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Educating, Connecting, and Empowering LGBTQ+ folks in Orange County, California to engage in our local politics. #followtheprideflag linktr.ee/prideatthepier

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Come to the PATP press conference, stay for public comment. Tell the California Interscholastic Federation to follow the law and defend inclusive policies! 📅 : October 9th, 2026 📍: Renaissance LAX Hotel (9620 Airport Blvd, Los Angeles) 🕒 : 8:15 AM - Press Conference 10:00 AM - CIF Public Comment
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
CALL TO ACTION 🏳️‍⚧️ There’s an organized effort to attack the inclusion of the LGBTQ community in CA sport. Join Pride at the Pier at the Renaissance LAX Hotel on Oct 9 to show that CA supports ALL students athletes. Michael Gates and Sonja Shaw are promoting their attacks here - we have to speak up
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Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026
As hospitals across the country cave to the Trump administration’s threats to cut federal funding and abandon trans youth, actor Elliot Page speaks out. In New York City, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian abruptly ended care for trans kids in response to these threats.
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We’ve put thousands into direct aid for housing, security, and more in OC. We’re stuck right now with unhoused trans folks waiting on help in our inbox and our own bills due. If a few people pitch in today, we can get money moving back out to folks who need it. Donate at bit.ly/donatetopatp. /end
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our fundraising account is at $3.17. Over 90% of LGBTQ groups are losing funding this year during the US’ trans genocide. 1/2 of all unhoused trans people in the US are in CA, and most of the local trans folks reaching out to us for help don’t have a place to live. /1
Graphic with trans flag and broken piggy bank. “We’re running on Empty. Thousands distributed in 2026. Aid requests keep pouring in. We need your help meeting the need for trans folks in OC.”
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"West and a handful of others sued the state for violating their constitutionally protected right for privacy, personal autonomy, equality under the law, due process and freedom of speech. West will testify in Lawrence testify this week as part of a week-long trial that begins today."
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Trans people sue to overturn Kansas law requiring new driver’s licenses
Dakota West had had her female driver’s license for only five months when the letter from the state arrived in
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
DOJ built a thirteen-month case around five kids and tracked their finishing times event by event. Monday, Judge Cynthia Valenzuela dismissed it with prejudice. She never even got to their main argument. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-pol...
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Jennifer G @jennifuther.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Moulton's district office earlier today
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/09/2026
Last night, Seth Moulton became the latest anti-trans Democrat to fall. There is good evidence that his anti-trans positions directly impacted the election - 67% of voters said those positions made them less likely to vote for him. Markey wins in a landslide. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Seth Moulton Abandoned Trans People, And It Cost Him Everything: Ed Markey Crushes Him In MA Senate Primary
Moulton is the latest Democrat to lose his job after staking out anti-trans positions.
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Jack Hibbs is the lead pastor at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, and is the leader of their political wing, Real Impact. Calvary Chapel South OC and Calvary Chapel Huntington Harbor take their cues from him. He’s the man who brought book banning activist Karen England to HB from TN last year.
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
These characters are connected to OC politics, too - notably in PYLUSD with Leandra Blades and Todd Frazier, in Santa Ana USD with Brenda Lebsack, in Tustin USD with their anti-lgbtq crowd, and in Capo USD. Adam Vena is an abuser. It should concern anyone to see their electeds connected with him.
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
✨🌈✨ The Giant Pride Flag is coming out of the closet (lol)! Pride at the Pier is marching in the OC Pride Parade in Santa Ana, Sat Oct 10th, and we need folks to join us and help hold the flag - it's 33 ft x 24 ft, so it'll be all hands on deck! If you’re down to march with us: bit.ly/ocparade2026
Folks hanging the 50-foot Pride flag off the Huntington Beach Pier in Orange County, California!
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Excellent coverage worth reading!
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"'The Supreme Court today empowered this false narrative that trans kids don’t deserve respect & safety & are somehow a threat … & we’re going to see anti-trans, anti-LGBTQ+ electeds run with that empowerment,' said Kanan Durham, director of Pride at the Pier, an OC, CA-based queer advocacy group."
