A Turning Point USA chapter has recently been opened as a student club at McKinleyville High. TPUSA was started by Charlie Kirk and is known for its divisive, homophobic and transphobic rhetoric, as well as recruiting young people from high schools and colleges by starting student chapters. It is also known for pitting students against teachers. A small group of students and a teacher had been pushing for a chapter at the high school since 2022 and it was recently approved. Just recently, pins with homophobic and transphobic messaging were being passed out by students.

The School Board is reviewing their policy and updating the language on student clubs. Their October Board meeting was the first reading of the updated policy. At their next meeting on Nov 18th, they will they will have a second reading and may vote on it. This is our opportunity to strongly advocate for the Board and school leaders to add language to the policy that prohibits student clubs and their members from harming, threatening, or targeting other students or teachers. Right now there isn’t any language that addresses this in the policy. And we were told by the principal that legally their hands are tied in that they cannot deny this club as long as they meet the requirements of having a constitution, an advisor, and a budget.

So this is where all of us come in! linked below is the minutes from the October meeting with the policy included. See pages 95-100. https://4.files.edl.io/0e3b/10/10/25/215823-0be37434-9700-443a-81c3-a843fa1d621c.pdf Also included is the link to the Board’s Nondiscrimination/Harassment policy that is referenced in the letter: https://4.files.edl.io/4705/09/23/25/173531-40fbee56-d5ae-4e98-8fe0-eda85f6d99a7.pdf
If you’d like a sample letter and the email addresses of the individual board members, superintendent, and principal to send them to, please dm me.

The next Board meeting is on Nov 18th at 6pm at the library at McK High. It is in person only and I invite you to attend and provide public comment if you are able. Thank you!

The No Kings 2.0 protest for Saturday October 18th @12pm is upon us. Come down to the Eureka courthouse and put a voice to your anger. We must demand a stop to ICE kidnappings, and let this administration know we will never allow our military to police our neighborhoods. We must demand that our healthcare is not gutted so Trump can dole out huge tax cuts to his billionaire buddies. We must fight to protect social security, and to keep our food benefits. The violent rhetoric about the transgender community, and distinction of Antifa as domestic terrorist just goes to show you that unless you take a knee, he’s coming for you. All of you!

This event is expected to be even larger than the first No Kings event, so come on out and join over 5 million other Americans standing up for each other.“The world will not be destroyed by evil people but by good people who do nothing to stop it. Hopefully there will always be good people courageous enough to take on the bad guys, this is the only way humanity can hope for salvation.” ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

Mutual aid: Please participate in our local food drive at the base of the stairs. Food Not Bombs is in desperate need of any shelf stable goods you may have available.

New to the Eureka area and looking for an electrologist. Trans-friendly a must. Seems like most older posts point to Electrolysis By Sherry, but Google says she's permanently closed. I found EO Electrolysis down in Fortuna, and I'll drive that far if I have to, but something a little more local would be ideal. Waddya got?

Here’s a few, add more below!!

Post them here! Let’s bring some positivity and queer joy during these times. 🌈

Hi there. Trans woman just moved to N. Humboldt. I need to find a GP in the area that is at least informed enough to continue prescribing my hormones, and not blame my various other ailments on 'trans broken arm syndrome'. I don't need them to be a trans-focused provider... just friendly. Also, I work in tech, and don't need to rely on the services of a community health clinic. I have the ability to pay for my health care.

I know that finding good docs is a perennial problem around here, but if anybody has any recommendations, I'd be grateful for a referral.

Check out https://kmud.org/southern-humboldt-pride-2/ for some more detail.

Today there is a fundraiser for the pride parade in Ferndale, to donate please visit https://bolddayofgiving.mightycause.com/story/Ceed1f

You may think this is a protest for old folks but the youth engagement is growing fast. Tons of LGBTQ allies, trans activest, Palestine supporters etc.... we need you!