Pride at the Pier 🏳️🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe
@prideatthepier.bsky.social
Educating, Connecting, and Empowering LGBTQ+ folks in Orange County, California to engage in our local politics. #followtheprideflag https://linktr.ee/prideatthepier
"'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."
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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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!
Widow's Bay DSA@gonebabygone.bsky.social · last mo.It's easy to forget that the current anti-trans moral panic, for instance, is only four or five years old. That doesn't mean it's not ruining real people's lives and it won't take a while to fix, but it's completely artificial and brand new because, ironically enough, it's not natural.
In SCOTUS Anti-Trans Decision, Christian Right Sees Path to Ending Obergefell
In SCOTUS Anti-Trans Decision, Christian Right Sees Path to Ending Obergefell
‘A Good First Step’ The Christian right is hailing the pair of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
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.
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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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.”
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.”
motherjones.com
"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...
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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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
Pride at the Pier 🏳️🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · last mo.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
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
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.
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."
‘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.
sfchronicle.com
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...
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.
advocate.com
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...
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...
thedissident.news
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.
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:
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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Nancy Mace 🤝 Riley Gaines Trans obsessed conservative women who placed 5th
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.
Chris Kluwe@chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2mo agoGlad to see that elected officials as well as candidates are willing to stand for what’s right (I may have gotten a little spicy in my statement)
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Amy in Mission Viejo@amyinmv.bsky.social · 2mo agoSources: @prideatthepier.bsky.social has a voting guide that includes comprehensive nonpartisan information about all the candidates, their endorsements, and funding. bit.ly/june2026-electionguide @caworkingfamilies.bsky.social has endorsed some candidates. caworkingfamilies.org More sources...
🚨 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
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.
Pride at the Pier 🏳️🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 3mo agoRe-upping our Election Guide at bit.ly/june2026-electionguide - Nonpartisan educational info about the candidates here in OC! Smaller races, judges, obscure offices -- we've got the guide for you to make your own decision! Remember, if voting didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be trying to stop us!
Completing your ballot this weekend? Check out PATP's Election Guide at bit.ly/june2026-ele...
June 2026 Election Guide — Pride At The Pier
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Pride at the Pier 🏳️🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 3mo agoRe-upping our Election Guide at bit.ly/june2026-electionguide - Nonpartisan educational info about the candidates here in OC! Smaller races, judges, obscure offices -- we've got the guide for you to make your own decision! Remember, if voting didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be trying to stop us!
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
We’re taking a bunch of tents and cots over to the Elks Lodge in Garden Grove right now - if anyone can help us cover the cost of that, please donate at bit.ly/donatetopatp Proof of the first of our purchases here (we have other volunteers hitting other stores as well):
Pride at the Pier 🏳️🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 2mo agoFrom the Garden Grove Elks Club minutes ago on what they need in this crisis:
From the Garden Grove Elks Club minutes ago on what they need in this crisis:
Don't miss our election guide at bit.ly/june2026-electionguide - Nonpartisan educational info about the candidates here in OC! Smaller races, judges, obscure offices -- we've got the guide for you to make your own decision! YOU KNOW that if voting didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be trying to stop us!
Don't miss our election guide at bit.ly/june2026-electionguide - Nonpartisan educational info about the candidates here in OC! Smaller races, judges, obscure offices -- we've got the guide for you to make your own decision! YOU KNOW that if voting didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be trying to stop us!
We keep hearing folks rejecting the warning bells about the trans genocide, saying “it’s not like there’s gas chambers & ovens”. Aside from the reality that the Holocaust didn’t start w/ gas chambers & ovens, this comes from an ignorant understanding of what a genocide is. Let’s talk about it. 1/15
Election Guide 2026 Down-Ballot Spotlight: What does the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction ACTUALLY DO? It matters! The State Superintendent of Public Instruction oversees the rules for ALL California schools and decides what students are taught in their classrooms. ... 1/2
Pride at the Pier 🏳️🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 3mo agoRe-upping our Election Guide at bit.ly/june2026-electionguide - Nonpartisan educational info about the candidates here in OC! Smaller races, judges, obscure offices -- we've got the guide for you to make your own decision! Remember, if voting didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be trying to stop us!