And for those in this room who have spent years — sometimes a whole lifetime — being asked to explain yourselves. To justify your love, your identity, your sense of self, to people who held the power to include or exclude you, to people who thought they had the right to judge. I want to say this directly: this is your community. I don't even know that I can say "we accept you," or “we love you,” because "we" includes you. You are a part of us. This is your home.