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What to know about the US supreme court’s ruling on trans athletes
Decision upholding bans on trans girls in women’s sports in two states is narrow, but could be broadly weaponized for anti-LGBTQ+ efforts
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Kait Richardson 🥔 @thryse.com · 30/06/2026
It’s always interesting when I get to explain to a cis person that the current anti-trans hysteria is not only 100% astroturfed, it’s 180° opposite of the initial popular reaction to public medical transition. People thought it was cool! Look what modern medicine can do! She’s a bombshell!
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 01/07/2026
In SCOTUS Anti-Trans Decision, Christian Right Sees Path to Ending Obergefell
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In SCOTUS Anti-Trans Decision, Christian Right Sees Path to Ending Obergefell
‘A Good First Step’ The Christian right is hailing the pair of...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 01/07/2026
The Supreme Court allowing blatant discrimination against trans children will not get the attention that many of the cases decided this week or last week received. That does not change how devastating and deeply troubling this ruling is.
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The Four Fallacies at the Heart of SCOTUS’ Decision on Trans Athletes
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/07/2026
The ruling has broad implications, making it far easier for states to justify treating men and women differently. “He’s not only creating a bad precedent for trans people, he’s significantly lowering the protection all women get under equal protection.”
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The Supreme Court's trans athlete ruling is a threat to gender equality
Justice Brett Kavanaugh is “not only creating a bad precedent for trans people, he’s significantly lowering the protection all women get.”
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"There are very few out trans youth athletes. The NCAA president in 2024 said there were fewer than 10 trans athletes in college sports and lawmakers have struggled over the years to identify out K-12 trans youth sports players in their states." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Trans youth athletes vow to keep playing after US supreme court ruling
Justices upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho, boosting similar restrictions in 25 other states
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
All kids deserve to be safe, respected, and empowered. Period. We will never stop fighting for queer liberation. Thank you for following us, and consider donating. 3/3
A slightly blurry (but still fully operational) QR code linking to the donation page for Pride at the Pier -- https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/pride-at-the-pier -- with PatP's colorful logo at the center
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
And all of it was coordinated by a slurry of far right organizations, well funded and deeply intertwined, dead-set on an opposition influence campaign to portray trans people as an undesirable “other” in American society. We reject that narrative.
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today’s SCOTUS ruling on trans athletes in sports was never just about sports. This decision lays the framework for further discrimination against trans folks, and casts doubt over trans people’s coverage under the Equal Protection Clause. 1/3
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trevor Norcross (he/him), parent of a trans youth athlete in CA: “As a parent of a transgender HS athlete, no one has had to interrogate these issues more than our families. ... to have a real discussion, based on lived experience, it has to include our families. OUR VOICES MUST BE HEARD”. 8/8
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Durham: “and to know that their manufactured narrative is impacting real lives here in CA and across the country for political gain. The trans community lacks the speed, wealth, and influence to match and expose the network of organizations seeking to eradicate us from public spaces." 7/8
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Kanan Durham (he/him), trans man and Director of Pride At The Pier: “It’s heartbreaking to witness first-hand the manipulation machine, to have evidence of the multi-million dollar organizational network that is coordinating direct harm to our community…” 6/8
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Abi Jones, a former trans athlete: “Having been bullied and discriminated against my entire life, I’ve always turned to sports to escape, find community, and have fun. And now, they want to take that away from me”.  5/8
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fish: “… It was after a day of witnessing these moments that I realized the public narrative is so distorted and was/is intentionally manipulated by people (who are) well resourced and in power with political agendas.” 4/8
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fish: “… At the same time, I saw coaches, parents, and other competitors go up to the mother of (AB) and express their admiration to both for their bravery, stories of how their bravery has changed their own perspective, and encouraging words to keep up the fight. …”  3/8
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fish (they/them), a former trans athlete and former coach: “What I experienced [at the state championships] couldn’t have been further from that. I watched a couple of the same adults who travel around to harass (AB Hernandez) just trying to do something she loves. …” 2/8
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This morning, SCOTUS empowered a highly coordinated, multi-million-dollar false narrative about transgender people. We think you deserve the truth. Follow this thread for the lived experiences and responses from impacted community members. 1/8
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/06/2026
The trans sports ban are almost completely an invention of the media, conservative and mainstream. it has been years of lies, of shoddy fact checking on just completely false conservative claims, years of phony concern trolling.
