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i am gay

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i am my authentic self i am a queer

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woman i am a transgender woman i am a

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lesbian i am gay and i'm my authentic

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self i'm a parent of a transgender son

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and i'm very proud

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i knew i wanted to be in science ever

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since i was a little kid i felt that it

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was really important to be my most

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authentic self

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especially knowing that this was my

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dream queer people can dream big

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exploration needs to be for everybody

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every person every kid if they can see

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themselves the astronauts that we send

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out in space but also in the teams that

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make that possible then we're doing our

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job we're doing incredibly difficult and

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complicated things we want people that

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look at things from a different

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perspective that can bring us

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you know new ways of solving problems

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if someone is in the closet

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and they see people like me doing our

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jobs being effective at our jobs

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i think that is the biggest

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encouragement that i can give them is to

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show i can be my true self and i can do

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my job they accept me 100

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we're all together working on this

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who i am is enough

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and

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when you resonate that kind of pride

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within yourself and you exude the love

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that you have for yourself before you

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know it you've got a tribe of people who

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are just motivating and uplifting one

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another that comes from being your

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authentic self there's someone

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in the world

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struggling like you who needs to see

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someone like you

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to keep going there's someone who needs

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an example and

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you can be that

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i am non-binary i am gay i use they them

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there was one instance where i was

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participating in a candidate lunch and

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they actually also used they them

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pronouns and it just felt really nice to

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see someone else in the room using those

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pronouns and it i made sure to introduce

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myself with my pronouns so that they

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could know

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you're not the only one here

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there's someone here who understands you

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and really just wants the best for you

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it requires some bravery but take the

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leap just be honest be yourself and if

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you are yourself

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and they accept you

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then you've found what you need i've

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learned how to be confident myself and

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i've also sort of established myself

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here people know me i get to work with

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smart and capable people and our job is

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to explore outer space and to uncover

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the mysteries of the solar system

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as a daily matter that's what we do each

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day

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i feel hopeful for the future because of

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the education that's out there and

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employee resource groups that nasa has

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established i am my true self in love

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with my wife and if we can be ourselves

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our mission here at nasa becomes more

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effective

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we're all different and we should all

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accept each other

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for our differences because that's what

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makes us special it's really important

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that we can show that visibility is safe

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and that you can absolutely be a part of

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the team and loved and valued for who

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you are

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it's never too late to be yourself it's

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never too late to find your happiness

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no matter what your identity is in the

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community that there's going to be a

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place for you

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to not only just be here but to succeed

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and to thrive

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i am a queer woman

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and i am nasa i am nasa

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i am

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nasa