WEBVTT - Hate is Not an Ideology

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody, recording from the Home Bunker, Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of things I want to bring to your

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<v Speaker 1>attention today. I'm just so tired. I'm so tired of

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<v Speaker 1>mainstream media. And I know that I spend a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of time like bashing mainstream media. And it's all justified

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, at the end of last week, you

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<v Speaker 1>had special counsel that Merrick Garland, who should not have

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<v Speaker 1>the job of Attorney General in this moment, appoint you know,

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<v Speaker 1>special counsel her to over or see the investigation into

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<v Speaker 1>Biden's documents, and in his report, which should have only

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<v Speaker 1>been about the fact that there's nothing to see here

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<v Speaker 1>because he didn't do anything illegal, he didn't obstruct the

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<v Speaker 1>Justice Departments, he returned the documents once he realized that

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<v Speaker 1>he had them. Instead, her decided to attack Biden's age

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<v Speaker 1>and his mental fitness. And this is a sycophant of

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<v Speaker 1>Trump that you served as counsel in the Trump administration,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a holdover. And I just for the life

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<v Speaker 1>of me can't figure out why fucking Democrats bend themselves

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<v Speaker 1>over backwards to try and appease the monster that is

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<v Speaker 1>Maga Republicans. I just, for the love of fucking God

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<v Speaker 1>cannot figure it out and think that somehow you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to satiate this insatiable beast that wants to destroy democracy,

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<v Speaker 1>and the way that they do that is by sowing

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<v Speaker 1>doubt about Joe Biden's capabilities. Now, we can talk about

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<v Speaker 1>our feelings about Joe Biden, frankly, which there are many

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<v Speaker 1>that I have that I know many of you have.

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<v Speaker 1>But at the end of the day, the fucking false

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<v Speaker 1>equivalency that is put up in the media at a

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<v Speaker 1>time when we actually need people to be as informed

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<v Speaker 1>as they can be is just like, oh God, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I I'm just so angry. I'm just so angry. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>angry that Merrick Garland is the Attorney General of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States. The man is so fucking weak and lacks

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<v Speaker 1>the integrity intensity fortitude that it takes to maneuver this

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<v Speaker 1>Justice Department through the domestic terrorism that we are experiencing

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<v Speaker 1>and have continued to experience since the beginning of Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's presidency that has just gotten worse. We're in this

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<v Speaker 1>fucking run up against the clock with cases that Merrick

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<v Speaker 1>Garland could have brought the day that he was fucking

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<v Speaker 1>sworn in, but didn't. He sat on his fucking hands

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<v Speaker 1>for over a year. Had he brought this case when

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<v Speaker 1>Donald trump let office assigned a special prosecutor the moment

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<v Speaker 1>that Donald Trump was on that helicopter, we wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 1>pushing up against an election, and there would have been

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<v Speaker 1>more than enough time, and Donald Trump probably would not

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<v Speaker 1>have announced right his bid, so wouldn't have seemed like

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<v Speaker 1>a political fucking attack. And which hunt that he lies about.

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<v Speaker 1>So Merrick Garland has no business being Attorney General and

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<v Speaker 1>then appointing a Republican to oversee an investigation into Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>as if somehow this is the fucking nineties, Like are

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<v Speaker 1>we dumb here or do you just not fucking get it?

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<v Speaker 1>Like which one is it? Are you incompetent or are

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<v Speaker 1>you stupid? And so I just, you know, find myself

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<v Speaker 1>consistently shaking my head realizing that, you know, folks, fucking

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<v Speaker 1>February is halfway done. We are just like racing towards

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<v Speaker 1>this election that I think is going to be devastating

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<v Speaker 1>unless some miracle happens. Devastating for this country, devastating for

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<v Speaker 1>all of us who are not part of MAGA, who

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<v Speaker 1>are not white rich men, and the fact that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>still having to convince people that the threats that we

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<v Speaker 1>are facing are real, and it's not even just the voters,

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<v Speaker 1>because apparently we have to convince fucking Merit Garland that

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<v Speaker 1>these threats are not just gonna go away because you

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<v Speaker 1>close your eyes or because you want to seem like

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<v Speaker 1>you're unbiased, So you're going to pretend that the Republican

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<v Speaker 1>Party isn't at the root of the cancer that is

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<v Speaker 1>eating away at our democracy. I tell you that the

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<v Speaker 1>politicians of yesteryear do not have the ability to deal

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<v Speaker 1>with what is when they are still nostalgic for what

