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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.67,0:00:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jenni Chang: When I told my parents\NI was gay,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.09,0:00:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first thing they said to me was,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.20,0:00:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're bringing you back to Taiwan."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.66,0:00:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.97,0:00:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In their minds, my sexual orientation\Nwas America's fault.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.16,0:00:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The West had corrupted me \Nwith divergent ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.04,0:00:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if only my parents\Nhad never left Taiwan,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.99,0:00:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this would not have happened\Nto their only daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.54,0:00:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In truth, I wondered \Nif they were right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.68,0:00:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, there are gay people in Asia.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.65,0:00:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as there are gay people\Nin every part of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.97,0:00:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is the idea of living\Nan "out" life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.61,0:00:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the "I'm gay, this is my spouse,\Nand we're proud of our lives together"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.27,0:00:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of way just a Western idea?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.35,0:00:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had grown up in Taiwan,\Nor any place outside of the West,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.23,0:00:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would I have found models\Nof happy, thriving LGBT people?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.67,0:00:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Liza Dazols: I had similar notions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.70,0:00:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an HIV social worker in San Francisco,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.07,0:00:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had met many gay immigrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.26,0:01:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They told me their stories of persecution\Nin their home countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.34,0:01:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just for being gay,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.25,0:01:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reasons why they escaped the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.41,0:01:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw how this had beaten them down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.47,0:01:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After 10 years of doing this kind of work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.52,0:01:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed better stories for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.77,0:01:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew the world was far from perfect,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.21,0:01:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but surely not every gay story was tragic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.34,0:01:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JG: So as a couple, we both had a need\Nto find stories of hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.10,0:01:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we set off on a mission\Nto travel the world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.01,0:01:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look for the people we\Nfinally termed as "The Super Gays".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.07,0:01:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.99,0:01:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These would be the LGBT invidiuals\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.45,0:01:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are doing something\Nextraordinary in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.77,0:01:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would be courageous, resilient,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.16,0:01:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of all, proud of who they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.11,0:01:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would be the kind of person \Nthat I aspired to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.43,0:01:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our plan was to share their stories \Nto the world through film.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.03,0:01:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: There was just one problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.63,0:01:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had zero reporting \Nand zero filmmaking experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.49,0:01:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.37,0:01:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't even know\Nwhere to find the Super Gays,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.81,0:02:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we just had to trust that we'd \Nfigure it all out along the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.99,0:02:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we picked 15 countries\Nin Asia, Africa and South America,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.68,0:02:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,countries outside the West\Nthat varied in terms of LGBT rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.35,0:02:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We bought a camcorder,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.65,0:02:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ordered a book on \Nhow to make a documentary,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.76,0:02:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.48,0:02:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can learn a lot these days,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.97,0:02:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set off on an\Naround-the-world trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.12,0:02:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: One of the first countries\Nthat we traveled to was Nepal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.54,0:02:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite widespread poverty,\Na decade-long civil war,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.100,0:02:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now recently,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.16,0:02:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a devastating earthquake,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.18,0:02:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nepal has made significant strides\Nin the fight for equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.24,0:02:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the key figures\Nin the movement is Bhumika Shrestha.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.21,0:02:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A beautiful, vibrant transgendered woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.55,0:02:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhumika has had to overcome\Nbeing expelled from school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.66,0:02:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting incarcerated \Nbecause of her gender presentation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.10,0:02:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in 2007, Bhumika and Nepal's\NLGBT rights organization
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.18,0:02:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,successfully petitioned \Nthe Nepali Supreme Court
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.30,0:03:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect against LGBT discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.80,0:03:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's Bhumika:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.19,0:03:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BS: "What I'm most proud,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.22,0:03:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a transgendered person.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.68,0:03:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so proud of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.26,0:03:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On December 21, 2007,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.14,0:03:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Supreme Court gave the decision
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.09,0:03:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Nepal government
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.04,0:03:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give transgender identity cards
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.54,0:03:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and same sex marriage."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.22,0:03:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: I could appreciate \NBhumika's confidence on a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.16,0:03:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something as simple \Nas using a public restroom
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.65,0:03:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be huge challenge\Nwhen you don't fit in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.38,0:03:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people's strict gender expectations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.38,0:03:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traveling throughout Asia,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.08,0:03:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tended to freak out women\Nin public restrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.86,0:03:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't used to seeing\Nsomeone like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.12,0:03:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to come up with a strategy
