they are, losing the same horrific things we are saying about chance people, today they said about, lesbian, gay bisexual people 20 years, ago but now the respect for marriage act is the law of the land. the same horrific things being said about trans people, today they said about people living with hiv and a. i. d. s. 30 years ago, and now we dramatically reduce stigma, and we are within arms reach of ending the epidemic. they see that they are losing on so many of the social issues, and they are trying to draw wedges and divides. this is our time to tell them, no, enough, we are not going to stand for some of our community, or some of the lgbtq+ community, we will stand united for everyone. >> this special is titled defending pride, which you are doing wonderfully right now. protest about the importance of the visibility, of being out and open, and feeling safe to be out and open. >> it is so, so important. right now, it is not only the legislation we are, seeing but everywhere we go to feel safe as being targeted. i have heard stories of children's hospitals being threatened with bomb threats. targets getting bumped that's because of their allyship with lgbtq community. and the only way to combat, that is worth, love and visibility. right now, there is a stat that says more people believe they have seen a ghost than a trans person. that is shocking, and also