This Giving Tuesday, we're asking for your support to help Pride at the Pier continue and expand our work for the LGBTQ+ community in Orange County.
You can donate with the QR code, or by visiting bit.ly/donatetopatp.
$5 helps us pay for a month of our cloud storage.
$25 helps us buy packs of the small Pride flags we've given you for free at important city council and school board meetings.
$50 helps us pay for guest speakers at our events and on our podcast.
$150 helps us pay to keep our website domain running.
$250 helps us pay for tabling fees for 3 different events throughout the year.
$500 helps us fly one person to Sacramento to lobby the state legislature to pass laws to protect our community.
We know we have a big challenge ahead of us in 2025, and we are grateful for every dollar donated to our mission. Thank you for your generosity this Giving Tuesday and every day in between that you support our team. We are ready for the work ahead of us, and your generosity makes it doable.
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#givingtuesday #lgbtqpolitics #queersolidarity
#queernonprofit #nonprofitsofinstagram #transrightsarehumanrights #prideatthepier
Follow along the next few weeks as we share information about the anti-LGBTQ+ extremists elected to local seats last month. First up: Chad Williams in Huntington Beach.
Chad, a youth pastor at Calvary Chapel Huntington Harbor and a professional public speaker, has a long evidence list of his harmful sentiments towards the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalized people in Orange County. We will be watching his time on the council very closely, and seeking to provide a challenge to any agenda items rooted in bigotry and xenophobia that he may choose to present or vote for.
Huntington Beach had the largest voter turn out in the city's history by far this November. More people than ever before voted, including voters who are registered as Democrats. Six of the eight candidates surpassed vote-getting records. This city has become highly engaged, with tens of thousands of people who oppose ANTI-LGBTQ rhetoric - even if they didn't win.
Follow along as we analyze the track records of other elected officials in Orange County over the next month.
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#lgbtqpolitics #localpoliticsmatter #queersolidarity #votingissogay #prideatthepier #queercommunity #chadwilliams
Our team has been taking the time to rest and rebuild for what comes next. It can often feel like taking the time to care for yourself is sacrificing the time you have to do the work today, but we are all only human - and we will need breaks in order to move forward productively in the long run.
How are you taking care of yourself? Feel free to comment with the ways you've been managing your rest and self-care.
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We'll be back starting Monday, December 2nd, with information about the local election results and the ways we're moving forward together with the rest of the community.
Take care - and if you'd like to support us on this Small Business Saturday, feel free to check out our merch store at patpshop.com!
#restisresistance #selfcare #activistburnout #localpoliticsmatter #queersolidarity #queercommunity
This Trans Day of Remembrance is a hard one. Many of us feel absolutely overwhelmed by the scale of the fight ahead of us, and are dragged down by fear for ourselves, our neighbors, our loved ones.
Over 350 trans and gender-diverse people have been killed over the last year. We honor their memory by holding space for each other, by providing a place of comfort and safety, and by never giving up the fight for a better future.
They deserved that better future, and we will never stop fighting for it.
#transgenderdayofremembrance #transrightsarehumanrights #nexbenedictshouldbealive #queersolidarity
We're in the Muppets fever dream phase of emotional processing, how about you?
It's been a pretty wild week for both national and local politics. A lot of us are feeling completely overwhelmed by the way anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric performed during the election on Tuesday.
Our work may seem much harder now than it did last week, it's true. But marginalized people in America have been fighting uphill battles for our own safety, dignity, and equity for hundreds of years, and we're not going to stop doing that now.
In that vein, we will be holding a Zoom Town Hall on the Future of Queer Political Organizing in Orange County. This event will be held over Zoom at 6:30pm on Thursday, November 21st, and we'll be discussing, as a community, how we move forward from here.
RSVP for your Zoom invite link either at the QR code in the graphic, or at bit.ly/queer-political-organizing.
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#queerresistance #queersolidarity #lgbtqpolitics
#localpolitics #prideatthepier #politicalorganizing
The last few months have been an incredible feat of effort from over 30 volunteers who have helped Pride at the Pier compile research on local candidates, develop a platform in which to share that information, and to distribute that information to tens of thousands of Orange County voters.
Pride at the Pier would not have been able to do this without the incredible team of volunteers that made up this effort. Thank you.
