Pride at the Pier 🏳️🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe
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Educating, Connecting, and Empowering LGBTQ+ folks in Orange County, California to engage in our local politics. #followtheprideflag
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The window for public comment on these proposed rules ends in LESS THAN A DAY, 5pm Eastern (2pm Pacific) TOMORROW, Feb 17th.
Here's a detailed thread on how you can make vital public comment on these proposed rules BEFORE THE WINDOW CLOSES DAY AFTER TOMORROW, Tues Feb 17 at 5pm EST (2pm Pacific):
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Public comment on Dr Oz's proposed rules to ban gender-affirming care for youth closes 2/17
One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage
Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states
www.patreon.com/posts/149210...
One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage
Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states
www.patreon.com/posts/149210...
February 17, 2026 at 2:09 AM
The window for public comment on these proposed rules ends in LESS THAN A DAY, 5pm Eastern (2pm Pacific) TOMORROW, Feb 17th.
Here's a detailed thread on how you can make vital public comment on these proposed rules BEFORE THE WINDOW CLOSES DAY AFTER TOMORROW, Tues Feb 17 at 5pm EST (2pm Pacific):
bsky.app/profile/prid...
bsky.app/profile/prid...
Public comment on Dr Oz's proposed rules to ban gender-affirming care for youth closes 2/17
One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage
Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states
www.patreon.com/posts/149210...
One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage
Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states
www.patreon.com/posts/149210...
February 15, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Here's a detailed thread on how you can make vital public comment on these proposed rules BEFORE THE WINDOW CLOSES DAY AFTER TOMORROW, Tues Feb 17 at 5pm EST (2pm Pacific):
bsky.app/profile/prid...
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GAC update - CHOC/Radys required under TRO to continue most care through Mar 10. This doesn’t include surgeries.
This is an ongoing legal battle & does not mean care is assured long term. Continue to pressure CHOC/Radys to stand by their patients.
#genderaffirmingcare #transrightsarehumanrights
This is an ongoing legal battle & does not mean care is assured long term. Continue to pressure CHOC/Radys to stand by their patients.
#genderaffirmingcare #transrightsarehumanrights
February 11, 2026 at 11:45 PM
GAC update - CHOC/Radys required under TRO to continue most care through Mar 10. This doesn’t include surgeries.
This is an ongoing legal battle & does not mean care is assured long term. Continue to pressure CHOC/Radys to stand by their patients.
#genderaffirmingcare #transrightsarehumanrights
This is an ongoing legal battle & does not mean care is assured long term. Continue to pressure CHOC/Radys to stand by their patients.
#genderaffirmingcare #transrightsarehumanrights
🧵Follow along with us this evening as we report on tonight’s PYLUSD meeting. It’s guaranteed to be a hot one, w/ far right activists coming at the request of Trustee Leandra Blades lining up beside left wing activists concerned about ICE activity in the district.
Six PPD squad cars are outside.
Six PPD squad cars are outside.
February 11, 2026 at 2:08 AM
🧵Follow along with us this evening as we report on tonight’s PYLUSD meeting. It’s guaranteed to be a hot one, w/ far right activists coming at the request of Trustee Leandra Blades lining up beside left wing activists concerned about ICE activity in the district.
Six PPD squad cars are outside.
Six PPD squad cars are outside.
10 brave souls speaking for love and inclusion attended the California Interscholastic Federation's council meeting on Feb 5, speaking their truth in the face of hate. Their strength made it clear to CIF that high school sports should include all children.
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 AM
10 brave souls speaking for love and inclusion attended the California Interscholastic Federation's council meeting on Feb 5, speaking their truth in the face of hate. Their strength made it clear to CIF that high school sports should include all children.
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This past Friday, “Protect Girls Sports” - an anti-trans coalition led by an SPLC-designated hate group named The California Family Council (CFC) - descended upon the Long Beach Marriott to yell at CIF, the governing body for school sports in CA. This is their “We Demand To Be Taken Seriously” pic
February 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This past Friday, “Protect Girls Sports” - an anti-trans coalition led by an SPLC-designated hate group named The California Family Council (CFC) - descended upon the Long Beach Marriott to yell at CIF, the governing body for school sports in CA. This is their “We Demand To Be Taken Seriously” pic
And Pride at the Pier is here on the ground in Long Beach today, working in solidarity with our partners to highlight the extremists at the CIF meeting.
Christian nationalist anti trans activists are in Long Beach today once again demanding the state student athletic org CIF ban trans athletes. Supported by dark $ and featuring a tiny group of anti-trans “influencers” the press conference is a perfect example of their astroturfed bigotry.
