MassResistance Special Reports: How Texas Banned GSAs Statewide

 

MassResistance Special 10-part Report:

Why LGBT “GSA Clubs” must be banned from all public schools.

Part 9: How Texas banned GSAs statewide

Texas GSA ban is part of a bold, comprehensive parents’ rights law enacted in 2025

Radical pro-LGBT groups got a temporary court injunction in three school districts

But other schools across state have closed down their GSAs

July 31, 2026

 Outside the Texas State Capitol in 2021. For years MassResistance pressured Texas legislators to move forward on parents' rights. They kept stalling. It finally came to fruition last year.

Texas is boldly leading the way and doing the right thing.

In Part 8 we described the legal threats used by the LGBT movement to keep GSA clubs (“Gay Straight Alliance” or “Genders and Sexualities Alliance”) from being blocked in schools. In particular, they invoke the federal Equal Access Act (which we debunked in Part 7).

As a result, state legislatures, local governments, and school districts have been afraid to prohibit GSAs.

But the Texas legislature has now passed a law that outright bans GSAs. And the state is aggressively fighting the LGBT movement’s court challenge in three school districts. (Texas has over 1,200 school districts.)

Texas passes a bold bill

On June 20, 2025, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed bill SB 12 into law. It is a comprehensive bill that enacts a bold list of parents’ rights mandates, as well as new reporting requirements, certifications, and directives for all Texas schools.

When it went into effect on September 1, 2025, it gave the Left nightmares.

The major parts of SB 12 include:

• Ban on all GSAs. The law specifically says: “A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not authorize or sponsor a student club based on sexual orientation or gender identity.”
• Requires written permission to join any student club. A school district must require the written consent of a parent or guardian before a student may participate in a student club at the district or school. (Note: We are not sure why this extra bureauracy is necessary now. Requiring permission for all clubs was a tactic by some schools to avoid the legal threat of banning GSAs, but just makes it harder to join them.)
• No LGBT discussion or indoctrination in classes or elsewhere. Prohibits school districts, charter schools, staff, or third parties from providing instruction, guidance, activities, or programming regarding sexual orientation or gender identity across all grades pre-K through 12th. (This is as important as the GSA ban!)
• No DEI in the schools. Schools are prohibited from having any school-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives or activities. School districts are barred from assigning DEI duties to employees or allowing employees, contractors, or volunteers to engage in DEI duties.
• No “social transitioning” of students. School employees are prohibited from aiding or encouraging a student's "social transitioning" (such as using a name or pronouns that differ from the student's legal name or biological sex) without express written parental consent.
• Parental notification of changes to students’ health or “well-being.” Parents must be notified of any changes to mental, emotional, or physical health of their children, and if they are being monitored regarding that. It also prohibits policies that encourage students to keep health information hidden from parents. (Example: Children in an emotional crisis are easily persuaded by school counselors that they are “gay” or “trans.”)
• Strict opt-in for psychological, medical, and health services. Clarifies that explicit, affirmative written consent (which cannot be bundled with other generic signature forms) is required for psychological/psychiatric exams or treatments, biometric data collection, non-routine healthcare/medications, or human sexuality instruction.
• Written consent for surveys and screening. Requires written parental consent prior to administering any well-being questionnaire, survey, check-in, or health screening form.
• Pro-parent school board meeting changes. Local school boards must hold their meetings outside of normal work hours, move the public comments segment to the beginning of the meeting, and have an online comments portal.
• Parental access to child’s school library records: Expands parental record access rights to include tracking all library materials checked out by their child.
• Mandatory posting of course syllabi: Requires districts to post an instructional plan or syllabus for every class on the district website at the start of each semester, and mandates that teachers provide copies to administrators and parents before the semester begins.

Complying with GSA ban

To avoid state compliance penalties or loss of funding, school districts across Texas quickly got to work to follow the law.

Regarding the GSA prohibition, school boards and administrators across Texas moved to formally disband, derecognize, or deny facilities to GSAs, Pride clubs, and similar student organizations.

In many communities, former GSA student leaders shifted their meetings off-campus to local community centers, libraries, or online platforms to maintain support networks outside of the school’s jurisdiction. But that means the clubs are now less influential or effective than when they were official groups inside the schools.

In addition, districts across Texas created a new administrative infrastructure, requiring all students to submit signed parental consent forms before joining any extracurricular club (chess club, robotics, debate, etc.).