We will continue to be here. There's going to be a lot of work to do in the coming months and years to build a better future for Orange County's LGBTQ+ community. Our leadership team is building a path forward in unprecedented times (yes, we're as tired of saying that phrase as you are of hearing it) and our volunteers will continue to the backbone of the work we do.
For now, we appreciate the rest from a long and arduous election season. There will be work to do when we come up for air.
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#lgbtqsolidarity #queerresistance #localpolitics #gayrights #transrights #buildingtheresistance #civicengagementmatters
Millions of people are waking up this morning to what seems almost unfathomable. LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized communities, are feeling shock, isolation, grief, horror, and above all, fear.
All of these things are real.
What many of us are also feeling is an instinct that the work we do doesn't matter. And that feeling is a lie.
The work does matter. We do make a difference. We are not alone. And we are not going away.
Pride at the Pier will continue to stand for LGBTQ+ safety, dignity, and equity in Orange County, as the local election results continue to be counted, and as the nation at large changes. We are not going away. We will be right here, no matter what happens, defending our community.
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(photos taken from the Nex Benedict vigil at Huntington Beach Pier, 2024)
#queerresistance #lgbtqpolitics #localpolitics #protectqueeryouth #lgbtqsolidarity #queersolidarity
You have until 8pm on November 5th to get in line at a polling place. If you're not registered, don't let that stop you - tell the poll workers you want to register and they'll help you out. Voting is the easiest way you can make an impact in the lives of your marginalized neighbors. Don't let it pass you by.
Did you vote yet?
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#votingissogay #prideatthepier #lgbtqpolitics #queerresistance
Prop 3 codifies gay marriage into the California Constitution so that no courts can take it away from us. Pride at the Pier is proud to endorse a Yes on Prop 3.
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#votingissogay #prideatthepier #yesonprop3ca #freedomtomarry
***As a 501c3, Pride at the Pier is allowed to endorse propositions, measures, and recalls, as long as they align with our mission and the endorsement communication is only a small percentage of the work we do.
HB Mayor Gracey VDM went on the podcast of Manuk Grigoryan, Nazi sympathizer and ANTI-LGBTQ+ extremist, on Friday night to talk about her work as a "mama bear".
During that, she made the fully untrue claim that public schools are facilitating abortions for kids as young as 8 without parental knowledge or consent. This is absolutely untrue, and likely a manipulation of an understanding of California's medical industry privacy laws that include kids 12 years and older. This has nothing to do with schools, who would be mandated reporters if, to use her example, an elementary student showed up to the office to ask for an abortion.
Madison Miner made similar claims shortly before being ousted from her Orange USD seat in a recall this March. Miner is now the chapter lead of the OC Moms for Liberty branch.
Gracey has endorsed a number of candidates for school boards in HB, notably Keith Jorgensen and David Clifford for OVSD.
This is just one of the wild things said on the podcast - comment if you'd like to hear the rest.
#prideatthepier #queerresistance #localpoliticsmatter #localpolitics #localelectionsmatter #votingissogay
It's a HOT race in Capo USD this year! With 8 candidates for 4 district races, more campaign signs than any of us know what to do with, and a mountain of mud-slinging going on, it can be hard to figure out where to start. Here's some information for you, pulled from our more extensive voter guide.
Districts 5, 3, 2, and 1 are all up on the ballot this election cycle. This is a district with a history of extreme violent rhetoric against queer people, including bomb threats against queer faculty members. Make sure you're voting in this race, and make sure your friends are, too.
Don't let your chance to vote pass you by. Check out our voter guide at bit.ly/votingissogay
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#votingissogay #protectqueeryouth #localpoliticsmatter #localelectionsmatter #prideatthepier #queersolidarity #transrightsarehumanrights
¡Este año, la elección en Capo USD es muy intensa! Con 8 candidatos para 4 distritos electorales, más carteles de campaña de los que cualquiera de nosotros sabe qué hacer con ellos y una montaña de difamaciones, puede resultar difícil saber por dónde empezar. Aquí tienes información extraída de nuestra guía para votantes más extensa.
Los distritos 5, 3, 2 y 1 están en la boleta electoral de este ciclo electoral. Este es un distrito con un historial de retórica extremadamente violenta contra las personas queer, incluidas amenazas de bomba contra profesores queer. Asegúrate de votar en esta elección y de que tus amigos también lo hagan.
