Katie Phang

Come on, y'all.

Come on, y'all.

This is what leadership looks like.

This is what queer leadership looks like, too, okay?

I'm Kelly Robinson.

I'm proud to be president of the Human Rights Campaign.

We are the largest LGBTQ plus civil rights organization in the world.

3.6 million members strong and fighting every day.

But today I'm here for the people who are in same sex marriages are worried about their families.

I'm here for the parents that are tossing and turning at night over the safety of their queer youth.

I'm here for every trans kid that just wants to feel seen, valued, and loved.

I'm here for every trans person that's been kicked out of our military and every person living with HIV that's denied their PrEP medication.

I'm here for our community tonight.

Because I gotta remind this country that lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer people, we've always been here and we're not going anywhere.

This is our country too.

This is our country too.

We have paid for it in funerals, in freedom songs, in court cases, in classroom battles.

When I say this is our country, I'm saying it with my whole chest.

And once again, we are here to defend what is ours.

Because my friends, these are not ordinary times.