Take Back Pride Coalition
@take-back-pride.bsky.social
Take Back Pride fights for trans and queer rights and demands Pride be about protecting our rights and community, not cops and corporations.
Thank you all for showing up and marching with us on Sunday at Taking Back Pride! While TC Pride continues to collaborate with the cops & corporations, we will continue to demand that Pride return to its radical anti cop & anti corporate roots! We hope you all had a wonderful Pride! 🌈
COMMUNITY OVER CORPORATIONS! Join us for the last press conference before our march this Sunday! We are still demanding no cops and no corporations at TC Pride. See you there! 📅Friday, June 26th ⏰11:00AM 📍Lucy Parsons Center 4100 28th Ave S
This is TOMORROW! Spend your Saturday getting informed or ELSE!
Take Back Pride Coalition@take-back-pride.bsky.social · 4mo agoJoin us for a panel on precolonial LGBTQ+ identities & why they still matter today. Gender & sexuality looked different all over the world before colonialism & ppl have been fighting back against white supremacist patriarchy for centuries! 🗓 Sat 6/20 2:30PM 📍 New City Center, 3104 16th Ave S, MPLS
This Sunday! Come make very cool and fun signs like these with us for our June 28th march!!!😚
Take Back Pride Coalition@take-back-pride.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur joint art build w/ MPLS People's Pride in anticipation for the 10th annual TBP March is coming up! Help us & our lovely comrades at People's Pride make banners, signs, & more that let TC Pride know cops & corps are not welcome!! Sunday June 21st, 1-4PM Studio P5 2482 University Ave W, St. Paul
Our joint art build w/ MPLS People's Pride in anticipation for the 10th annual TBP March is coming up! Help us & our lovely comrades at People's Pride make banners, signs, & more that let TC Pride know cops & corps are not welcome!! Sunday June 21st, 1-4PM Studio P5 2482 University Ave W, St. Paul
It's pride month so show up and show out for our press conference 😤
Take Back Pride Coalition@take-back-pride.bsky.social · 4mo ago🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Join us for a press conference on why anti-queer corporations should not be Pride sponsors. We're coming together to demand our community not be bought, branded, or sold back to us! 📅 Wed, 6/10 🕐 1pm 📍 Strive Bookstore, 825 Nicollet Mall #160 MPLS
Join us for a panel on precolonial LGBTQ+ identities & why they still matter today. Gender & sexuality looked different all over the world before colonialism & ppl have been fighting back against white supremacist patriarchy for centuries! 🗓 Sat 6/20 2:30PM 📍 New City Center, 3104 16th Ave S, MPLS
Come hear why YOU should get involved in OUR movement! Don't fall for co-optation attempts that could lull you into complacency. Trans & queer rights are under attack and we need to stand up and fight back! Your place is in the movement! 📍Lucy Parsons Center 4100 28th Ave S, MPLS 🕡 June 10th 6:30PM
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Join us for a press conference on why anti-queer corporations should not be Pride sponsors. We're coming together to demand our community not be bought, branded, or sold back to us! 📅 Wed, 6/10 🕐 1pm 📍 Strive Bookstore, 825 Nicollet Mall #160 MPLS
The countdown to our 10th annual march against cops & corps at TC Pride is on 😤 TBP & our comrades at @mn50501.bsky.social @antiwarmn.bsky.social @tcc4j.bsky.social @j-f-a.bsky.social @wamm-mn.bsky.social + more will be marching on June 28th at 10am! Join us at 6th St N btwn Hennepin & First Ave!
A big THANK YOU to everyone who came out on Saturday to support us, and to all of you who showed us love even if you couldn’t make it! We could not do this without the help of amazing folks like y’all, and it just acts as a reminder that gay people get shit done and can get down 🔥
At TBP’s May 20 press conference, MN Abortion Action Committee (MNAAC) explained how MPD Officer Ryan Calhoun’s transphobic harassment of Catherine Doe at her workplace highlights the need for state sanctuary laws that protect transgender transplants in MN, & for community control of the police.
