CENTER COUNCILOR (ARNASON?): THREE DELEGATIONS, FIRST ONE IS JESSICA YANIV. AND JUST FOR ALL THE DELEGATIONS' INFORMATION YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES, PROVIDE US YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM. YOU'LL SEE THE LIGHTS FLASH WHEN IT'S TIME TO... YOU'RE DONE. THANK YOU. OH HEY LET ME GET YOUR MIC, THERE. YOU DON'T- YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAN-
YANIV: TEST.
ARNASON: YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAN INTO IT, IT'LL WORK-
YANIV: DID IT WORK?
ARNASON: I JUST HAD TO TURN IT ON.
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YANIV: GOOD EVENING YOUR WORSHIP(?) AND COUNCILORS, MY NAME IS JESSICA YANIV AND HERE I HAVE APPEARED TONIGHT TO PRESENT A PROGRAM THAT IS FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY YOUTH AT SCHOOLS. LET'S GET THIS STARTED. SO, MY UM. THE PROGRAM THAT I'M PRESENTING- THE PROGRAM THAT WILL INTRODUCE RESOURCES TO LGBTQ YOUTH AND SCHOOLS BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL EDUCATORS WHO'VE SAID IT'S A PRETTY BIG PROBLEM SO I'M JUST GOING TO START IT HERE. SO I'M GOING TO START FIRST WITH LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION. SO UM, LGBTQ YOUTH REALLY NEED SUPPORT, UM, REALLY NEED SUPPORT IN KNOWING HOW TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION, CUZ IT'S ALL WAY TOO COMMON SO. AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW UM, AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO ME APPLYING FOR ANOTHER PAGEANT, YEAH. SO AH, DISCRIMINATION IS WAY WAY TOO COMMON IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. LIKE MYSELF I JUST FOUGHT ANOTHER TWO MORE BUT UH WE NEED TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO LIKE YOUTH REALLY FIGHT FOR THEIR OWN RIGHTS BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY'RE HOPELESS THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT I'M DOING ARE REFERRALS LIKE TO THE B.C. HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC AND SUCH AND UBC LAW STUDENTS SOCIETY JUST SO YOUTH KNOW HOW TO REALLY GET THERE. THE OTHER THING AS WELL LIKE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT, AND HERE'S THE NICE THING IT COMES AT ABSOLUTELY NO COST TO THE TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY BECAUSE THESE ARE EXTERNAL RESOURCES BEING BROUGHT IN. I'VE TALKED TO MANY THESE RESOURCES THEY'RE WANTING TO DO THIS FOR ABSOLUTELY NO COST AT ALL. SO. SO BASICALLY, WHY IS THIS PROGRAM NEEDED? SO, YOUTH UNFORTUNATELY ARE GETTING ACCESS TO STREET HORMONES YOU CAN BUY THESE THINGS ON AMAZON ITS' REALLY EASY TO FIND ON EBAY THE DARK WEB IT'S NOT HARD. SO BASICALLY UM LIKE I STATED IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET A HOLD OF THIS STUFF AND IT'S NOT SAFE. THAT'S THE BIG UM BIG PART OF IT I'M PRETTY SURE MAYOR DOES NOT WANT TO SEE THE OPIOID CRISIS IN TERMS OF YOUTH GETTING ACCESS TO THIS TYPE OF STUFF AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS A PROBLEM. SO, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT THE TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY DEVELOP WHAT WE CALL THE- IT'S CALLED THE "SAFE+" OR ANY OTHER TYPE-OF-NAMED PROGRAM TO BRING OUTSIDE RESOURCES IN, TELL THEM ABOUT HORMONE THERAPY AND SUCH AND UM. AND TRANSITIONING METHOD IN A SAFE MANNER. A MANNER THAT IS SAFE, IS APPROVED BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. JUST SO THEY DON'T. PROBABLY. THEY DON'T END UP HARMING THEIR OWN BODIES, UM, MONITORED BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, COUNSELORS, AND SUCH AS WELL. SO, BASICALLY SCHOOLS ARE QUITE UNSAFE AND UNWELCO-UNWELCOMING UH FOR THE MAJORITY OF LGBTQ UH STUDENTS. SO SOME DATA I JUST PULLED ONLINE HERE SO, UH. SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT OF STUDENTS HEARD REMARKS LIKE "FAG," "DYKE," OR OFTEN THIRTY PERCENT MISSED AT LEAST ONE DAY OF SCHOOL IN THE PAST MONTH BECAUSE THEY FELT REALLY UNSAFE OR UNCOMFORTABLE. AND EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT WERE VERBALLY HARASSED IN THE PAST YEAR. SO BASICALLY IT'S DISCRIMINATION AND STUFF AND HOSTILITY LEADS LGBTQ STUDENTS A LOWER GPA, LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE LIKE A WHOLE SECONDARY AS WELL, AS WELL AS REALLY LOW SELF ESTEEM. SO BASICALLY IN TERMS OF UM SUMMARY TO THE HEALTH TAKING UNSAFE DOSE OF HORMONES CAN HAVE REALLY UH SEVERE EFFECTS TO YOUTH'S HEALTHS THEY NEED SAFE ACCESS WE NEED TO PROVIDE SAFE ACCESS TO STUDENTS SO THEY KNOW HOW TO GET THIS
STUFF SAFELY AND IN A REALLY GOOD MANNER. AND GET THE REFERRALS UM REFERALLS THAT ARE NEEDED ESSENTIALLY SO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY.