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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.56,0:00:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jenni Chang: When I told\Nmy parents I was gay,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.88,0:00:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first thing they said to me was,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.08,0:00:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're bringing you back to Taiwan."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.32,0:00:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.00,0:00:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In their minds, my sexual orientation\Nwas America's fault.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.88,0:00:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The West had corrupted me\Nwith divergent ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.84,0:00:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if only my parents\Nhad never left Taiwan,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.84,0:00:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this would not have happened\Nto their only daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.32,0:00:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In truth, I wondered if they were right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.44,0:00:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, there are gay people in Asia,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.52,0:00:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as there are gay people\Nin every part of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.76,0:00:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is the idea of living an "out" life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.72,0:00:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the "I'm gay, this is my spouse,\Nand we're proud of our lives together"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.40,0:00:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of way just a Western idea?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.16,0:00:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had grown up in Taiwan,\Nor any place outside of the West,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.88,0:00:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would I have found models\Nof happy, thriving LGBT people?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.96,0:00:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lisa Dazols: I had similar notions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.65,0:00:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an HIV social worker in San Francisco,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.88,0:00:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had met many gay immigrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.88,0:01:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They told me their stories\Nof persecution in their home countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.08,0:01:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just for being gay,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.60,0:01:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reasons\Nwhy they escaped to the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.08,0:01:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw how this had beaten them down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.24,0:01:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After 10 years of doing this kind of work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.28,0:01:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed better stories for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.76,0:01:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew the world was far from perfect,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.80,0:01:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but surely not every gay story was tragic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.16,0:01:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: So as a couple, we both had a need\Nto find stories of hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.80,0:01:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we set off on a mission\Nto travel the world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.76,0:01:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look for the people\Nwe finally termed as the "Supergays."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.64,0:01:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.76,0:01:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These would be the LGBT individuals
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.24,0:01:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were doing something\Nextraordinary in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.60,0:01:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would be courageous, resilient,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.96,0:01:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of all, proud of who they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.92,0:01:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would be the kind of person\Nthat I aspire to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.24,0:01:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our plan was to share their stories\Nto the world through film.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.80,0:01:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: There was just one problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.40,0:01:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had zero reporting\Nand zero filmmaking experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.48,0:01:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.52,0:01:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't even know\Nwhere to find the Supergays,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.88,0:02:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we just had to trust that we'd\Nfigure it all out along the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.00,0:02:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we picked 15 countries\Nin Asia, Africa and South America,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.44,0:02:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,countries outside the West\Nthat varied in terms of LGBT rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.12,0:02:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We bought a camcorder,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.40,0:02:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ordered a book\Non how to make a documentary --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.57,0:02:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.24,0:02:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can learn a lot these days --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.80,0:02:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set off on an around-the-world trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.52,0:02:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: One of the first countries\Nthat we traveled to was Nepal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.28,0:02:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite widespread poverty,\Na decade-long civil war,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.80,0:02:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now recently,\Na devastating earthquake,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.92,0:02:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nepal has made significant strides\Nin the fight for equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.96,0:02:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the key figures\Nin the movement is Bhumika Shrestha.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.04,0:02:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A beautiful, vibrant transgendered woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.36,0:02:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhumika has had to overcome\Nbeing expelled from school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.56,0:02:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting incarcerated\Nbecause of her gender presentation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.88,0:02:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in 2007, Bhumika\Nand Nepal's LGBT rights organization
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.00,0:02:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,successfully petitioned\Nthe Nepali Supreme Court
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.08,0:03:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect against LGBT discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.80,0:03:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's Bhumika:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.04,0:03:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) BS: What I'm most proud of?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.80,0:03:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a transgendered person.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.32,0:03:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so proud of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.12,0:03:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On December 21, 2007,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.88,0:03:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the supreme court gave the decision\Nfor the Nepal government
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.56,0:03:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give transgender identity cards
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.32,0:03:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and same-sex marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.28,0:03:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: I can appreciate\NBhumika's confidence on a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.60,0:03:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something as simple\Nas using a public restroom
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.52,0:03:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be a huge challenge\Nwhen you don't fit in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.08,0:03:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people's strict gender expectations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.16,0:03:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traveling throughout Asia,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.88,0:03:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tended to freak out women\Nin public restrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.44,0:03:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't used to seeing\Nsomeone like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.88,0:03:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to come up with a strategy,\Nso that I could just pee in peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.10,0:03:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.40,0:03:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So anytime I would enter a restroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.14,0:03:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would thrust out my chest\Nto show my womanly parts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.12,0:03:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to be as\Nnon-threatening as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.28,0:03:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Putting out my hands and saying, "Hello",
