joining me live from san francisco is professor ardell thomas, chair of lgbt studies at city college of san francisco. thank you for being here today. thank you for your time. thank you, richard. why is this so important? well, it s important because as much complexity as we can bring to history is important, like the biggest picture possible for students. i think we ve seen this when women s history had been left out, women s accomplishments, people of color, and now this new measure will ensure that lgbt people as well as people with disabilities will be covered in history books. why do you support it? as we look at this legislation, you have given me some idea of what the main purpose behind it and what it is for, but might it make it also stand out too much? actually, i have an example that i could give you. when i m teaching my classes, on