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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jenni Change: When I told my parents\NI was gay,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first thing they said to me was,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're bring you back to Taiwan."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In their minds, my sexual orientation\Nwas America's fault.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The West had corrupted me \Nwith divergent ideas,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if only my parents\Nhad not left Taiwan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this would not have happened\Nto their only daughter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In truth, I wondered \Nif they were right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, there are gay people \Nin Asia,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as there are gay people\Nin every part of the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is the idea of living\Nan "out" life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the "I'm gay, this is my spouse,\Nand we're proud of our lives together"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of way just a Western idea?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had grown up in Taiwan,\Nor any place outside of the West,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would I have found models\Nof happy, thriving, LGBT people?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Liza Dazols: I had similar notions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an HIV social worker in San Francisco,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met many gay immigrants.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They told me their stories of persecution\Nin their home countries,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just for being gay,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reasons why they escaped the US.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw how this had beaten them down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After 10 years of doing this kind of work,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed better stories for myself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew the world was far from perfect,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but surely not every gay story was tragic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JG: So as a couple, we both had a need\Nto find stories of hope.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we set off on a mission\Nto travel the world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look for the people we\Nfinally termed as "The Super Gays".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These would be the LGBT invidiuals\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are doing something\Nextraordinary in the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would be courageous, resilient,\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of all, proud of who they were.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would be the kind of person \Nthat I aspired to be.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our plan was to share their stories \Nto the world through film.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: There's just one problem,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had zero reporting \Nand zero filmmaking experience.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't even know\Nwhere to find the Super Gays,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we just had to trust that we'd \Nfigure it all out along the way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we picked 15 countries\Nin Asia, Africa and South America,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,countries outside the West\Nthat varied in LGBT rights.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ordered a camcorder,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ordered a book on \Nhow to make a documentary,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can learn a lot these days,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set off on an\Naround-the-world trip.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: One of the first countries\Nthat we traveled to was Nepal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite widespread poverty,\Na decade-long civil war,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more recently,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a devastating earthquake,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nepal has made significant strides\Nin the fight for equality.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the key figures\Nin the movement is Bhumika Shrestha.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A beautiful, vibrant transgendered woman,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhumika has had to overcome\Nbeing expelled from school
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting incarcerated \Nbecause of her gender presentation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in 2007, Bhumika and Nepal's\NLGBT rights organization
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,successfully petitioned \Nthe Nepali Supreme Court
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against LGBT discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's Bhumika:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BS: What I'm most proud,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a transgendered person.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so proud of my life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On December 21, 2007,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Supreme Court gave the decision
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Nepal government
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give transgender identity cards
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sam sex marriage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: I could appreciate \NBhumika's confidence on a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something as simple \Nas using a public restroom
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be huge challenge\Nwhen you don't fit in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people's strict gender expectations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traveling around Asia,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tended to freak out women\Nin public restrooms.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't used to seeing\Nsomeone like me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to come up with a strategy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I could just pee in peace.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So anytime I would enter a restroom,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would thrust out my chest\Nto show my women-ly parts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to be as non-threatening\Nas possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Putting out my hands and saying, "Hello"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just so that people could hear \Nmy feminine voice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This all gets pretty exhausting,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, it's just who I am.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't be anything else.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Nepal, we traveled to India.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one hand, India is a Hindu society,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a tradition of homophobia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, it is also\Na society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a deeply patriarchal system,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which rejects anything that threatens\Nthe male-female order.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we spoke to activists,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they told us that empowerment begins
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with ensuring proper gender equality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the women's status is\Nestablished in society.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that way, the status of LGBT people\Ncan be affirmed as well.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There we met Prince Manvendra,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's the world's first openly gay prince.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prince Manvendra came out\Non the Oprah Winfrey show very internationally.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His parents disowned him
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accused him of bringing great shame\Nto the royal family.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sat down with Prince Manvendra
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talked to him about why he decided\Nto come out so very publically.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here he is:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prince Manvendra: I felt that \Nthere was a lot of need
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to break this stigma and discrimination
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was existing in our society.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And instigated me to come out openly\Nand talk about myself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether we are gay,\Nwe are lesbian,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are transgender, bisexual,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever sexual minority we come from,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to all unite \Nand fight for our rights.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gay rights cannot be won in the court rooms,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the hearts and the minds\Nof the people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: While getting my haircut,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the woman cutting my hair asked me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you have a husband?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this was a dreaded question