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.37,0:03:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I could just pee in peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.06,0:03:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.57,0:03:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So anytime I would enter a restroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.74,0:03:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would thrust out my chest\Nto show my women-ly parts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.32,0:03:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to be as non-threatening\Nas possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.47,0:03:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Putting out my hands and saying, "Hello"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.37,0:03:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just so that people could hear \Nmy feminine voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.54,0:03:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This all gets pretty exhausting,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.32,0:03:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, it's just who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.76,0:04:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't be anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.43,0:04:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: After Nepal, we traveled to India.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.06,0:04:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one hand, India is a Hindu society,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.23,0:04:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a tradition of homophobia.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.32,0:04:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, it is also\Na society
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.22,0:04:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a deeply patriarchal system,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.50,0:04:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which rejects anything that threatens\Nthe male-female order.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.73,0:04:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we spoke to activists,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.33,0:04:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they told us that empowerment begins
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.67,0:04:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with ensuring proper gender equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.46,0:04:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the women's status is\Nestablished in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.52,0:04:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that way, the status of LGBT people\Ncan be affirmed as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.62,0:04:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: There we met Prince Manvendra,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.07,0:04:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's the world's first openly gay prince.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.51,0:04:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prince Manvendra came out\Non the Oprah Winfrey Show,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.14,0:04:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very internationally,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.26,0:04:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His parents disowned him
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.92,0:04:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accused him of bringing great shame\Nto the royal family.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.93,0:04:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sat down with Prince Manvendra
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.54,0:04:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talked to him about why he decided\Nto come out so very publically.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.58,0:04:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here he is:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.34,0:04:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prince Manvendra: "I felt that \Nthere was a lot of need
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.08,0:05:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to break this stigma and discrimination
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.29,0:05:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is existing in our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.80,0:05:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And instigated me to come out openly\Nand talk about myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.87,0:05:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether we are gay,\Nwe are lesbian,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.88,0:05:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are transgender, bisexual,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.62,0:05:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever sexual minority we come from,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.83,0:05:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to all unite \Nand fight for our rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.66,0:05:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gay rights cannot be won\Nin the court rooms,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.82,0:05:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the hearts and the minds\Nof the people."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.44,0:05:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: While getting my haircut,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.85,0:05:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the woman cutting my hair asked me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.97,0:05:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you have a husband?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.99,0:05:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this was a dreaded question
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.89,0:05:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I got asked a lot by locals\Nwhile traveling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.47,0:05:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I explained to her that \NI was with a woman instead of a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.09,0:05:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was incredulous,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.50,0:05:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she asked me a lot of questions\Nabout my parents' reactions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.66,0:05:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether I was sad that I'd\Nnever be able to have children.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.19,0:05:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told her that there are \Nno limitations to my life
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.30,0:05:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that Lisa and I do plan\Nto have a family some day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.34,0:05:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this woman was ready\Nto write me off
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.52,0:06:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as yet another crazy Westerner.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.18,0:06:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She couldn't imagine that \Nsuch a phenemonon
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.31,0:06:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could happen in her own country.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.56,0:06:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, until I showed her photos\Nof the Super Gays
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.16,0:06:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we interviewed in India.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.78,0:06:12.04,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: 0,0:06:14.28,0:06:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interested in meeting me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.50,0:06:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.63,0:06:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that ordinary afternoon,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.09,0:06:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the chance to introduce\Nan entire beauty salon
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.67,0:06:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the social changes that were happening\Nin their own country.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.69,0:06:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: From India, we traveled \Nto East Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.36,0:06:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a region known for intolerance\Ntowards LGBT people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.30,0:06:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Kenya, 89 percent of people\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.42,0:06:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who come out to their families\Nare disowned.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.20,0:06:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homosexual acts are a crime \Nand can lead to incarceration.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.42,0:06:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Kenya, we met the soft-spoken\NDavid Kuria.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.19,0:06:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David had a huge mission\Nof wanting to work for the poor
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.60,0:06:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and improve his own government.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.32,0:06:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he decided to run for Senate,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.51,0:06:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he became Kenya's first openly-gay\Npolitical candidate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.17,0:06:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David wanted to run his campaign\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.96,0:07:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without denying the reality of who he was.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.45,0:07:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we were worried for his safety
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.26,0:07:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he started\Nto receive death threats.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.95,0:07:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Kuria: "At that point, \NI was really, really scared
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.72,0:07:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were actually asking\Nfor me to be killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.22,0:07:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, yeah,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.12,0:07:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are some people out there who do it
