and
HIV
individuals,
because
that's
exactly
why
they
were
protesting.
That's
exactly
why
they
were
showing
up
and
asking
their
city
government
to
acknowledge
them
to
help
them
and
to
save
them
and
at
the
time
we
failed
them
as
a
government.
F
G
My
name
is
Katrina
Foster
and
I'm
here,
representing
councilman
Andrea
Boo's
office.
She
wished
that
she
could
be
here,
but
she
is
out
until
next
week.
I
wanted
to
just
take
a
moment
to
thank
our
partners.
I
see
many
from
the
lgbtq
commission
here
that
we
had
actually
had
justice
reach
out
to
us
about
AIDS
day
I
also
had
Casey,
proud
reach
out
to
us.
It's
been
great.
To
have
these
kinds
of
Partnerships.
G
One
thing
I
did
want
to
highlight
is
that
on
the
22nd
floor
and
on
the
26th
floor
there
is
a
rendering
of
an
artist
that
actually
was
in
hospice,
helped
with
hospice
care
with
AIDS
patients
and
I.
Don't
have
his
name
on
me.
I
apologize,
I,
wasn't
planning
on
being
up
here,
but
it's
out
there
in
the
lobby
and
his
pictures
depict
people
men
bravely
dying
alone
in
their
apartments,
and
that
is
those
are
to
partnership
with
Arts
KC.
G
It's
on
the
22nd
floor,
which
is
city
council
floor,
and
it's
right
out
here
on
the
lobby.
I
also
would
encourage
you
to
visit
downstairs
I'm
thankful
that
you
guys
took
the
time
to
do
the
memorial
I
have
my
remembrance
ready
and
we
have
a
late
edition
that
I
wanted
to
I
get
the
honor
one
of
the
partners
that
councilwoman
boo
works
with
a
lot
is
councilman
bunch's
office,
and
so,
if
you
could
come,
if
you
would
like
to
come
and
greet
the
crowd
and
say
a
few
words
and
councilman
Park
shop,.
H
Thank
you,
everyone
for
being
here,
I
I,
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
always
present
and
and
here
as
a
as
a
lawmaker
in
this
city,
to
make
sure
that
Kansas
City
continues
to
be
a
place.
That's
welcoming
and
inviting
for
everyone,
regardless
of
of
race
or
sexual
orientation
or
sexual
identity.
Gender
identity.
H
So
just
want
to
do
my
small
part
in
being
an
ally
and
being
in
a
position
that
I'm
in
and
very
fortunate
to
be
privileged
to
be
a
leader
in
the
city,
so
I'm
humbled
by
the
the
the
the
rating
that
we
recently
got.
But
that's
not
enough.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
people
actually
do
truly
feel
welcome
from
members
of
the
lgbtq
community.
So
thank
you
all
for
being
here
and
always
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me
and
and
and
express
how
we
could
continue
to
do
better.
Thank
you.
I
Definitely
World
AIDS
day
is
is
a
significant
day
to
recognize
those
who
have
gone
on
before
us
and
those
who
may
be
struggling
with
it
today
and
I
want
to
just
offer
my
condolences
to
those
who
have
gone
on
before
us,
including
you
know.
I
have
some
family
members
as
well
and
want
to
use
this
as
an
opportunity
to
remember
my
cousin
Rob
just
have
to
say
that,
but
also
for
those
families,
like
I
said
who
are
struggling
with,
that
I
know
there.
I
There
are
many
hospice
agencies
and
companies
that
are
working
in
this
every
day
and
as
a
council
person
as
a
policy
maker,
it's
important
to
me
to
ensure
that
we
as
a
city
are
there
for
those
individuals
for
all
individuals
within
our
community
that
are
struggling,
that
are
having
issues
within
the
community
and
ensuring
that
we
are
welcoming
to
all
individuals,
no
matter
no
matter
who
they
stand
for
or
who
they
love.
What
they
do.
I
J
Could
I
steal
that
from
you?
Since?
Oh
thank
you
so
much
good
morning,
everyone,
my
name
is
novice
sister,
Morgan
and
again
and
again
and
again
of
it's.
Okay,
though
it
was
really
good,
I
really
liked
it.
It's
the
French
pronunciation,
I
think
from
the
City
of
Fountain
sisters
of
Perpetual
Indulgence,
I'm
honored,
to
stand
before
you
today,
dearest
vadies
and
gentle
thems
to
offer
a
blessing
and
commemoration
a
celebration
of
world
AIDS
day
2022..