What has struck me most is not the fear in our community, it is our courage. Because even now, with all of this grief, all of this anger, all of this pain, we are not without hope. And we are not without power. Look at No Kings! At Minneapolis! At Prop 50 passing here in California! These are serious times that require serious leadership and it's not going to come from the White House, it's going to come from us."

On the fight for marriage equality, and the tragic loss of Rob and Michelle Reiner, she added:

"Rob and Michele Reiner have been on my heart lately… they were champions for us - for all of us. When Prop 8 passed in 2008, Rob and Michele stood shoulder to shoulder with a real-life league of queer avengers… and from that moment, they launched the American Foundation for Equal Rights. That legal team took the fight to the Supreme Court. And they won.

Rob and Michele showed us what real allyship is… these are the stories we have to tell. Stories of heroes who came before us. Stories that remind us of our power."