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.28,0:03:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just so that people\Ncould hear my feminine voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.68,0:03:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This all gets pretty exhausting,\Nbut it's just who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.56,0:04:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't be anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.48,0:04:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: After Nepal, we traveled to India.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.56,0:04:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one hand, India is a Hindu society,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.12,0:04:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a tradition of homophobia.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.04,0:04:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, it is also a society\Nwith a deeply patriarchal system,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.32,0:04:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which rejects anything\Nthat threatens the male-female order.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.48,0:04:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we spoke to activists,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.12,0:04:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they told us that empowerment begins\Nwith ensuring proper gender equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.28,0:04:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the women's status\Nis established in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.36,0:04:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that way, the status of LGBT people\Ncan be affirmed as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.44,0:04:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: There we met Prince Manvendra.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.92,0:04:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the world's first openly gay prince.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.64,0:04:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prince Manvendra came out\Non the "Oprah Winfrey Show,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.20,0:04:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very internationally.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.48,0:04:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His parents disowned him
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.76,0:04:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accused him of bringing\Ngreat shame to the royal family.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.04,0:04:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sat down with Prince Manvendra
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.68,0:04:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talked to him about why he decided\Nto come out so very publicly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.56,0:04:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here he is:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.80,0:04:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Prince Manvendra: \NI felt there was a lot of need
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.36,0:05:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to break this stigma and discrimination\Nwhich is existing in our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.56,0:05:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that instigated me to come out openly\Nand talk about myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.72,0:05:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether we are gay, we are lesbian,\Nwe are transgender, bisexual
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.20,0:05:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever sexual minority we come from,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.56,0:05:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to all unite\Nand fight for our rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.64,0:05:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gay rights cannot be won\Nin the court rooms,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.60,0:05:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the hearts and the minds\Nof the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.92,0:05:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: While getting my hair cut,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.68,0:05:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the woman cutting my hair asked me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.96,0:05:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you have a husband?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.80,0:05:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this was a dreaded question
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.60,0:05:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I got asked a lot\Nby locals while traveling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.20,0:05:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I explained to her\Nthat I was with a woman instead of a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.92,0:05:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was incredulous,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.28,0:05:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she asked me a lot of questions\Nabout my parents' reactions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.68,0:05:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether I was sad\Nthat I'd never be able to have children.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.04,0:05:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told her that there are\Nno limitations to my life
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.08,0:05:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that Lisa and I do plan\Nto have a family some day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.04,0:05:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this woman was ready to write me off
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.44,0:05:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as yet another crazy Westerner.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.28,0:06:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She couldn't imagine\Nthat such a phenomenon
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.32,0:06:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could happen in her own country.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.36,0:06:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, until I showed her\Nthe photos of the Supergays
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.00,0:06:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we interviewed in India.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.60,0:06:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She recognized Prince Manvendra\Nfrom television
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.04,0:06:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and soon I had an audience\Nof other hairdressers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.30,0:06:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interested in meeting me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.52,0:06:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.40,0:06:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that ordinary afternoon,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.72,0:06:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the chance to introduce\Nan entire beauty salon
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.68,0:06:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the social changes\Nthat were happening in their own country.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.52,0:06:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: From India,\Nwe traveled to East Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.16,0:06:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a region known for intolerance\Ntowards LGBT people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.16,0:06:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Kenya, 89 percent of people\Nwho come out to their families
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.68,0:06:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are disowned.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.00,0:06:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homosexual acts are a crime\Nand can lead to incarceration.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.72,0:06:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Kenya, we met\Nthe soft-spoken David Kuria.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.40,0:06:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David had a huge mission\Nof wanting to work for the poor
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.36,0:06:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and improve his own government.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.12,0:06:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he decided to run for senate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.28,0:06:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became Kenya's first\Nopenly gay political candidate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.96,0:07:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David wanted to run his campaign\Nwithout denying the reality of who he was.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.64,0:07:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we were worried for his safety
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.32,0:07:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he started\Nto receive death threats.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.60,0:07:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) David Kuria: \NAt that point, I was really scared
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.24,0:07:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were\Nactually asking for me to be killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.04,0:07:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, yeah,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.88,0:07:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are some people out there who do it