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<v Speaker 1>was that is never returning. So I'm angry, and I'm tired,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm also tired of being angry. So it's, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, where do we go from here? Not to

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<v Speaker 1>mention that by the time that you're listening to this,

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<v Speaker 1>all of you are more than aware of the absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>brutal bombings and attacks that Rafa, an area that was

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be designated as safe for Palestinian civilians to

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<v Speaker 1>pass through, was attacked during the Super Bowl, so that

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<v Speaker 1>all eyes were away from social media and glazed over

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<v Speaker 1>with commercials and bullshit, I'm just, oh, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. It's like it's just getting harder and

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<v Speaker 1>harder and harder to muster faith.

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<v Speaker 2>And so.

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<v Speaker 1>I am grateful for the time that I spent in

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<v Speaker 1>New Orleans for the Creating Change Conference, where I got

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<v Speaker 1>to sit down with queer folks in battleground states that

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<v Speaker 1>are really y'all doing the Lord's work in these blood

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<v Speaker 1>red states where just simply living they are a target.

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<v Speaker 2>And so.

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<v Speaker 1>In today's conversation, which these Queer the Vote conversations will

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<v Speaker 1>be happening on WOLLKF over the next two weeks, where

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to be playing for you pre recorded conversations

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<v Speaker 1>that happened while I was live in New Orleans. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>conversation is with Andrea Monthenez talking about, you know, what

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<v Speaker 1>it means to be trans and try to create safety

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<v Speaker 1>for other trans people in these red states and what

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<v Speaker 1>is needed and required you know, And I will tell

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<v Speaker 1>you that I consistently talk about the fact that we

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<v Speaker 1>won't know right for those of us that live in

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<v Speaker 1>blue states until if and when Donald Trump becomes president

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<v Speaker 1>again and makes these states an absolute hell right what

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<v Speaker 1>it is like to be queer in a state that

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<v Speaker 1>you are made a target of, And so these conversations,

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<v Speaker 1>I hope give us a lens into what that is

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<v Speaker 1>like and the fact that everybody doesn't have the means

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<v Speaker 1>to leave, and that we don't want everybody to leave

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<v Speaker 1>because if they do, nothing ever changes. And so these

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<v Speaker 1>are some of the bravest people that I've had the

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity to speak with. So our continuation of the LGBTQ

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<v Speaker 1>Task Force Creating Change Conference Queering the Vote campaign is

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<v Speaker 1>coming up next. I'm really excited folks to welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>wok F Daily Andrea Montanez from the Hope Community Center,

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<v Speaker 1>who works on how to include trans people into the

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<v Speaker 1>immigration conversation. We talk about immigration a lot on this show.

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<v Speaker 1>I have never Andrea talked about it from the lens

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<v Speaker 1>of trans folks coming to this country, and so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>very grateful that we are meeting here at Creating Change,

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<v Speaker 1>the LGBTQ Task Force Conference to discuss twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>and to discuss one of the major issues in the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty four election, which is going to be immigration.

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<v Speaker 1>Andrew talk to me about the Whole Community Center and

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<v Speaker 1>about your role.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you and thank you to be here. Really important

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<v Speaker 2>to be talking about these topics. Intersectionality between the LGBTQ

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<v Speaker 2>and the immigrants. To start my cell and our regional

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<v Speaker 2>from Columbia. So in a proad immigrant, but I also

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<v Speaker 2>a proud transgender person, so a tre gender woman. So

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<v Speaker 2>does mean intersectionality Whole Community Center, my role in there,

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<v Speaker 2>and the LGBTQ immigration organizer. That's my position. My position

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<v Speaker 2>is too working in the intersectionality between what is immigration

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<v Speaker 2>and what's important for the LGBTQ community, in particular the

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<v Speaker 2>trans community in this case Hope. What's created to be

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<v Speaker 2>short stories. It is located in a Podca, Florida, a

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<v Speaker 2>podcast a city like fifteen minutes from fifteen miles from Orlando,

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<v Speaker 2>Orland is the bubble of the only city protected in Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>I can say that Aportica is so conservative and we

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<v Speaker 2>are almost there. So the organization was created fifty years

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<v Speaker 2>ago for four Catholic nons. That's an interesting historian. They

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<v Speaker 2>can hear for the times when Apordca has racial issues

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<v Speaker 2>with the black community. The black community cannot go to

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<v Speaker 2>the same places to the white community in that time.