LGBT legal groups file a lawsuit and get an injunction for 3 school districts

A few days before the law took effect, a coalition of radical groups filed a federal lawsuit, GSA Network v. Mormath, in the U.S. District Court. The plaintiffs included: GSA Network, Transgender Law Center, ACLU of Texas, Texas American Federation of Teachers, and some individual students and teachers.

 Pushing the agenda. ACLU Texas staff at LGBTQ Pride event. Note their signs: "Pride is still protest." [Photo by aclutx.org]

The plaintiffs’ legal standing allows the lawsuit to apply to only three school districts: Houston ISD, Katy ISD, and Plano ISD.

The lawsuit challenges four parts of SB 12:

1. The GSA Ban (Section 27 / Sec. 33.0815(b))
2. The Inclusivity/DEI Ban (Section 3)
3. The Social Transition Ban (Section 7)
4. The “LGBTQ+” Curriculum Ban (Section 24)

(Interestingly, the lawsuit challenges the GSA ban, but it does not challenge the requirement for written parental permission for a student to join any authorized school club. That’s likely something they don’t think they can win.)

What is the basis for their legal challenge? In GSA Network v. Mormath, they use the same basic hackneyed legal arguments that we’ve seen them use everywhere for these kinds of cases.

• The Federal Equal Access Act of 1984: They claim that the law prohibits schools from “discriminating based on content of speech.” But as we’ve outlined, that law does not apply in this situation.
• First Amendment (Free Speech): They claim the state is singling out topics of sexual orientation and gender identity for “targeted suppression.” But in fact, schools and teachers do not have a “free speech” right to present anything imaginable to minor children. (If they want that, they should teach at a college instead.)
• Fourteenth Amendment (Due Process): They argue that restrictions are so vague that it’s impossible for educators to know what conduct or conversations are prohibited. That is all absurd.

In a normal courtroom (i.e., with an unbiased judge) with aggressive and knowledgeable lawyers defending the case, this would be a very difficult lawsuit to win.

The plaintiffs asked for an immediate injunction for the three districts against implementing the challenged sections of SB 12 (including the GSA club ban) while the lawsuit is litigated.

In an upsetting development, the three named school districts declined to defend against the lawsuit. Instead, they filed brief responses taking "no position," which the court treated as a procedural waiver under party-presentation principles. This is not surprising. Those districts likely have leftist school boards and public attorneys who don’t oppose the LGBT agenda in their schools.

Thus, since the injunction request was unopposed, on February 20, 2026, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Eskridge (a Trump appointee) granted the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. The injunction is limited to those three districts; it is not statewide.

Texas Attorney General stepping in to defend the case and appeal the injunction

In April, 2026, the Texas Attorney General filed a formal motion to intervene to represent the State of Texas's sovereign interest in defending Senate Bill 12 in the lawsuit. The motion was approved. The AG’s office is now actively leading the defense of the law on the merits as the case proceeds through discovery toward trial. The litigation could potentially continue for years.

The Texas AG has also filed appeal of the preliminary injunction before the U.S. Court of Appeals. Specifically, The AG petitioned the appeals court for an expedited stay of the preliminary injunction pending appeal, arguing that the State of Texas suffers an irreparable constitutional injury whenever a state statute is enjoined by a federal court, regardless of whether local school districts declined to defend it. At this point, the appeals court has not issued a ruling or granted a stay on the preliminary injunction.

All other Texas school districts are required to follow the entire law

Texas is now the only state where GSAs are legally banned from all public schools and charter schools. And to our knowledge, the state intends to be aggressive about enforcing that – with financial and other penalties for districts in violation.

Final thoughts

Texas has proven that bold, sane action is possible. Now the rest of the country should follow. Truly, it’s not too difficult; the LGBT movement’s legal threats are paper tigers.

Until only very recently in our country’s history, the idea of a club for children in public schools that promotes and normalizes homosexuality (or transgenderism, BDSM, etc.) would have been considered unspeakable. The fact that now a state law must be passed to get them out of schools is a terrible reflection of today’s society.

We hope our GSA report series helps laws like Texas’s SB 12 to get passed in more states. It’s time for good people to stand strong!

   

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MassResistance Takes on GSA's Part 8: Outside Groups Professional Organizations Pushing GSAs

 

MassResistance Special 10-part Report:

Why LGBT “GSA Clubs” must be banned from all public schools.