No dejes pasar la oportunidad de votar.
@chapmanu - we are empowering voters on your campus this morning! Next up - CSU Fullerton!
You have SIX days left to make your voice heard - remember, local elections make all the difference in the every day lives of marginalized people in Orange County.
Check out our voter guide at bit.ly/votingissogay
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#votingissogay #queerresistance #lgbtqpolitics #prideatthepier #protectqueeryouth
We've got tie-dye merch! Check them out on our merch site, patpshop.com.
All of the proceeds from our merchandise goes towards expanding the work that we do. Thank you for rocking Pride at the Pier out in the world!
#prideatthepier #protectqueeryouth #queersolidarity #queerresistance
Talking with Cathey Ryder of @protect_hb about the signatures to protect the freedom to read in Huntington Beach. Over 16,000 people living in HB signed to defend literacy and to push back against censorship and bigotry. Take a listen!
Eight days left, Orange County! Local elections will make a MASSIVE impact in the next couple years for queer folks and other marginalized people here. Make sure you've taken a few minutes to review our voter guide to get comprehensive, non-partisan information about the candidates on your ballot.
Visit bit.ly/votingissogay to find candidate information on their campaign finances, social media, potential dogwhistles in their campaign websites, affiliations with ANTI-LGBTQ groups, and more.
Vote like your rights depend on it, because they do!
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#localelectionsmatter #votingissogay #queerresistance #queersolidarity #prideatthepier #protectqueeryouth
Between a sitting trustee (Norm Westwell) being criminally trespassed from a board meeting last week for being disruptive and the recent chaos caused by incendiary, dog-whistle campaign literature, Ocean View School District has a lot going on in this election cycle!
The following 5 candidates are running for 2 open seats in an at-large election, which means voters get to pick two.
John Briscoe
Gina Clayton-Tarvin
Keith Jorgensen
Keri Gorsage
David Clifford.
We've included some of the top level information about the candidates here, and you can read more details on our non-partisan voter guide at bit.ly/votingissogay.
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#votingissogay #localpolitics #protectqueerkids #localelectionsmatter #makeschoolboardmeetingsboringagain
Entre el hecho de que un miembro del consejo de administración (Norm Westwell) haya sido invadido ilegalmente durante una reunión de la junta la semana pasada por ser disruptivo y el caos reciente causado por la propaganda incendiaria y engañosa, el Distrito Escolar Ocean View tiene mucho que hacer en este ciclo electoral.
Los siguientes 5 candidatos se postulan para 2 escaños vacantes en una elección general, lo que significa que los votantes pueden elegir dos.
John Briscoe
Gina Clayton-Tarvin
Keith Jorgensen
Keri Gorsage
David Clifford.
Hemos incluido aquí información de alto nivel sobre los candidatos, y puede leer más detalles en nuestra guía para votantes no partidista en bit.ly/votingissogay.
We're out in force! Spreading the word and informing voters about our local candidates. Queer voices are 8% of the population in Orange County - that's a voting bloc.
Check out our non-partisan voter guide to learn about local candidates in Orange County. Visit bit.ly/votingissogay, and get empowered.
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#votingissogay #localpolitics #localelectionsmatter #queersolidarity #prideatthepier
From our senior staff to our new, beloved volunteers, everyone here at Pride at the Pier is working hard to get out the vote in Orange County's queer community and among our allies!
With many local elections traditionally seeing less than a 25% voter turn out, the queer community has real power to ensure that our voices are heard.
To learn about the candidates on your local ballot, visit bit.ly/votingissogay.
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#votingissogay #prideatthepier #localelectionsmatter #localpolitics #queersolidarity
Desde nuestro personal de mayor antigüedad hasta nuestros nuevos y queridos voluntarios, todos aquí en Pride at the Pier estamos trabajando arduamente para lograr que la comunidad queer del condado de Orange y nuestros aliados salgan a votar.
Dado que muchas elecciones locales tradicionalmente registran una participación de menos del 25 %, la comunidad queer tiene un poder real para garantizar que se escuchen nuestras voces.
Para obtener más información sobre los candidatos en la boleta electoral de su localidad, visite bit.ly/votingissogay.
