00:00 A lot of people are feeling really alone right now.
00:03 I think a lot of the LGBTQ+ community is feeling like they don't really have any support systems
00:10 in place right now.
00:11 There's a lot of people who are really, really, really scared and really scared to be here
00:16 in Oklahoma.
00:17 It's really, really hard to get Oklahoma lawmakers to protect anybody right now.
00:24 The laws around accessing gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary people
00:30 is abysmal.
00:32 And it's so important for us to come together at this moment where we are on the national
00:37 stage for this horrific tragedy and we need to be together and build community.
00:42 These policies that our state has done focusing and targeting LGBTQ+ people and youth have
00:49 caused harm and now we are seeing it in the most extreme case, which is we've lost a young
00:54 person.
00:55 We've come so far in society where people are finally able to be their true selves and
01:02 that is scaring people in power.
01:03 That is scaring people who are bigots, who are anti-trans, who are anti-queer.
01:10 We have so much power and they took that from a young person in a school where they should
01:14 have been protected.
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