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just to live. and yet, here we are. seeing the right of our community members diminish. their voices are silenced, theyre very identities denied. our nation has made great strides with filling the fundamental promises of freedom and equality for lgbtq plus americans, but lately something has changed. the arc of progress is bending in ways we did not think possible just five years ago. unjust ways. so far this year, more than 520 anti lgbtq bills have been introduced in state legislatur...

attested to the fbi that all the records that he had were being kept in a storage room in mar-a-lago. now ourably the most alarming detail in this newly released inventory list. a box found in his office contains, quote, 43 empty folders with classified banners raising big questions about what happened to the classified documents that were at one time inside those folders. in a notice filed with the inventory the justice department says it has already reviewed every item. they add this...

Am deserving of, and that is what i hope kids seeing it will watch to know that they are valid and their experiences valid. >> you know, raven-symoné, you said a moment ago that representation in the right of ramadan borton. can talk about the importance of queer visibility in the media, especially for a younger audience like yours and especially when we are seeing a tax on the lgbt q plus a community in the classroom, libraries, state legislatures, and elsewhere. >> yeah, the cool thing about ...

Than 1.8% of the population what people know about, us what people learn about us as what they see in media. so, it is important representation matters for that exact reason because it is how -- it is unfortunately how society gauges how they will treat us, respect, us except, us it is what they watch on the television. >> raven how can the entertainment industry improve or continue to improve in terms of diversity and representation? >> well, they can continue to create characters that are stro...

Nikas each week, this session right, we saw more and more chance two-spirit nonbinary gender nonconforming folks come down to the capital. and, it is apparent with the -- facebook, instagram, twitter, that folks are excited to have a presentation even if it is not -- the do not physically live in house district 88. i remember back in -- i got dms from folks who did not even live in america about how important this representation is. so it is a very humbling honor, it will be the greatest honor o...

Power and position, that i allow doors to open for all kinds of people. the conversation started in the writers room, we have a wonderful executive producers, and wonderful writers room that does fire divers and one of our writers who is also transgender to said, hey we need to show representation. they talked about nonbinary and this and that, but ultimately we came down, we need to show transgender characters and a positive light and not which such hustle and fuss about it. >> julianna, talk a...

For less than all this. i made a horrible mistake. ♪ go to your happy price ♪ ♪ priceline ♪ >> for our final conversation we want to tie all these threats together a defending lgbtq plus history and the voices of finding representation and expression. the human rights campaign, americas largest lgbtq+ organization just declared a national state of emergency for lgbtq+ people. kelly robinson, the president of hrc believes that move, the first of its kind in the groups 40 year history was ...

I grew up in a catholic puerto rican military family in florida, of all places, so i did not have a community around me. i did not have anybody in my family, a part of the community let alone and be on tv to really connect to. so to be on disney channel also and do it, i told raising the story, im doing a version of my favorite childhood show. raven was my best friend in my mind for years, and so to now be on a version of my favorite show and i get to do it authentically as myself on a network l...

Ravens ammonia and julianna -- to queer women of color defending lgbtq plus representation in the media and who just made history making the first out character on the disney channel. and kelly robinson, president of the human rights who is literally protecting the right of queer people to exist. but first, to the breaking news of the night, the supreme court has ruled in favor of a website designer who wanted to deny her services for same-sex weddings, despite no one asking her to provide such ...

Black people needed to have representation in certain areas. and, the entertainment industry, i mean now we can look and we see target commercials with mixed race couples, not just black and, white but also indian, native american asian, and it is like exactly. if you want to attract a consumer, make sure that your consumer can see themselves. >> right. i mean, you know, exactly. and, julianna, the same question to you, do you feel even more need to be visible when conservatives are trying to si...