Part 8: How outside legal groups and “legitimate” professional organizations promote and defend GSAs in schools

They also intimidate parents and conservative school committee officials who disagree

July 27, 2026

 School officials and parents get propaganda from all sides on how they "must" allow destructive GSAs in their schools. But in fact they don't have to — and shouldn't.

National LGBT organizations are not the only ones behind GSA clubs (“Gay Straight Alliance” or “Genders and Sexualities Alliance”) found in thousands of schools across America. National professional organizations and legal groups also prop up that corrupt project.

In Part 2 of our GSA report, we described how these clubs get into K-12 schools. We noted that GSAs are not like other school clubs such as a chess club, a science club, etc. Their goals include normalizing homosexuality, transgenderism, and similar perverted behaviors in the school and the surrounding community.

GSAs are not organic; kids would not naturally think of starting one. They are professionally organized by activist adults and brought into the schools through sophisticated organizing and propaganda techniques.

To counter any pushback from school officials or community members, these national LGBT groups have developed forceful (though completely dishonest) talking points to intimidate and silence opponents to GSAs. And should objections to a GSA in a school system continue, the LGBT movement has more ammunition.

“Legitimate” professional organizations

Numerous professional associations (representing teachers and schools administrators, mental health professionals, physicians, counselor associations, etc.) also support the LGBT movement’s effort to push and keep GSAs in schools. The major organizations include:

American Psychological Association (APA)
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
National Education Association (NEA)
American Academy of Pediatrics
National Association of School Psychologists
American Association of School Administrators
American Counseling Association
American Federation of Teachers
American School Counselor Association
American School Health Association
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of Social Workers
School Social Work Association of America

Unfortunately, too many school administrators – even many “conservative” ones – blindly follow the misguided advice these associations put out.

The American Psychological Association (APA) published a resource, Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation & Youth, meant to convince school principals and administrators across the country to support LGBT “diversity” policies in schools.

 A shocking pantheon of formerly trustworthy professional organizations have sold out to the LGBT movement.

In addition to the booklet’s overall strong advocacy of the normalization and support of homosexual, bisexual, and transgender “identities,” it includes statements from several of the organizations from their specific professional perspectives.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has posted this troubling statement endorsing GSAs in schools:

Several practices can improve the health, safety, and school connectedness for LGBTQ+ youth by addressing stigma and bias. Among them are conducting professional development with school staff, allowing LGBTQ+ students equal access to student-led clubs, and creating inclusive school and district policies. … Students in schools nationwide have created and led clubs where students with LGBTQ+ identities and their allies can socialize, provide support, and work together to create safe and supportive school environments. …

The APA also collaborated with the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital to recommend “establishing and sustaining GSAs” in the Los Angeles Schools.  The CDC helped fund that “Safe and Supportive Environments” initiative through its DASH funds (Division of Adolescent and School Health). The premise was “HIV prevention.”

The American Academy of Pediatrics (a noteworthy member of the above-mentioned “Just the Facts” coalition) also published a separate policy statement. Titled “Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents,” it discusses “safe schools,” cites data from GLSEN, and notes the value of GSAs.

The National Education Association (NEA) collaborated with the ACLU, Gender Spectrum, Human Rights Campaign, and National Center for Lesbian Rights to publish “Schools in Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools.” It pushes the “safe spaces” that GSAs impose on schools:

Creating school environments that respect and affirm gender diversity will empower all students rather than limit them. GLSEN’s study on the impact of Gay-Straight Alliances, for example, suggests that such organizations create school environments where all students are less likely to hear homophobic slurs.

The “Schools in Transition” report also suggests how to handle “unsupportive parents.”

 The NEA has teamed up with the worst possible groups on these issues.

Legal groups

There are also well-funded legal groups providing guidance and legal support to the adults and students engaged in GSAs. They employ (largely unsupportable) legal arguments to prevent or quash challenges to the GSAs. These invariably include a heavy reliance on threats to invoke the Equal Access Act. (Unfortunately, local school attorneys are often intimidated by these threats. In Part 7 we exposed the Equal Access Act as basically toothless.)

These radical legal groups include:

Lambda Legal
GLAD Law
ACLU
National Center for LGBTQ Rights (formerly National Center for Lesbian Rights)
Harvard Law School LGBTQI Advocacy Clinic
Transgender Law Center
Southern Poverty Law Center
U.S. Department of Education (Office for Civil Rights)

 Lambda Legal, like the ACLU, focuses its resources on suing conservative schools over GSAs. But their legal grounding is thinner than people realize.

