My favorite part of my speech: 

”Yes, we are all so different, 

we all come from different classes, 

we all come from different ethnicities,

different racial backgrounds, 

different parts of the country

but when it comes down to it,

 we all share that same feeling of being born in a body that does not make sense to us, 

and because of this one small trait, 

we are a unity, a community, 

And we must recognize this,

and we must come together, 

we need to look out for one another, 

we need to have each others backs, 

We must stop hating on each other, 

And begin to love every member in this community, 

we need to make space for each other, 

we need to accept each others differences and become allies to one another, 

we need to remember that we are a community, 

we need to also remember that we are a minority,

we need to remember that all of us are being oppressed, 

some more than others, 

But we can not let the different amounts of oppression box us off,

and segregate us.

We must join together now,

and remember that no matter how different we all are,

we need to always remember 

that we are and will always be

a sisterhood, a brotherhood, and a family.”

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