At San Diego Pride: ‘If you support trans rights, support ending genocide in Gaza’

San Diego, July 19 – A contingent from the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice in Los Angeles joined members of the San Diego Struggle for Socialism Party to participate in San Diego’s 2025 Pride March. The group highlighted the Palestinian struggle and demanded an end to ICE raids. The Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice is also part of L.A.’s Community Self Defense Coalition, which has been in the streets protecting community members from ICE.

The Harriet Tubman Center’s John Parker spoke with Nico, a local trans community member, about trans solidarity with Palestine.  

Nico: “I’m a San Diego native born and raised. I grew up in the ‘gayborhood,’ and in regards to the work that you guys are doing, I just want to say first and foremost, thank you so much for the work that you guys are doing. It’s important.

“And second of all, as someone who is politically minded and active, the amount of times that I have heard Zionists specifically use my trans identity and try to weaponize that as a means to divide me against what I believe is a fight for human rights.

“And if you support trans rights, then you have to support ending the genocide in Gaza. There’s no way that you can explain it away. There’s no dividing that. It’s very, very simple. It’s an all or nothing thing. This is a zero sum game. Are you for human rights or are you not for human rights?”