GLAD Law (GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders), based in Massachusetts, brags about the legal help it has given, forcing schools to allow GSAs. GLAD cites the Equal Access Act as the basis:

 This was passed out at "Youth Pride" events.

The ACLU uses the Equal Access Act to bully schools across the country to allow GSAs. It claims victories in protecting GSAs, largely through reference to that 1984 law. It has posted a template letter for use to instill fear of a lawsuit in a school administrator who opposes a GSA. It summarizes their defense for GSAs:

First page of ACLU’s 4-page threat letter to school superintendents:
“Allow the GSA or we’ll see you in court.”

ACLU and GLISTEN (formerly GLSEN) jointly authored this pamphlet (below): “Know Your Rights: A Guide for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students.” It summarizes their arguments on students’ free speech at school and what counts as “disruption” of educational time. It encourages students to file complaints if their “rights” to form a GSA are violated.

 This ACLU pamphlet cites a laundry list of federal laws and even the US Constitution to threaten schools into normalizing students' sexual perversions. But it's basically all scare tactics.

GLISTEN/GLSEN also supplies these additional resources for arguing for the legality of GSAs.

The U.S. Department of Education still posts this Biden-era 2023 document that advocated for GSA legality, citing court cases of losing efforts to shut down GSAs while ignoring much of the actual wording of the Equal Access Act.

 The US Department of Education still has this on its website - likely because its bureaucrats still believe in it.

Final thoughts

It’s shocking how many major “trustworthy” institutions have cowered before the poisonous LGBT radical agenda and are pushing it on vulnerable schoolchildren.

To an unsophisticated school administrator, school board member, or school attorney who objects to having a GSA at school, it seems the facts and the law are overwhelmingly stacked against him.

But if you drill down and do the research, you will find that the claim that GSAs are legally untouchable is a well-crafted illusion. The “facts” are either distortions or completely phony, and the legal arguments are easily dismantled. It just takes some courage, principles, and perseverance.

   

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CA MassResistance Catholics Protest LGBT Mass in San Deigo

 

California MassResistance Catholics confront “gay pride" Mass and radical priests in San Diego

For “Pride” - church interior is desecrated and Mass service altered

Our Catholics have had enough: “Go, and sin no more!”

July 16, 2026

 Contrasting messages from San Diego Catholics: Traditional Catholics outside (left) vs radical message inside (right) during the St. John the Evangelist Church's "pride" Mass.

For many years, faithful Catholics have endured a disturbing pro-LGBT turn in many of their churches. But lately, in some places, that has gone completely overboard. And many Catholics have had enough of it.

The Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego is the most “LGBTQ+” area in town. One would hope that the most prominent Catholic Church there, St. John the Evangelist, would be a beacon of light and truth on that issue. But sadly, it has gone in the other direction.

 St. John the Evangelist Church in San Diego.

Throughout San Diego County, July 11-19 has been designated as “San Diego Pride Week” by the various LGBT organizations – with the Hillcrest neighborhood being the center of activities. As part of that, the St. John the Evangelist Church advertised that it would have an LGBT-themed “All Are Welcome Mass” on Sunday, July 12.

When our MassResistance Catholic leaders in San Diego saw that promotion, they contacted us. They wanted to do something to confront this outrage and let everyone know that there are Catholics standing up to it!

We got right to work with them. At the very least, a strong protest was in order. They also wanted to document what happened inside during that blasphemous Mass. Over the next several days they contacted other local Catholic activists.

Catholics confront the blasphemy

On July 12, our protesters gathered across the street from the church entrance. So the theological tension surrounding the event was evident even before entering the church! The protesters held a Rosary prayer vigil. They held a large banner depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus and signs reading “God’s Marriage = 1 Man + 1 Woman” and “Go, and sin no more” (the latter echoing Jesus’s scriptural words to the woman caught in adultery).

 Across the street from the church entrance Catholic demonstrators prayed the Rosary and sent a strong message.

The vigil drew sharp, hostile reactions from the surrounding Hillcrest traffic. The demonstrators  received numerous obscene gestures, horn blasts, and profane shouts from car windows – much worse than at vigils outside abortion clinics, one of the demonstrators told us.