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.42,0:07:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feel that they are doing\Na religious obligation."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.69,0:07:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: David wasn't ashamed of who he was.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.50,0:07:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in the face of threats,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.45,0:07:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he stayed authentic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.01,0:07:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: At the opposite end \Nof the spectrum is Argentina.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.30,0:07:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Argentina's a place where 92 percent\Nof the population identifies as Catholic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.74,0:07:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, Argentina has LGBT laws\Nthat are even more progressive
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.48,0:07:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than here in the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.87,0:07:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2010, Argentina became the first\Ncountry in Latin America,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.19,0:07:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the 10th in the world\Nto adopt marriage equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.86,0:07:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, we met María Rachid.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.02,0:07:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,María was a driving force\Nbehind that movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.21,0:07:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,María Rachid [spanish]:\NI always say that, in reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.78,0:07:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the effects of marriage equality\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.46,0:08:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not only for those couples\Nthat get married.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.21,0:08:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are for a lot of people that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.27,0:08:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though they may never get married,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.67,0:08:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be perceived differently\Nby their coworkers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.56,0:08:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their families and neighbors,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.03,0:08:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the National State's\Nmessage of equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.42,0:08:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel very proud of Argentina
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.23,0:08:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Argentina today\Nis a model of equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.39,0:08:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hopefully soon,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.60,0:08:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole world will have\Nthe same rights."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.56,0:08:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: When we made the visit\Nto my ancestral lands,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.63,0:08:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I could have shown\Nmy parents what we found there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.74,0:08:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because here is who we met:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.81,0:08:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Video]: "Welcome gays to Shanghai!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.64,0:08:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.57,0:08:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A whole community of young, beautiful\NChinese LGBT people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.73,0:08:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure, they had their struggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.73,0:08:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they were fighting it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.96,0:08:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Shanghai, I had the chance to speak\Nto a local lesbian group.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.80,0:09:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell them my story\Nin my broken Mandarin Chinese.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.90,0:09:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Taipei, each time \Nwe got onto the metro,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.27,0:09:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we saw yet another lesbian couple\Nholding hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.87,0:09:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we learned that Asia's largest\NLGBT pride event
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.86,0:09:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens just blocks away \Nfrom where my grandparents live.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.25,0:09:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If only my parents knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.88,0:09:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: By the time we finished our\Nnot-so-striaght journey around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.88,0:09:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not-so-straight journey around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.12,0:09:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.07,0:09:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had traveled 50,000 miles
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.82,0:09:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and logged 120 hours of video footage.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.79,0:09:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We traveled to 15 countries
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.23,0:09:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interviewed 50 Super Gays.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.39,0:09:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out, it wasn't hard\Nto find them at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.69,0:09:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: Yes, there are still tragedies\Nthat happen
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.33,0:09:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the bumpy road to equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.49,0:09:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's not forget that 75 countries\Nstill criminalize homosexuality today.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.34,0:09:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are also stories \Nof hope and courage
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.60,0:09:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every corner of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.89,0:09:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we ultimately took away\Nfrom our journey is,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.86,0:10:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equality is not a Western invention.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.18,0:10:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LD: One of the key factors\Nin this equality movement is momentum.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.47,0:10:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Momentum is more and more people\Nembracing their true selves
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.96,0:10:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use whatever opportunities they have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.86,0:10:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change their part of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.14,0:10:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And momentum is more and more countries
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.69,0:10:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find models of equality in one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.50,0:10:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Nepal protected against\NLGBT discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.99,0:10:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,India pushed harder.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.77,0:10:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Argentina embraced marriage equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.44,0:10:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uruguay and Brazil followed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.98,0:10:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Ireland said yes to equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.04,0:10:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.08,0:10:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world stopped to notice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.03,0:10:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the US Supreme Court makes\Nmakes a statement to the world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.82,0:10:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can all be proud of.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.46,0:10:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.62,0:10:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JC: As we reviewed our footage,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.48,0:10:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we realized is that \Nwe were watching a love story.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.91,0:10:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't a love story\Nthat was expected of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.09,0:11:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is one filled with more freedom,\Nadventure and love
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.50,0:11:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I could have ever possibly imagined.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.48,0:11:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One year after returning home\Nfrom our trip,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.78,0:11:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marriage equality came to California.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.16,0:11:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the end, we believe,\Nlove will win out.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.70,0:11:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Video]: "By the power vested in me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.66,0:11:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the state of California,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.52,0:11:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by God almighty,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.75,0:11:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I now pronounce you spouses for life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.34,0:11:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may kiss."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.03,0:11:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)