Greetings,

I am here to make my statement on the recent changes done amid president Trump taking office and throwing out consecutive orders with ruthless intent. I think it is extremely unfair to take away and strip the rights of the lgbtqia communities! Everyone deserves a fair advantage of working in the USA and having a life and a future! Nobody has to agree on the same culture, beliefs for ways of life! What matters is people should be able to do whatever they want without trying to take away rights of other communities and cultures! I have family and friends that are scared and hiding! My own mother called me crying the other night on the phone telling me to please protect myself and don't do anything that's going to get me hurt or killed by really aggressive Trump supporters... For family to go into hiding and friends to fear for their lives and for each and every one of them to be cowering when I had known each one of these people in my life to be the most strongest and serious people I've ever been inspired by, really says a lot.

The family I was raised in taught me to be respectful, good hearted and stand for what's right and to not let anyone tell you how to live your life. I was taught that you can do whatever you wish to do as long as you're not hurting yourself or others. I was taught to Chase my dreams. I was taught to stand strong and be bold and never give in to the bully.... This country is in peril and the future will hold nothing but a grave uncertainty and the fear of people being scared to leave their house without being bullied, harassed, beaten or killed simply because they're different or of different culture and communities....

I have a family that loves me so very very much and I have people in my life including my family and friends that I love dearly and I would absolutely lose my mind if something happened to any of them! These are human lives.... I as an independent will not stand for this nonsense and inhumane tyranny and I think both Democrat and Republicans should be able to coexist equally without trying to take each other's rights away and that's a fact! Do not let people destroy what this country stands for! Land of the Free because of the Brave!!