Long Beach, Calif.: Queer and Forever Here – March 15

Saturday, March 15 – 11:00 a.m.

Gather at Long Beach City Hall, 411 W. Ocean Blvd.

Sponsored by SoCal Uprising

~no one is free until all of us are free~

We refuse to remain passive while Elon Musk, who has openly rejected the existence of his own transgender child, and the Trump administration threaten the lives of our trans, non-binary, two-spirit, and intersex communities.

We oppose Elon Musk’s plans to expand SpaceX in Long Beach, a city known for its diverse and accepting queer community.

On March 15th at 11 am, we will gather at Long Beach City Hall to demand queer liberation and visibility for all marginalized identities. The Trump administration’s executive orders are an affront to our rights, dismantling essential DEI training, banning transgender individuals from military service, and undermining equal opportunity hiring practices.

The restrictions on passports for those with an X marker directly target our community, particularly impacting trans, non-binary, and intersex individuals. Recognizing only assigned sex poses severe risks, especially in healthcare and prison systems where trans inmates face unsafe conditions.

We must stand against Elon Musk, a promoter of hate and discrimination, as the end of gender-affirming care would be catastrophic for non-binary, transgender, and two-spirit individuals. Additionally, the administration’s attacks on education and healthcare for HIV/AIDS prevention, coupled with its enforcement of mass deportation, undermine the celebration of queer pride nationwide.

Our demands are clear: cancel the executive order that recognizes only two genders, allow transgender individuals to serve in the military, allocate funds for gender-affirming care instead of war, eliminate bathroom restrictions for transgender people, prohibit the forced outing of queer students, fully fund federal grants for HIV prevention and research, protect trans athletes, provide amnesty for queer immigrants, and remove SpaceX from Long Beach.