This Sunday!! We want anyone in the trans community to come picnic with us & the MN Abortion Action Committee (MNAAC)!!! Learn about their trans refuge campaign, meet new people, grill & chill, and plug in to local resources and orgs fighting for trans rights and liberation! Minnehaha Park 5-8PM
Only 4 DAYS LEFT till our annual Pride fundraiser kickoff party! Join us for food, karaoke, and a fun time w/ your queer comrades this Sat, May 30 at Lucy Parsons Center to help support our work to get cops & corporations out of Pride! ~cash bar & food truck~ 7-9pm Karaoke 9-11pm Dancing w/ DJ RØ
We are demanding accountability for MPD Officer Ryan Calhoun following his hostile attack on a trans security guard, Catherine Doe. At a press conference on May 20, June Elizabeth Palmer from Communities Against Transphobia (CAT) exposed MPD’s track record of harm against the transgender community.
Come hear why YOU should get involved in OUR movement! Don't fall for co-optation attempts that could lull you into complacency. Trans & queer rights are under attack and we need to stand up and fight back! Your place is in the movement! 📍Lucy Parsons Center 4100 28th Ave S, MPLS 🕡 June 10th 6:30PM
Lack of press won't silence our message or support for our community! Community members, supporters, and city council members gathered for our press conference on 5/20/26 to show solidarity with Catherine Doe, who experienced transphobic harassment by an off-duty MPD officer while working in 2024.
NOTE: Our Recapturing the Movement Panel has been rescheduled. Stay tuned for an updated time and date!!
Take Back Pride Coalition@take-back-pride.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe’ve still got a full May ahead of us! Join us for an art build or clothing swap next week, stop by our Karaoke Dance Party Fundraiser at the end of the month, and mark your calendars for more fun events leading up to our June 28th protest march! More info to come; check our socials for details!
PRESS CONFERENCE Wed May 20th, 2pm MPLS City Hall 350 S 5th St TBP stands in solidarity with Cathrine Doe, a trans woman who faced transphobic harassment by an off-duty MPD officer while doing her job. We know these incidents are not isolated, which is why every year we demand NO COPS AT PRIDE!
Three days away! Come this Sunday to Backstory Coffee in St. Paul to shop over 10 local Queer and BIPOC vendors. Find a new plant for your home, refresh your wardrobe, and make some new friends in the community! Deets: Sunday, May 17th 10-3PM Backstory Coffee Roasters 432 Wabasha St S., St. Paul
Don’t forget to grab your paintbrushes and join us this Friday for an art build in collaboration with the Fiber Hearts Craft Club, open to anyone who wants to get in on making protest art with us! Friday, May 15th 6:00pm - 9:00pm Lucy Parsons Center 4100 S 28th Ave S, MPLS
We’ve still got a full May ahead of us! Join us for an art build or clothing swap next week, stop by our Karaoke Dance Party Fundraiser at the end of the month, and mark your calendars for more fun events leading up to our June 28th protest march! More info to come; check our socials for details!
Save the date for our 10th annual march against cops and corps at pride on Sunday June 28th! Get ready to march with us to demand NO cops and NO corporations at TC pride! Time and location details TBA- keep an eye out for updates!
Don’t forget to join us THIS FRIDAY at 6:30pm for our War Propaganda & Pinkwashing panel to learn why we march against using LGBTQ+ rights as an excuse for war and occupation in Palestine and Iran! Friday, May 8th 6:30pm New City Center 3104 16th Ave S MPLS with @antiwarmn.bsky.social !
TBP is committed to creating a safe, accessible, and inclusive environment. As we prepare for our march in June, please let us know via our Accommodation and Interpreter Request Form what would be helpful for you at our march and events leading up to it. Link to form! linktr.ee/takingbackpride
JOIN US this May in celebrating local Queer and BIPOC vendors, and supporting Taking Back Pride for a clothing & plant swap! Here you can grab yourself a new outfit and/or an adorable new house plant. Event details: Sunday, May 17th 10-3pm Backstory Coffee Roasters (432 Wabasha St S, St Paul)
Join us Saturday May 30th at Lucy Parsons Center 7 pm for karaoke and dancing to help raise funds for this year's protest March! Karaoke from 7pm - 9pm Dancing from 9pm - 11pm Food Truck & DJ announcement to come, stay tuned!!
WAR PROPAGANDA & PINKWASHING: a panel hosted by Taking Back Pride & Anti-War Committee! - Join us for a panel on how the state and corporations exploit LGBTQ+ representation to justify war and occupation in Palestine and Iran. - Friday, May 8th @ 6:30pm New City Center 3104 16th Ave S, MPLS