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.16,0:07:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they feel that they are doing\Na religious obligation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.80,0:07:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: David wasn't ashamed of who he was.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.40,0:07:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in the face of threats,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.28,0:07:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he stayed authentic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.88,0:07:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: At the opposite end\Nof the spectrum is Argentina.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.12,0:07:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Argentina's a country where 92 percent\Nof the population identifies as Catholic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.44,0:07:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, Argentina has LGBT laws\Nthat are even more progressive
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.16,0:07:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than here in the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.52,0:07:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2010, Argentina became\Nthe first country in Latin America
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.96,0:07:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the 10th in the world\Nto adopt marriage equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.44,0:07:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, we met María Rachid.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.68,0:07:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,María was a driving force\Nbehind that movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.32,0:07:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,María Rachid (Spanish):\NI always say that, in reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.88,0:07:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the effects of marriage equality
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.48,0:08:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not only for those couples\Nthat get married.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.76,0:08:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are for a lot of people that,\Neven though they may never get married,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.28,0:08:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be perceived differently\Nby their coworkers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.64,0:08:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their families and neighbors,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.72,0:08:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the national state's\Nmessage of equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.20,0:08:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel very proud of Argentina
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.08,0:08:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Argentina today\Nis a model of equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.12,0:08:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hopefully soon,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.72,0:08:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole world will have the same rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.68,0:08:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: When we made the visit\Nto my ancestral lands,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.44,0:08:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I could have shown\Nmy parents what we found there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.52,0:08:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because here is who we met:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.48,0:08:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) One, two, three.\NWelcome gays to Shanghai!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.64,0:08:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.44,0:08:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A whole community of young,\Nbeautiful Chinese LGBT people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.04,0:08:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure, they had their struggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.56,0:08:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they were fighting it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.84,0:08:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Shanghai, I had the chance\Nto speak to a local lesbian group
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.92,0:09:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell them our story\Nin my broken Mandarin Chinese.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.60,0:09:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Taipei, each time\Nwe got onto the metro,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.28,0:09:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we saw yet another\Nlesbian couple holding hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.48,0:09:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we learned that Asia's\Nlargest LGBT pride event
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.64,0:09:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens just blocks away\Nfrom where my grandparents live.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.04,0:09:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If only my parents knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.39,0:09:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: By the time we finished our\Nnot-so-straight journey around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.84,0:09:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.08,0:09:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had traveled 50,000 miles
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.80,0:09:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and logged 120 hours of video footage.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.48,0:09:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We traveled to 15 countries
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interviewed 50 Supergays.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.08,0:09:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out, it wasn't hard\Nto find them at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.48,0:09:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: Yes, there are still\Ntragedies that happen
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.00,0:09:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the bumpy road to equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.28,0:09:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's not forget that 75 countries\Nstill criminalize homosexuality today.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.88,0:09:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are also stories\Nof hope and courage
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.36,0:09:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every corner of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.60,0:09:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we ultimately took away\Nfrom our journey is,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.72,0:10:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equality is not a Western invention.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.84,0:10:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: One of the key factors\Nin this equality movement is momentum,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.16,0:10:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,momentum as more and more people\Nembrace their full selves
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.56,0:10:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use whatever opportunities they have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.72,0:10:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change their part of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.96,0:10:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and momentum as more and more countries
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.20,0:10:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find models of equality in one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.20,0:10:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Nepal protected\Nagainst LGBT discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.76,0:10:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,India pushed harder.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.56,0:10:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Argentina embraced marriage equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.48,0:10:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uruguay and Brazil followed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.72,0:10:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Ireland said yes to equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.68,0:10:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.76,0:10:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world stopped to notice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.72,0:10:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the US Supreme Court\Nmakes a statement to the world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.40,0:10:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can all be proud of.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.76,0:10:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.56,0:10:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: As we reviewed our footage,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.12,0:10:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we realized is that\Nwe were watching a love story.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.08,0:10:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't a love story\Nthat was expected of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.88,0:11:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is one filled\Nwith more freedom, adventure and love
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.24,0:11:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I could have ever possibly imagined.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.20,0:11:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One year after returning home\Nfrom our trip,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.76,0:11:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marriage equality came to California.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.76,0:11:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the end, we believe,\Nlove will win out.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.56,0:11:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) By the power vested in me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.44,0:11:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the state of California
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.04,0:11:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by God Almighty,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.32,0:11:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I now pronounce you spouses for life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.68,0:11:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may kiss.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.92,0:11:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)