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Last night, video surfaced of President Barack Obama responding to a heckler during his opening remarks at a LGBT Pride Month reception held at the White House.

In the video, the heckler’s comments could not be heard, but Obama’s insistent “no, no, no, no, no’s” surely are. The heckler, as it turns out, was LGBTQ immigrant’s rights activist Jennicet Gutiérrez, and she was speaking out for the LGBTQ immigrant community, which faces increased discrimination not just for their gender identities, but because of their immigrant status.

“I spoke out because our issues and struggles can no longer be ignored,” Gutiérrez writes in an op-ed for the Washington Blade. Immigrant trans women, Gutiérrez, are 12 times more likely to face discrimination and because of their gender identity and immigration status. Additionally, trans immigrants “make up one out of every 500 people in detention,” but “account for one out of five confirmed sexual abuse cases in ICE custody,” she says.

Last night’s outburst was to call out Obama and his administration for holding an estimated 75 transgender immigrants in custody, who face increased and violent discrimination. She says there’s “no pride” in the way LGBTQ immigrants are treated and that Pride celebrations often overlook this community.

“In the tradition of how Pride started, I interrupted his speech because it is time for our issues and struggles to be heard,” she writes. “I stood for what is right. Instead of silencing our voices, President Obama can also stand and do the right thing for our immigrant LGBTQ community.”