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
And Pride at the Pier is here on the ground in Long Beach today, working in solidarity with our partners to highlight the extremists at the CIF meeting.
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MY LATEST @kcrw.com ORANGE COUNTY LINE: OC students in red districts protest ICE. Share, porfas!
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February 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
MY LATEST @kcrw.com ORANGE COUNTY LINE: OC students in red districts protest ICE. Share, porfas!
🧵"'We have anti-discrimination laws on the books. We have legal protection of gender-affirming care on the books. But if Rob Bonta does not feel confident in his ability to win a case on the basis of those laws, do we really have those laws?' said [Pride at the Pier's Kanan Durham].
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The state finally sued a California hospital over trans health care. Families are asking: Where are our civil rights?
AG Bonta's lawsuit against Rady Children's relies on a merger contract, not civil rights law—leaving trans families wondering what protections work
calmatters.org
February 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
🧵"'We have anti-discrimination laws on the books. We have legal protection of gender-affirming care on the books. But if Rob Bonta does not feel confident in his ability to win a case on the basis of those laws, do we really have those laws?' said [Pride at the Pier's Kanan Durham].
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Hey everyone!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Hey everyone!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
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📢 More Action!
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Sharing the hotlines, events, and IG accounts here for those in the 805.
Get activated, organized, and decentralized.
#vcdefensa
#805undocufund
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Sharing the hotlines, events, and IG accounts here for those in the 805.
Get activated, organized, and decentralized.
#vcdefensa
#805undocufund
February 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
📢 More Action!
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Sharing the hotlines, events, and IG accounts here for those in the 805.
Get activated, organized, and decentralized.
#vcdefensa
#805undocufund
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Sharing the hotlines, events, and IG accounts here for those in the 805.
Get activated, organized, and decentralized.
#vcdefensa
#805undocufund
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It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
The receipt:
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
January 31, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The receipt:
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
🚨🧵ACTION THREAD🧵🚨
The receipts are out: The CA AG is suing Rady’s for breaking a legal promise to provide gender-affirming care until 2034.
They tried to “pre-capitulate” to transphobic politics—
now it’s time to make them reverse course.
#transrightsarehumanrights #protecttranskids
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The receipts are out: The CA AG is suing Rady’s for breaking a legal promise to provide gender-affirming care until 2034.
They tried to “pre-capitulate” to transphobic politics—
now it’s time to make them reverse course.
#transrightsarehumanrights #protecttranskids
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January 31, 2026 at 10:31 PM
🚨🧵ACTION THREAD🧵🚨
The receipts are out: The CA AG is suing Rady’s for breaking a legal promise to provide gender-affirming care until 2034.
They tried to “pre-capitulate” to transphobic politics—
now it’s time to make them reverse course.
#transrightsarehumanrights #protecttranskids
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The receipts are out: The CA AG is suing Rady’s for breaking a legal promise to provide gender-affirming care until 2034.
They tried to “pre-capitulate” to transphobic politics—
now it’s time to make them reverse course.
#transrightsarehumanrights #protecttranskids
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Our Queers & Crafts are not idle distractions.
They are the very community that outside forces are desperate to break down.
Q&C is a refusal to diminish joy. We must stick together.
Especially now, solidifying community is vital.
Drop in and stick together with us in Fountain Valley on Sunday. 🎨🤝💗
They are the very community that outside forces are desperate to break down.
Q&C is a refusal to diminish joy. We must stick together.
Especially now, solidifying community is vital.
Drop in and stick together with us in Fountain Valley on Sunday. 🎨🤝💗
January 29, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Our Queers & Crafts are not idle distractions.
They are the very community that outside forces are desperate to break down.
Q&C is a refusal to diminish joy. We must stick together.
Especially now, solidifying community is vital.
Drop in and stick together with us in Fountain Valley on Sunday. 🎨🤝💗
They are the very community that outside forces are desperate to break down.
Q&C is a refusal to diminish joy. We must stick together.
Especially now, solidifying community is vital.
Drop in and stick together with us in Fountain Valley on Sunday. 🎨🤝💗
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1/29/2026 - Minneapolis
An ICE agent abducts a mother who is outside warming up her car while she calls someone on her cell phone to let them know her children will be completely alone
An ICE agent abducts a mother who is outside warming up her car while she calls someone on her cell phone to let them know her children will be completely alone
January 29, 2026 at 9:44 PM
1/29/2026 - Minneapolis
An ICE agent abducts a mother who is outside warming up her car while she calls someone on her cell phone to let them know her children will be completely alone
An ICE agent abducts a mother who is outside warming up her car while she calls someone on her cell phone to let them know her children will be completely alone
Our Queers & Crafts are not idle distractions.