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<v Speaker 2>So when they come in here, they working with that

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<v Speaker 2>with the black community to do because they were the

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<v Speaker 2>hard workers in that time until started moving in the

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<v Speaker 2>immigrants as far workers to the scenario. And the organization

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<v Speaker 2>is still working with that, supporting the documentary. The hard

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<v Speaker 2>workers see the kid the youngest one and looking for

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<v Speaker 2>intersectionalities the does when it's LGBTQ, when the trade gender

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<v Speaker 2>community came to Hope, when Poles happened in twenty sixteen,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is a history why I'm there because it's

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<v Speaker 2>important to explain because I tell at the start this

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<v Speaker 2>is a what's founded for the Catholic Moons, but now

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<v Speaker 2>it's an opening organization with them. When it happened the

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<v Speaker 2>Poles Foundation, the Pole's attack with one of the two

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<v Speaker 2>of the big things where Mexicans and living in a podca.

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<v Speaker 2>So when the director of Whole Community Center went to

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<v Speaker 2>the house to the pattern or one of the kids

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<v Speaker 2>was killed in Pouls, does the gay club.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, just to remind folks, the Pulse night club shooting

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<v Speaker 1>was one of the most horrific attacks on the LGBTQ community.

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<v Speaker 1>It was I believe black and like LATINX night at

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<v Speaker 1>the club forty nine. Forty nine young people, black and

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<v Speaker 1>brown queer people were gonne down in Florida, So please,

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<v Speaker 1>I just wanted to provide that memory to folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. Yes was the Latin black community and the

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<v Speaker 2>two then were Latin. So when they come in to

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<v Speaker 2>the home of the Mexican dad to say I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>the first thing he say, my song was no gay.

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<v Speaker 2>My song was no gay. Yeah, So the founders saw,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they know, so this is a hole here

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<v Speaker 2>because he's a Yoman. I don't come in here to

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<v Speaker 2>joge nobody. They kill a person, they kill an immigrant,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's gay too. So that's when they started working

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<v Speaker 2>in Founders and they create the position to bring a

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<v Speaker 2>LIBTQ community immigrant. They saw that important they don't saw before.

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<v Speaker 2>So to explain that that one was created my position

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<v Speaker 2>and when I come in, of course a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>years after that, and we work in organizing these communities

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<v Speaker 2>again bring the LGBT community. Uh, hit the spaces with

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<v Speaker 2>education because again when I talked explained that area our

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<v Speaker 2>Latin community, and I Latin is the or difficult community

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<v Speaker 2>with the same transgender people in particular, So maybe I

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<v Speaker 2>was the first transgender person dation in the LIE and

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<v Speaker 2>I start to educate. Then I start to organize. Then

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<v Speaker 2>and I start to fight for the rights of the

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<v Speaker 2>immigrant community. But also I start to found the transgender

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<v Speaker 2>and documented immigrants. They had the same struggle and then

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<v Speaker 2>they were with the same family. So when we create

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<v Speaker 2>our relation, and that's the job we're doing, and we

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<v Speaker 2>start to go into Tallahassee to do raalies for immigration

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<v Speaker 2>and to do righties for the tradgender community together because

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<v Speaker 2>now the understand and we open more spaces to fighting

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<v Speaker 2>because in this moment particular, my estate is the immigrant

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<v Speaker 2>and the and the transgender community. The more attack it

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<v Speaker 2>and I think it's national now to be there. It's veryware.

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<v Speaker 2>Immigration is the big probably EveryWare and that include us.

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<v Speaker 2>So that movement was incredible. So I started moving organization,

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<v Speaker 2>you know LGBT organization today understand the immigration part two

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<v Speaker 2>that was important. So I was educay, then edukay the LGBTQ.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember I'm immigrant to. I don't in the citizen now,

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<v Speaker 2>but an immigrant to. So I got the history and

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of the LGBT community coming looking for asylum

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<v Speaker 2>or protection because all the hey they had in other countries,

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<v Speaker 2>so they start to understand the immigration part and they

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<v Speaker 2>started working with us. And we do the same in

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<v Speaker 2>the other way. With the far worker you had LGBTQ

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<v Speaker 2>people there are with you. We're working together, and we

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<v Speaker 2>start to create different the first ally with different the

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<v Speaker 2>trans community, with the with the organization. The moment mass

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<v Speaker 2>emotional for me was see for workers with the transgender flag.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, So that's that's that's, that's proof we are together.

