[CHIMES TINKLING]

[MUSIC - ANGELICA ROSS AND THE TRANS CHORUS OF LOS ANGELES,

"A MILLION DREAMS"]

(SINGING) I close my eyes and I can see the world

is waiting up for me that I call my own.

Through the dark, through the door,

through where no one's been before, but it feels like home.

They can say, they can say it all sounds (ALL) crazy.

They could say, they could say I've lost my mind.

I don't care, I don't care, so call me (ALL) crazy.

We can live in a world that we designed.

'Cause every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors

fill my head.

A million dreams are keeping me awake.

I think of what the world could be, the vision of the one I

see.

A million dreams is all it's gonna take.

Oh, a million dreams for the world we're gonna make.

Ooh-wah, ooh-wah.

And there's a house we can build.

Every room inside is filled with things from far away.

These special things we compile, each one there to make you

smile on a rainy day.

They could say, they could say we all sound (ALL) crazy.

They could say, they could say we've lost our minds.

(ALL) I don't care, I don't care, let them call us crazy.

Runaway to a world that we design.

Ooh.

(ALL) 'Cause every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors

fill my head.

A million dreams are keeping me awake.

I think of what the world could be, the vision of the one I

see.

A million dreams is all it's gonna take.

Oh, a million dreams for the world we're gonna make.

However big, however small, just let me be part of it all.

(ALL) Share your dreams with me.

You may be right, you may be wrong.

Just say that you'll bring me along to the world you see.

(ALL) To the world I close my eyes to see.

(ALL) I close my eyes to see.

[VOCALIZING]

(ALL) 'Cause every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors

fill my head.

A million dreams are keeping me awake.

A million dreams.

A million dreams.

I think of what the world would be, a vision of the one I see.

A million dreams is all it's gonna take.

Oh, a million dreams for the world we're gonna make.

For the world we're gonna make.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

Thank you for listening to our voices.

I'm Angelica Ross, actress, recording artist, and

proud Black trans game-changer.

I am a brother.

I am a sister.

I am beautiful.

I am a best friend.

I am a dreamer.

I am strong.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

ALL: And we are members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

To celebrate Pride, we here at Disney+ want to honor

the LGBTQIA+ figures of the past,

recognize trailblazers of the present, and discuss

their impact on our community.

Unfortunately, LGBTQIA+ folks have

been forced to fight for basic rights over and over again.

Of course, we hope that one day this

will no longer be necessary.

Until that time, the value and defense

of our right to live and love how we want

in the face of continuous obstacles

are part of what make us so strong,

and make me so proud to be a part of this community.

TERRY HU: There have been an intense

wave of anti-LGBT+ legislation.

It's shocking to me that that's happening, but also not shocking,

because historically, people do spend so much time and energy

trying to just diminish people who are trying to live

their best versions of themselves,

and it really breaks my heart.

It's causing a lot of mental health

distress, and people not being able to live

their lives authentically.

It's so important to stay strong,

as a community, to overcome this obstacle

and other obstacles that may come down the road.

We are so much more than our bodies.

We are so much more than the people that we love.

But all of those things are worth honoring, celebrating,

and making space for.

You want young people to find themselves

fully, without barriers or without limitations

on their expression.

Now, I'm starting to see Gen Z really advocating for LGBTQIA+

rights, and it's our right as humans

to feel safe, and be loved and accepted and supported.

Hopefully, children won't carry shame with them for who

they are, very much like I did, and so many other people

did, and still do.

Pride started as a protest, and

so there's always been an element of resistance

and of resilience.

We create community where we can

also have joy with each other, have

celebration with each other.

All of it is as rebellious and as necessary as the protest.

Pride is really about living authentically in your skin,

and being bold enough to not only say who you are

but to also provide the space for someone else to step up.

What I would love to see is that pride, and that joy,

and that strength for each other lasting 365

days out of the year in every intersection of our community.

[MUSIC - RUEBY WOOD, "SHOW YOURSELF"]

(SINGING) Every inch of me is trembling,

but not from the cold.

Something is familiar, like a dream

I can reach but not quite hold.

I can sense you there, like a friend I've always known.

I'm arriving, and it feels like I am home.

I have always been a fortress, cold secrets deep inside.

You have secrets too, but you don't have to hide.

Show yourself.

I'm dying to meet you.

Show yourself.

It's your turn.

Are you the one I've been looking for all of my life?

Show yourself.

I'm ready to learn.

[VOCALIZING]

I've never felt so certain.

All my life I've been torn.

But I'm here for a reason.

Could it be the reason I was born?

I have always been so different.

Normal rules did not apply.

Is this the day?

Are you the way I finally find out why?

Show yourself.

I'm no longer trembling.

Here I am, I've come so far.

You are the answer I've waited for all of my life.

Oh, show yourself.

Let me see who you are.

Come to me now.

Open your door.

Don't make me wait one moment more.

Oh, come to me now.

Open your door.

Don't make me wait one moment more.

Come, my darling, homeward bound.

I am found.

Show yourself.

Step into the power.

Grow yourself into something new.

You were the one you've been waiting for all of my life.

All of my life.

Oh, show yourself.

[VOCALIZING]

[VOCALIZING]

[VOCALIZING]

So much of the magic of Disney lives in its music.

For many of us, the songs in classic Disney animation films

made up the soundtrack of our childhood.

We danced, we laughed, and cried to its message of perseverance

and lyrics of love.

NINA WEST: This is Howard Ashman.

Howard was the lyricist and LGBTQIA+

pioneer behind some of Disney animation's most iconic songs.

His music defined an entire generation.