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I got asked a lot by locals\Nwhile traveling.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I explained to her that \NI was with a woman instead of a man,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was incredulous,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she asked me a lot of questions\Nabout my parents' reactions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether I was sad that I'd\Nnever be able to have children.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told her that there are no limitations\Nin my life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that Lisa and I do plan\Nto have a family some day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this woman was ready\Nto write me off
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as yet another crazy Westerner.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She couldn't imagine that \Nsuch a phenemonon
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could happen in her own country.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, until I showed her photos\Nof the Super Gays
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we interviewed in India.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She recognized Prince Manvendra\Nfrom television
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and soon I had an audience\Nof other hairdressers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interested in meeting me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that ordinary afternoon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the chance to introduce\Nan entire beauty salon
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the social changes that were happening\Nin their own country.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From India, we traveled to East Africa,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a region known for intolerance\Ntowards LGBT people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Kenya, 89 percent of people\Nwho come out to their families are disowned.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homosexual acts are a crime \Nand can lead to incarceration.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Kenya, we met the soft-spoken\NDavid Kuria.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David had a huge mission\Nof wanting to work for the poor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and improve his won government.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he decided to run for Senate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he became Kenya's first openly-gay\Npolitical candidate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David wanted to run his campaign\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without denying the reality of who he was.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we were worried for his safety
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he started\Nto receive death threats.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Kuria: "At that point, \NI was really, really scared
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were actually asking\Nfor me to be killed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, yeah,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are some people out there who do it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feel that they are doing\Na religious obligation."\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: David wasn't ashamed of who he was.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in the face of threats,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he stayed authentic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: On the opposite end \Nof the spectrum is Argentina.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Argentina is a place where 92 percent\Nof the population identifies as Catholic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, Argentina has LGBT laws\Nthat are more progressive
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than here in the US.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2010, Argentina became the first\Ncountry in Latin America,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the 10th in the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to adopt marriage equality.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, we met María Rachid.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,María was a driving force\Nbehind that movement.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,María Rachid [spanish]:\NI always say that, in reality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the effects of marriage equality\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not only for those couples\Nthat get married.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are for a lot of people that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though they may never get married,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be perceived differently by their coworkers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their families and neighbors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the National State's\Nmessage of equality.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel very proud of Argentina
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Argentina today\Nis a model of equality.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hopefully soon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole world will have\Nthe same rights."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: When we made the visit\Nto my ancestral lands,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I could have shown\Nmy parents what we found there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because here is who we met:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Video]: Welcome gays to Shanghai!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A whole community of young, beautiful\NChinese LGBT people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure, they had their struggles.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they were fighting it out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Shanghai, I had the chance\Nto speak
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a local lesbian group
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell the my story\Nin my broken Mandarin Chinese.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Taipei, each time \Nwe got onto the metro,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we saw yet another lesbian couple\Nholding hands.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we learned that Asia's largest\NLGBT pride event
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens just blocks away \Nfrom where my grandparents live.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If only my parents knew.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: By the time we finished our\Nnot-so-striaght journey around the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had traveled 50,000 miles
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and logged 120 hours of video footage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We traveled to 15 countries
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interviewed 50 Super Gays.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out, it wasn't hard\Nto find them at all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: Yes, there are still tragedies\Nthat happen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the bumpy road to equality.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's not forget that still,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,75 countries criminalize \Nhomosexuality today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are also stories of hope\Nand courage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every corner of the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we ultimately took away\Nfrom our journey is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equality is not a Western invention.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: One of the key factors\Nin this equality movement is momentum.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Momentum is more and more people\Nembracing their true selves
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use whatever opportunities they have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change their part of the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And momentum as more and more countries
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find models of equality in one another.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Nepal protected against\NLGBT discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,India pushed harder.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Argentina embraced marriage equality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uruguay and Brazil followed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Ireland said yes to equality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world stopped to notice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the US Supreme Court makes\Na statement to the world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can all be proud of.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: When we reviewed our footage,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we realized is that \Nwe were watching a love story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't a love story\Nthat was expected of me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is one filled with more freedom,\Nadventure and love
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I could have ever possibly imagined.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One year after returning home\Nfrom our trip,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marriage equality came to California.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the end, we believe,\Nthat love will win out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Video]: "By the power vested in me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the state of California,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by God almighty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I now (?) to spouses for life."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)