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<v Speaker 2>This is working and at least in put together everybody

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<v Speaker 2>and understand you know, I guess if we can't teach

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<v Speaker 2>an immigrant the same machismore families, Yeah, why the style

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<v Speaker 2>of Florida government don't understand that.

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<v Speaker 1>Talk to me about what do you find to be

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<v Speaker 1>the hardest piece about bringing these groups together, bringing the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that there are transgender LGBTQ immigrants. There's an immigrant

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<v Speaker 1>conversation issue that we're talking about, but there's also this

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<v Speaker 1>community within this larger issue. What is the most difficult

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<v Speaker 1>piece to explain to people to get them to understand

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<v Speaker 1>that these are not siloed issues.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the more hard work? You say that, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>and it was no easy because is is the process.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to say how it's working in this community

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<v Speaker 2>in particular, the people trust in Hope Community Center for

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<v Speaker 2>years and now they see me. Who is that? I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna say that because the first impression after that, Hello Andrea.

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<v Speaker 2>After that they support me. Why because I work for home.

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<v Speaker 2>So they say, if the founders and there the exactly

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<v Speaker 2>director trust in this person, it's's real. So that that

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<v Speaker 2>part is don't is in this community start to move

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<v Speaker 2>a little. It's still difficult because it's still a lotto

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<v Speaker 2>or the war own community. They are doing a love

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<v Speaker 2>to be in the home they almost hate, but you

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<v Speaker 2>start to see it also education. You still to see

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<v Speaker 2>people coming to you. I think, can you talk with

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<v Speaker 2>my kids? Because I don't know where they are. I

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<v Speaker 2>think they are part of the lit bity. You can

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<v Speaker 2>you explain me this? So I opened open doors. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not easy. It's often to the more horrifule question they

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<v Speaker 2>can do to me and I answer, But that was

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<v Speaker 2>my decision, and that maybe is the way the people

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<v Speaker 2>start to change. I don't know how.

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<v Speaker 1>To know, but you're you're right through slowly through conversations,

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<v Speaker 1>through moving past this kind of stigma. An idea of

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<v Speaker 1>who you think that somebody is, and through whole community center,

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<v Speaker 1>people seeing you and saying, well, she is working here,

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<v Speaker 1>she is helping us, she is one of us, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and so can build that trust because I think that that,

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<v Speaker 1>to me, is part of what the opposition is trying

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<v Speaker 1>to do, is turn the trans community, the LGBT larger community,

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<v Speaker 1>into the boogeyman, something to be afraid of, something that

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<v Speaker 1>you need to protect your children from. And I wonder

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<v Speaker 1>if you think that we need to have what needs

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<v Speaker 1>to happen in order to push back against that idea

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<v Speaker 1>of be afraid of these people. You don't know them,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't trust them. So how do we push back

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<v Speaker 1>against that?

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<v Speaker 2>It's my goal and I think it's education, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>a real crude education to people are common people to

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<v Speaker 2>go back to separate this because you know, it's like

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<v Speaker 2>people when they start talking about ideologies, this is not

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<v Speaker 2>an ideology. That's the pro big problem, right, the recruitment process.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is the worst I say when I spoke

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<v Speaker 2>with that we don't recruit tragender people. We don't need

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<v Speaker 2>to recruit because this is so special and so and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to say this, we are human, but we

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<v Speaker 2>are more special than everybody, so this is no place

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<v Speaker 2>for everyone. It's so hard to be who we are.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't need to recruit more. It's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm going to say the word because I say

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<v Speaker 2>that all the time. Transgender is magic, because this is

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<v Speaker 2>a magic we had inside. And that put me in

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<v Speaker 2>the old timers when they bore the wishes because they

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<v Speaker 2>were magic. They bore one other article because its magic.

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<v Speaker 2>So not because that's exactly how I feel sometime with

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<v Speaker 2>the trends coming sometimes now that's a feeling they want

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<v Speaker 2>to boring us because they are scared of us. They

0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:11.640
<v Speaker 2>care scared because we are still there. They attacking every

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<v Speaker 2>day us and we still show our smile talking about kids.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't going to got kids everywhere. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>the kids be transgender, but we only want is our

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<v Speaker 2>transgender kids survive. Leave this is It's like we have

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<v Speaker 2>to teach people again because people is following what the

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<v Speaker 2>people say in the news, what the parties say. Because

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<v Speaker 2>that's the problem. When you get the ideologies they say,

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<v Speaker 2>you go, oh, tragender, and they're gonna cut me sorgery

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow and they're gonna put all my genital that's not true.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a locking, difficult process. This is my lie completely.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm fifty eight years ball and always if I told

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<v Speaker 2>my story, I can start for my day one when

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<v Speaker 2>I start this process. But I don't know that's so,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's not easy. And for the kids, we don't

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<v Speaker 2>want they go to go need they be social dately.