Inside the church – worse than imagined

Upon entering the church, one immediately noticed the extensive array of LGBT symbols, decorations, and banners everywhere – on the walls, doors, and pews. They were a vivid contrast to the traditional sacred church architecture.

Toward the front, several rows of pews were specifically reserved for representatives of regional parish "LGBTQ ministries," each with rainbow ribbons affixed. In the sanctuary, the visual theme extended to large rainbow flower bouquets and ribbon adornments surrounding the altar space. Even the candles flanking the tabernacle were fitted with decorative collars matching the colors of the pride flag, and a single rainbow ribbon was tied to the parish collection box.

As the Mass was about to begin, representatives from several Catholic churches across the region marched down the center aisle carrying their respective parish LGBTQ ministry banners.

Catholic priests and deacons from across the region participated. Some clerics wore rainbow-patterned stoles over their liturgical vestments. A special pro-LGBT welcome from the Bishop of San Diego was read aloud to the congregation.

While the structural layout of the readings reflected the universal Catholic calendar, the liturgy incorporated a specific scriptural substitution. The universally slated responsorial Psalm for the day (Psalm 65) was replaced with Psalm 139, with the congregation singing the refrain, "I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

The petitions explicitly prayed for the LGBT community, transgender individuals, parents of LGBTQ children – as well as refugees, the homeless, the marginalized, and those struggling with mental illness or addiction.

For more detail about this disturbing service, see the Liturgical Observation Report on this "All Are Welcome" Mass, written by one of our Catholic activists who was inside. [Photos by MassResistance]

 Also note the "progress pride" flag hanging from the balcony.

Final thoughts

It’s clear that the local Hillcrest neighborhood residents – and those who attended the Mass that day – got our protesters’ message. Our activists prayed the Rosary, but their signs were bold and hard-hitting (and spoke the truth). It shows how important it is in these situations not to just stand there and be polite.

As we’ve been saying, even if you feel outnumbered, it’s necessary to do at least something!

   

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MA MassResistance Exposes Obscene Materials at West Boylston Library

 

Another library director defends the indefensible: Argues that obscene LGBT books should be available to children.

A mother had confronted the library with the horrible medical facts on those behaviors.

Children should have the “freedom to read” about explicit LGBT sexual acts, answers library director

Regurgitates radical pro-LGBT American Library Association talking points supporting obscenity

NOTE: Graphic descriptions below.

July 13, 2026

 The historic Beaman Memorial Library building in West Boylston, MA has become a place for children to avoid. But one mother is fighting back.

Sometimes you feel all alone in a local battle. But it’s still important to do at least something. And we can help you do it!

As we all know, even in small towns, libraries have become so radicalized and are pushing increasingly destructive material to children. So, many parents don’t want to take their children there any more. Here is yet another example.

West Boylston is a town of about 7,900 people in central Massachusetts located just north of Worcester. It’s not as left-leaning as most of the state, voting about 56% Democrat vs 44% Republican. Last year, the town selectmen voted 4-1 to fire the Town Administrator because he ordered the police to take down a Trump flag hanging in the police exercise room.

West Boylston’s Beaman Memorial Public Library was built in 1912 and is in the National Register of Historic Places for its Colonial Revival architecture. But if the people who built it could visit it now, they’d certainly be sickened.

Shocking, graphic LGBT “pride” books for kids

A few weeks ago during “pride month,” a mother (and MassResistance activist) in West Boylston strolled into the library and was “greeted” by a display of graphic homosexual-themed books for children and teenagers. She couldn’t believe it.

Books in the Beaman Library for children and teenagers include:

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe: Explicit drawings of teens having homosexual sex with each other, including a “transgender boy” (a girl pretending to be a boy) sucking on a boy’s penis. One drawing is of a man lying back on a bed with his legs spread while the other man is lying between his legs. Typical dialogue: "I can't wait to have your cock in my mouth.”

Flamer by Mike Curato:  Crude descriptions of “gay” boys talking a Christian boy into engaging in homosexual oral sex and anal sex with them. He then “embraces” his newly accepted homosexuality. There’s a sick description of boys masturbating into a bottle and forcing another boy to masturbate in front of them, or else drink it.

Confronting the library director with graphic medical information

But what could this woman do all by herself? All her friends are afraid to speak out. She contacted us and we worked with her. She wrote a no-holds-barred letter to the library director. He’s probably never received anything like it before!