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
SF Chronicle: "AB Hernandez spoke Thursday at a panel on transgender student-athlete inclusion in sports, as part of San Francisco Pride’s Human Rights Summit."
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‘You never really decide to be a trans athlete’: AB Hernandez reflects on track, scrutiny and support
AB Hernandez spoke Thursday at a panel on transgender student-athlete inclusion in sports, as part of San Francisco Pride’s Human Rights Summit.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A data-driven analysis of how the New York Times's treatment of transgender subjects shifted "from rights-based framing toward more skeptical, conflict-driven coverage" since 2014, centering trans-rights opponents over trans people themselves. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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The New York Times helped turn trans rights into political controversy, analysis finds
A new data investigation says the paper of record increasingly framed transgender rights as a debate instead of a lived reality.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/06/2026
I've spent the last two months putting together this exhaustive analysis of the New York Times coverage of trans people. It covers 3,242 articles over 12 years. In 2022, the NYT shifted towards a hostile stance towards trans people in their framing. www.thedissident.news/exclusive-ho...
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Exclusive: How The New York Times Changed Its Coverage of Trans People
An exhaustive analysis of over 3,242 articles by the New York Times covering transgender issues from 2014-2026 revealed a stark shift towards hostile framing in 2022. In January 2015, the New York Ti...
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Honored to be a part of TGI Youth Advocacy Day in Sacramento this week, meeting w/ trans youth, families, advocates & legislators about protecting our community & building strong coalitions. The movement is built from small community groups like ours across CA & we’re proud to be part of that work.
Night photo of the California State House in Sacramento, adorned in rainbow colors for pride month.  A flagpole flies nearby, with the US flag at the top and a California-styled progress pride flag underneath.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
BREAKING: Federal judge grants patients' request to block DOJ from seeking or obtaining patient information via grand jury subpoena as to any transgender people who received gender-affirming medical care in New York City (including NYU Langone). More to come:
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Law Dork | Chris Geidner | Substack
The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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wndl "Dumocrat" bl @wndlb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
See also: apple.news/ArS1fsgXRS0K...
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Opinion | The ‘Minneapolis 15’ ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up — Philadelphia Inquirer
The ‘Minneapolis 15’ ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Nancy Mace 🤝 Riley Gaines Trans obsessed conservative women who placed 5th
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is Beth Bourne. You can find her on Meta at @ beth_bourne_indavisca She is a professional transphobe who doxxes and stalks children. Last year she undressed at a Davis school board meeting to protest trans kids. She’s also in Sonja Shaw’s circle and openly acknowledges that connection.
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Thanks for sharing, Chris! We’re glad to have gotten statements of support from a bunch of political and community leaders, including Becerra and Steyer. Your support of the trans community is meaningful, and we seek a world where these statements are a baseline for running for office.
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
*not JUST
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Pride at the Pier here (the folks behind that webpage) - we’re a trans led org and while I think we’re pretty cute, we are absolutely fighting hard to push for trans and queer liberation across the board, not the folks who make the news or are palatable to allies. 🏳️‍⚧️✌️
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Check out our election guide and make sure to vote! Down ballot races MATTER
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/06/2026
🚨 BREAKING: A federal appeals court has ruled, in a 2-1 decision, that the Trump-Hegseth transgender military ban is likely unconstitutional, finding that the policy appears to be driven by a “bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group” and is “both arbitrary and based upon animus.” 1/3
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Dotty @dottybonbon.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I voted yesterday and this helped me out a lot!
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Adam Palmer @thatadampalmer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
DEEPLY grateful to @prideatthepier.bsky.social for putting this very thorough guide together. Helped me make some crucial decisions when I filled out my ballot today.
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Completing your ballot this weekend? Check out PATP's Election Guide at bit.ly/june2026-ele...
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June 2026 Election Guide — Pride At The Pier
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This weekend marks trans icon AB Hernandez’s final track meet as a HS senior —a career cut short because trans athletes are banned from collegiate sports in the US. Join us in showing her the love she deserves. We're collecting notes of support to share with her this weekend — at bit.ly/thankyouAB
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