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<v Speaker 2>So people have to understand that part. We don't recruit trance,

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<v Speaker 2>We don't want to compare your kids in transgender, but

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna protect.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't consider hate to be an ideology, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that that too is the problem that we have

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<v Speaker 1>allowed the opposition to say, oh well I can have

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<v Speaker 1>this different moral standing or this religious belief, and this is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, an ideology. Hate is in an ideology. Hate

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<v Speaker 1>is just hate. And I think that you know the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why I believe that the Maga supremaists, which is

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<v Speaker 1>what I refer to them as the Maga supremists, hate

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<v Speaker 1>the trans community so much and hate the LGBTQ community

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<v Speaker 1>so much, is because you represent possibility, hope and the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that you can create your own path, that you

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<v Speaker 1>can build a life and create a life and be

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<v Speaker 1>successful and full and happy outside of the bullshit binary

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what scares them because it's like, well, I

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<v Speaker 1>followed it, why can't you follow it right? Like I

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<v Speaker 1>suppressed myself, So why can't you suppress yourself? And that

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<v Speaker 1>that is what I truly believe. I think that you're

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<v Speaker 1>right when you said you know that you believe that

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<v Speaker 1>trans people are magic. You go back to the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of burning whiches. You know, witches at the State. They

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<v Speaker 1>weren't witches. They were independent women right with brains and

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<v Speaker 1>ideas and thoughts that were outside of what society at

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<v Speaker 1>that time deemed. Okay, So you must be dangerous and

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<v Speaker 1>we must put you down. And I love the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that you that you made that link. As we wrap up,

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<v Speaker 1>tell me how people who are not in Florida can

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<v Speaker 1>get connected with how donate and learn more about the

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<v Speaker 1>Whole Community Center.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you can, Well, you can find us and

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<v Speaker 2>the website and the Whole Community Center. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if we were so because we're doing a lot of work.

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<v Speaker 2>We're doing a lot of we need we need support

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<v Speaker 2>funders because everything is with a nonprofit, it's a big

0:24:31.160 --> 0:24:35.879
<v Speaker 2>organization to move people, to bring the youngest one to

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<v Speaker 2>protect our immigrants and pro protected trends with the best

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<v Speaker 2>to support is talking about us, looking who we are,

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<v Speaker 2>looking that we looking at like all we're doing and

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<v Speaker 2>how is it important on these people? It's like and

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<v Speaker 2>so it's like the two worlds. I think we're more

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<v Speaker 2>medical with your immigrants. The immigrants, they are not a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>The immigrants are part of the solution, yep. And the

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<v Speaker 2>transgender immigrants are more part of the solution to were productives.

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<v Speaker 2>So looking for that, looking for you, looking for the immigrations.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the true about immigrants to what does the they

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<v Speaker 2>have to look in and support Florida looking for the

0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:17.800
<v Speaker 2>organization in Florida, not only Hope, all the lgby all

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<v Speaker 2>the trans organization, all the immigrant organization. It's a lot

0:25:21.520 --> 0:25:24.840
<v Speaker 2>of grassroots try to survive in this place. And every

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<v Speaker 2>single day it is more thangerous to us. A lot

0:25:27.560 --> 0:25:30.040
<v Speaker 2>of people is living every month from every way I

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<v Speaker 2>say somebody to somebody's living. I don't go nowhere because

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<v Speaker 2>I think when I come to this country looking for freedom,

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<v Speaker 2>I gave my freedom. I gave my citizen. I was

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<v Speaker 2>federal officer, so I work for this government before I

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<v Speaker 2>decide to do what I do now. So this is

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<v Speaker 2>my country, this is my place. I don't go nowhere,

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<v Speaker 2>so that come with that and a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>with me. But we have to be together for that,

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<v Speaker 2>so please support us, we assist.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazing Andrew, thank you so much for making the time

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<v Speaker 1>for book. I really appreciate you, appreciate all the work

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<v Speaker 1>that the Hope Community Center is doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>That is it for me today. Dear friends on Woke

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<v Speaker 1>a f as always Power to the people and to

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<v Speaker 1>all the people power, get woke and stay woke as fuck.