Her letter said this:

It has come to my attention that the library is displaying a large selection of LGBT(+) books in the teen section. The contents of these books are detrimental to the mental and physical growth of our youngest and most vulnerable by presenting homosexuality / transgenderism as normal.

These books should be permanently taken out of circulation. They encourage poor decision-making, incur a high risk of serious health problems and are rife with pornography. As a hard-working taxpayer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I object that my money is being used to fund these books.

I have some questions and thoughts for you:

1. Homosexuality is not innate, and no one is born in the wrong body.
2. Homosexual conduct is inherently harmful to the body. Please see the attached excerpt from the Christian Medical & Dental Associations.
3. Would you allow a display promoting drug use or suicide, too?
4. The library should include a copy of a book, The Health Hazards of Homosexuality in its collection. May I provide you a copy?

As the descriptions above show, the library books are very graphic. So in addition to the letter, she provided some graphic medical information to counter them!

She included a few pages of unfiltered information from the Christian Medical & Dental Associations describing some of the repulsive sexual practices and ensuing diseases and other health problems that directly result from LGBT behaviors.

The Health Hazards of Homosexuality brings together information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and prominent medical groups on this crucial subject.

The library director responds

About a week later, she received a letter in response from the library director. It was condescending and bureaucratic.

• He did not address any of the medical information that she included (which is also documented in many other places).
• Instead, he defended having the books there. He quoted the library’s collection policy  (obviously put in by leftist library officials) which echoes the ALA’s talking points. It basically says that the library can bring in any material for children it wishes because parents must have the “right” to let their children see it. It’s up to parents to police what children see in the library, the policy says.
• Moreover, the library has no duty to protect children from pornography on its shelves. “The library will not deselect materials in an effort to protect others,” he said.
• If citizens don’t want any of the books to be there, they can go through the library’s bureaucratic book challenge progress.
• Regarding accepting a donation of our book, The Health Hazards of Homosexuality, he was particularly patronizing and pompous. Even though the book’s material is sourced from recognized medical groups, it was compiled by an “advocacy group” and has not been reviewed by the library’s “professional selection sources.” We can imagine the “professional selection sources” he used to acquire Gender Queer and the other filth the library stocks for children. We’d love to go through the non-fiction there and see the results of the “strict” processes they used.

Final thoughts

Even if you’re just one person, telling the truth is still powerful. It’s the beginning of change.

And it’s also the beginning of leaving your fear behind, which is critical because leftists depend on your fear for their agendas to continue. So even though MassResistance is starting big “fires” of change in many communities, we’re also encouraging small fires everywhere!

   

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LA County for Trump: Eight Years Later, What Happened?

From early 2017 until mid-2018, I was active with a large coalition of Angelenos fighting the good fight for President Trump.

We went to protests, we led rallies, and we participated in marches in and around Los Angeles to support the President and advocate for his policies.

Some of the biggest movers and shakers in the movement got together for multiple Independence Day bashes throughout Southern California, including Genevieve Peter's home in the Sherman Oaks area.

Here's the group photo:

From back to front, left to right: Jesse Suave, Charles Beltran, David Hernandez, Joseph Cheng, Rachelle Mand, Megan Dowling, Patricia James, Raphael Hwong, Mama Leonor Ferris, Dawna Schoenberger, Elsa Aldeguer, Arthur Schaper, Harim Uzziel Vargas, Genevieve Peters Scott

A lot of people have followed up with me to ask what happened to the team. Where is everyone now?

Here's a basic rundown, as best as I can remember or relate.

I see Rachelle Mand (the lady with curly hair and glasses) at the Torrance-Lomita-Palos Verdes Republican Assembly meetings all the time. She's still in the fight.

Harim Uzziel Vargas (the guy at the front wearing a black shirt and a black MAGA hat) turned on all of us. He insisted that we could not be friends with people whom he did not like, which betrays a deep lack of maturity. He cut me off as he cut off many others.

Mama Leonor Ferris (the lady with long white hair and the stars and stripes on her shirt) is still kicking butt, but I have not seen her in years. I did connect with her briefly at an event earlier this year, but we didn't talk that much.

Genevieve Peters (on the right, in front of me) lives in Michigan now. She was born there, but moved to California to help with the George W. Bush campaign. She lived in the Golden State for years, and she was such a great help to all of us. After moving back to Michigan, he got married in 2023! Her husband, John Scott, is very supportive of the MAGA cause, too!

