001[Music] congratulations fridayy frone um I'm Linda this is Karen and Jackie we are from St Michael's Church um in paliston we're really super super glad to be here celebrating pride month um so if you are around come and check us out be candy um St Michael's Church like all the palian churches all [Music] as [Music] I [Music] will hi I'm my pronouns are they and she and I'm from out Metro West where we strive to build communities where lgbtq youth Thrive and I just want to say Happy bride really happy it's a beautiful day here at the corn for Pride day I love it South America the biggest uh the biggest part in South America is in I I went a couple years ago myner Taiwan so I went [Music] the [Applause] only I'm Juliana
002she her uh the outfit that I'm wearing this is the Michael Kors with the Ruffles you might have noticed the subtley with the Trans colors in there makes it one of my favorite dresses um more importantly uh the the pearls that I wear in my ears right now and the necklace that I'm wearing they're from my mother and it was a little over 5 years ago I was getting ready to go live at work the final frontier and I've been authentically myself for just over 5 years now I transitioned on the job June 10th 2019 and and uh it was a couple weeks beforehand I was talking with my mother said mom Mom like I have to change my entire work wardrobe like this is a big deal and I'm like I think I know
003what works for me but like the work work outfit is a little bit different and uh so I went shopping with my mom and I will never never forget that and you were looking at outfits and she didn't like my taste no no um and uh then I said well I need some accessories right um and we were over at the Macy's counter saw some accessories and then then I was looking at these pearls and I was like I wouldn't wear them for work and and but I loved them these these ones right here and my mother said I'm a jwes would you like me to buy those for you cuz I would really like to get them for you and she did and like I was I was sobbing and crying at the Macy's
004like check out U so beautiful just to have that connection that wish had happened decades before so just an example so okay so who any if you have any questions just ask it's all good you're safe you're safe on the Clover stage um who wants to come up first how did I know welcome hi my name is STI and my phoun um so I don't really so my outfit is kind of like so I I was shopping with my mom at the M too and we were like at this callian FID store and I'm like oh I want this like it's like a rainbow unicorn just like oh like yeah we can totally get that for you and then um like she bought it for me I'm like thank you thank you very much I
005haven't had a Fri shirt and my like this is my only shirt much and um then this coin skirt I got from that Boer really exessive awesome that's great love your outfit all right do we want to dance a little bit bring bring the music up [Music] okay's coming up [Music] next you can keep it [Music] going stre come on come on up here come on up [Music] here can you hear me yeah okay so this is um somebody asked me is blue your favorite color it isn't you know my favorite color is rust just in case you ever want to give me something um but I wore blue only because it's something I've not done before so I wanted to do something different and then these flowers are um a dedication to Ukraine this
006is called V and we had as ashs united we had done a fundraising for you for Ukraine and I had learned about um identity and the Resurgence of identity of Ukraine and my friend here Tona who's running away um introduced me to these flowers and I thought that they are not just about beauty and prettiness and but it's also about celebrating who you are at the moment and that's why I will thank you awesome thank you okay let get some let's some music out here all right who's who's up next who's up next who's up [Music] next you want I know you want [Music] Hello nice to meet you I'm jul and what are your pronouns I use sh pronouns awesome thank you for sharing okay you want to tell us about your outfit sure
007um I'm not wearing some terribly special I got this and this from Tonia um so in some ways they represent the community and I'm glad to be here at ashin cide um this is a cfia it's a traditional Palestinian scarf and I'm wearing that for Palestinian Liberation you've probably seen the black and white ones around um I got an all green one because I like green um and I'm wearing a crop top which is exciting for me personally um because it can for a long time I didn't wear crop tops because I was very self-conscious of them because I'm a little chubby um and I'm very happy to be wearing them I think they cute um and I have rainbow rhinestones that I got at a March a few weeks ago because it's pride and
008I wanted to show my clearness in some way so rhyon it is and I'm happy to be here awesome glad to have you I love that hat too thank you I like sparkles okay all right on up on up welcome and what is your name I'm an and happy to be here today um I really didn't think about t that I wor um but it's Bohemian and I am I was born in the 6s I grew up in New York City I was very Bohemian back then so I'm really happy I'm wearing this and it's reminding me of you know being in New York City in the 80s when we had you know the pandemic AIDS um and how Monumental that was in my life at that at that age um knowing people that were
009going through this um losing friends and uh it's just reminding me of some wonderful people and just want to name two names Clyde Walker may he rest in peace most wonderful beautiful man you could ever ever IM imagine and Steven mnara too um also beautiful person inside and out and I wish they were both here with us today because to see we're I hope I think we've come far and we can be celebrating them as well in [Applause] memories I'm going to work the crowd we knew this was going to happen [Music] uh hi again I'm Mel pronouncer they or she I am wearing my out Metro West t-shirt because I'm so excited to be here with out Metro West and to share information about our youth programs um and I'm wearing my support trans
010Futures hat which is one part for sun protection it's very sunny out today um and also because I am really committed to building a I'm Sally uh known as grandma Sally to my 14 grandchildren uh and and uh I'm really happy to be here I have a a trans granddaughter who I love dearly and I'm very proud of and uh she's just 16 so she's you know in those beginning stages and um uh trying to support her so um what I'm wearing uh I have my pride hat on which I I love I I was in San Francisco four weeks ago and went into a shop where they had just lots of really great great things and so I have my San Francisco hat on and and walked across their crosswalks that are painted in
011rainbow colors and it was a lovely city to be visited um and my shirt is a it says on a be be e youu so it's kind of a a play on words but um uh I really believe that for all of us um to be the best you that you can be do you ever