That’s it. That’s the end of the speech. Here’s where I’m supposed to start taking questions. But there’s something else, something I wasn’t sure until just now I was going to say. “And one more thing. I’m not telling you this because it’s important, but because I know you’ll hear about it eventually and I don’t want anyone to think I have something to hide.” The clapping dies off and they push the microphones in closer. “I’m transgender, and a lesbian, and I’m not ashamed of that.”