Elsa Aldeguer and I connect from time to time. We both supported Bianco for governor. I saw her late March, when I gave a speech to the Hollywood Republican Assembly. She has always been so supportive of me.

Joseph Cheng (the Asian guy with the shaved head) still connects with me from time to time, too. He supports me on social media. Unlike some in the MAGA-verse, he didn't get angry with me when I supported Governor Ron DeSantis for President in 2024. Yes, I voted for Trump in the general election. I am glad that I did, and I am glad that he is keeping promises this time, which he had made last time,

Megan Dowling was a hard-core Trump supporter. She attended lots of Tea Party rallies, was active in the local Republican clubs, and she attended lots of city council meetings to protest the sanctuary state law SB 54 in 2018.

Then she went to the dark side, celebrating all things Palestinian. All of this came out after the October 7th, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel. From that time on, she started blathering about how she opposed Zionism, hated Israel, and supported the "Palestinian" cause. She now spends every Sunday in Redondo Beach protesting Israel along with the local group of left-wing activists.

Patricia James (the lady with long white-blonde hair to the left of Harim's baseball cap) is still active, but I don't really talk to her. She was really helpful when I didn't have a car (or a lot of money!), so she would drive me to events. One source told me that she moved to Florida after getting married, and then her husband recently passed away.

I haven't seen Charles Beltran in a while. We had a falling out. It's a long story that I don't want to get into.

Lots of people don't know the story behind Raphael, but I feel safe sharing some of the details now. Raphael was a good friend, very close to me. He helped me when I had suffered a stroke in 2019, and then when I had another health scare two years later. Unfortunately, he became dark and cynical about everything. He would just complain about all the problems, and it was so draining. The last time I sat down with him, the day before Independence Day 2023, all he would do was perseverate about the end of the conservative movement and how everything was falling apart. I couldn't deal with his constant complaining and negativity anymore. I had to let him go, and I have not spoken to him since. It is very sad what happened to him.

I still see David Hernandez all the time. He is doing great work for the Trump and Republican cause in Los Angeles. He is fighting the good fight and really thinking big for the state of California. In fact, he is a Vice Chair for the California Republican Party, and he recently got re-elected to the position.

Jesse Suave is still active, doing great stuff. He registers voters and shows up to protests from time to time. I had dinner with him and a few others earlier this year.  I have talked with him a few times, and I see him at a lot of Christian events.

Dawna Schoenberger was well-known as an awesome biker chick. I attended her birthday a few years ago in South Orange County. It was great to see her again, along with her kids. She is living somewhere in the Inland Empire now. We haven't talked lately, but she supports my work with MassResistance, which means a lot to me.

So, what happened to LA County for Trump?

Life happened, hard times happened, and new challenges came up.

I was working as a freelance journalist and activist for a year and a half. Time and money were growing tight, and I needed to find stable work. MassResistance, the international pro-family group that makes a difference, hired me in July 2018. I am celebrating my eighth year with the organization! That work has taken me to all sorts of places, and it has also required so much of my time that I no longer had time for Trump events.

During COVID-19, I was focused on the health freedom fight as well as exposing all the corruption in the public school system, which became so evident after kids were forced to stay home and get their education virtually. Parents finally witnessed all the grooming and corruption taking place in the government schools, and they demanded change!

From there, after Trump left office (Stolen Election!), I started doing other health freedom-related activism as well as my full-time work for MassResistance.

I soured on Trump in late 2022, when all of his US Senate picks failed and he chanted about protecting "gay rights." A lot of MAGA backed away from me in those days because I supported Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. I stepped away from a lot of other activism in those days, too, because I was tired of just doing the rallies. I wanted results, and I witnessed how just attending local government meetings and yelling at politicians wasn't getting the job done.

President Trump 2.0 has been a vast improvement over his first term, and he is setting the stage for great reforms and restoration in this country. I am hoping that more citizens get involved in the political process as well as the culture war. My main focus is MassResistance, but I am also writing more, getting published by American Thinker, American Greatness, Townhall.com, Canada Free Press, 2 Urban Girls, and other sites.

There's the basic rundown for now. Hope everyone is doing well, and let's not stop fighting for MAGA every day we can!