They are the very community that outside forces are desperate to break down.
Q&C is a refusal to diminish joy. We must stick together.
Especially now, solidifying community is vital.
Drop in and stick together with us in Fountain Valley on Sunday. 🎨🤝💗
They are the very community that outside forces are desperate to break down.
Q&C is a refusal to diminish joy. We must stick together.
Especially now, solidifying community is vital.
Drop in and stick together with us in Fountain Valley on Sunday. 🎨🤝💗
January 29, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Our Queers & Crafts are not idle distractions.
They are the very community that outside forces are desperate to break down.
Q&C is a refusal to diminish joy. We must stick together.
Especially now, solidifying community is vital.
Drop in and stick together with us in Fountain Valley on Sunday. 🎨🤝💗
They are the very community that outside forces are desperate to break down.
Q&C is a refusal to diminish joy. We must stick together.
Especially now, solidifying community is vital.
Drop in and stick together with us in Fountain Valley on Sunday. 🎨🤝💗
CHOC/Rady’s has capitulated to federal funding threats and is terminating their gender affirming care program as of 2/6. Rady’s has suggested they don’t have a choice - we disagree.
We are asking CHOC/Rady’s to be brave and stand with us.
Visit bit.ly/radysopenletter to sign on to the open letter.
We are asking CHOC/Rady’s to be brave and stand with us.
Visit bit.ly/radysopenletter to sign on to the open letter.
January 26, 2026 at 10:41 PM
CHOC/Rady’s has capitulated to federal funding threats and is terminating their gender affirming care program as of 2/6. Rady’s has suggested they don’t have a choice - we disagree.
We are asking CHOC/Rady’s to be brave and stand with us.
Visit bit.ly/radysopenletter to sign on to the open letter.
We are asking CHOC/Rady’s to be brave and stand with us.
Visit bit.ly/radysopenletter to sign on to the open letter.
🧵:CHOC says they will end gender-affirming care on February 6th.
"'This will not end with transgender kids,' said Kanan Durham, director of Pride at the Pier. 'The administration is testing how easily they can force a hospital to betray its patients."
Join us and TAKE ACTION in the next post:
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"'This will not end with transgender kids,' said Kanan Durham, director of Pride at the Pier. 'The administration is testing how easily they can force a hospital to betray its patients."
Join us and TAKE ACTION in the next post:
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California's largest pediatric healthcare system to halt transgender care amid Trump administration threats
Rady Children’s Health, the largest pediatric healthcare system in California, will stop providing gender-affirming medical care to transgender youth amid pressure from the federal government.
www.latimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
🧵:CHOC says they will end gender-affirming care on February 6th.
"'This will not end with transgender kids,' said Kanan Durham, director of Pride at the Pier. 'The administration is testing how easily they can force a hospital to betray its patients."
Join us and TAKE ACTION in the next post:
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"'This will not end with transgender kids,' said Kanan Durham, director of Pride at the Pier. 'The administration is testing how easily they can force a hospital to betray its patients."
Join us and TAKE ACTION in the next post:
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🚨PROTEST ALERT: PATIENTS OVER POLITICS 🚨
Healthcare is a human right, not a political bargaining chip. This Saturday, we’re rallying at CHOC to send one message: Put your patients first.
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Healthcare is a human right, not a political bargaining chip. This Saturday, we’re rallying at CHOC to send one message: Put your patients first.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM
🚨PROTEST ALERT: PATIENTS OVER POLITICS 🚨
Healthcare is a human right, not a political bargaining chip. This Saturday, we’re rallying at CHOC to send one message: Put your patients first.
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Healthcare is a human right, not a political bargaining chip. This Saturday, we’re rallying at CHOC to send one message: Put your patients first.
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The Pride at the Pier team was privileged this past Friday to experience the 2026 Groundswell summit in Anaheim.
We learned a great deal, connected with partners & learned from the incredible keynote speaker, Blair Imani.
We can’t wait to take what we learned & incorporate it into our 2026 agenda.
We learned a great deal, connected with partners & learned from the incredible keynote speaker, Blair Imani.
We can’t wait to take what we learned & incorporate it into our 2026 agenda.
January 21, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The Pride at the Pier team was privileged this past Friday to experience the 2026 Groundswell summit in Anaheim.
We learned a great deal, connected with partners & learned from the incredible keynote speaker, Blair Imani.
We can’t wait to take what we learned & incorporate it into our 2026 agenda.
We learned a great deal, connected with partners & learned from the incredible keynote speaker, Blair Imani.
We can’t wait to take what we learned & incorporate it into our 2026 agenda.
"I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice."
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January 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM
"I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice."
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