MassResistance Exposes the Los Angeles "Pride" Parades

 

LA Pride Parade reveals rot in government, unions, politicians, and corporations

Showing how they are enemies of a normal, healthy society

Government should enforce obscenity laws and refuse special exemptions for the LGBT agenda

How MassResistance is fighting to turn this around

July 1, 2026

 At left, "Mr. LA Pride" waves to onlookers. The Los Angeles Electricians Union supports this and participates. [All photos by MassResistance.]

“Gay pride” month is finally over.

It’s disturbing and a bit frightening that so many “legitimate” entities still publicly participate in “gay pride” parades. MassResistance went to Los Angeles to see this firsthand. Numerous government agencies, politicians, unions, and American corporations took part in the event.

“Gay pride” month – and particularly its gross and offensive parades in cities across the country – is clearly losing acceptance (if it ever really had it) among average Americans. This year, numerous gay pride events have been cancelled for lack of financial support, though they still manage to thrive in big cities where there is more support available.

The Los Angeles Gay Pride event on June 14 was like those in Boston, New York, Chicago, and other big cities. It included a parade through the city and a “festival” with booths.

Here’s some of what we saw that day:

Public displays of people’s perversion and dysfunction

“Gay” has always been a front for a range of weird sexual behaviors and dysfunction. The propaganda machine in the media and elsewhere hides this very well. But at “gay pride” parades, the true nature of “LGBT” comes out from the shadows.

 What would a "gay pride" parade be without a contingent of BDSM (bondage, dominance, sadism, and masochism) marchers along with their BDSM flag?

 There were lots of "transgender" marchers, even men with beards dressed as women.

 This contingent included a giant penis. These seem to show up a lot at "gay pride" parades.

 An advertisement for naked gay massage on one of the floats.

 Promoting the "rights" of children to be given puberty blockers.

 This float advertised "LA's Best Transgender Events."

 Virtually every "gay pride" event has several booths like this to help attendees avoid sexually transmitted diseases.

Here’s who supported this

In a healthy society, one would expect these groups and individuals to be promoting wholesome community values and opposing unhealthy, destructive, and morally loathsome behaviors.

 The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power had a float with this banner. Who would have thought even they would be in this?

 The Police Department painted its cars for "gay pride."

 The Los Angeles Fire Department supported the parade.

 The Teamsters Union float.

 The Los Angeles Teachers Union float. Note the "trans rights - labor rights" and "protect LGBT workers" messages. These messages are obviously being taught in the Los Angeles public schools..

 The SEIU (Service Employees International Union) float.

 The L.A. Public Defenders have a "gay pride" parade float. This obvious bias should disqualify them in any normal setting. Imagine if an outspoken conservative needed a public defender in Los Angeles!

 Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.

 Though they're closing hundreds of their stores, Starbucks seems to always have extra money to support "gay pride."

 The Delta Air Lines booth.

 The CocaCola booth was more extravagant than most.

 The local ABC-TV affiliate doesn't bother to hide its bias.

 Mayor Karen Bass running for re-election. Note the "F*ck Trump" person accompanying her car.

 Hilda Solis is running for re-election to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors.

 David Vela is running for re-election to the L.A. County School Board (known as the"Board of Trustees").

 Two candidates for the State Assembly - different districts - advertising in the L.A. "gay pride" parade.

Final thoughts: How MassResistance is fighting back

The massive private foundation funding for the radical LGBT agenda gives it a huge advantage. Support by big corporations helps push it into the workplace and the public sphere. The mainstream media and entertainment industry collude, forcing it into everyone’s faces.

But the truth is that without the force of government, the LGBT presence would be a fraction of what it is. Vicious and oppressive non-discrimination laws covering homosexual and transgender behavior have forced acceptance into everybody’s lives. Following that have come laws mandating teaching LGBT “rights” and sexuality in the schools, inclusion in teachers’ certification, and state regulations for adoption and children’s services departments.

MassResistance has been working with state legislators and city councils across the country to repeal these venomous non-discrimination laws. And we are making progress. (We’ve already reported on our success getting gay flags effectively banned from government buildings, which is related to this.)

We’ve also been helping individuals do great things to fight back in their communities. One person can complain to the police about participating in “gay pride.” One person can make the local library stop its “pride” displays. One person can derail a “pride proclamation” in his town.

Action taken by individuals can make a big difference. And the trickle-down effect will mean fewer governments supporting any part of the LGBT agenda. Let’s all help make this happen!

   

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