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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento
@pridewasariot.bsky.social
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A Queer-identity based antifascist affinity group focused on art, outreach and education.

Lavender Angels community defense & Queer self defense training. Queers Bash Back since 2021.

Report fascist activity:
[email protected]
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This weekend was great. Thank you everybody for your support. See you in two weeks.

Volunteer through the email in our bio.
For the safety of our teammates, expect to be vetted.
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Our Angels put in a full 8 hours Friday night. We distributed all our goodie bags, stickers and pins. Now we need more.

#trans #queer #antifa #defendlavenderheights #lavenderangels
A row of flyers across the wall. A pink table holds a cork board. Chairs are covered in boxes and bags. An image of a cork board on a table with lights across the table. An image of a row of pride flags going up and down the street in lavender heights at night.
December 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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SOFT REPORTBACK: 12/05/25

Lavender Angels are out in force this weekend. We love your support.

Ask us how you can help make Lavender Heights safer for Trans & Queer people.
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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This is a brilliant read with literal checklists of prep you can meaningfully do to preconfigure your environment towards collective safety, and against ICE.

Sit down with your team and give this a read.
crimethinc.com/StandUptoICE
Crimethinc. Ex-Workers'... @crimethin... • 1d Standing Up to ICE—A Guide from Chicago Organizers crimethinc.com/StandUptolCE Are masked agents stalking your town, looking to kidnap your neighbors? This guide is based on the knowledge that an array of people have accumulated in Chicago over the past few months during Operation Midway Blitz. A whistle poses against a red background. Text reads, When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE Are masked agents showing up in your town to kidnap your neighbors? Want to do your part to... crimethinc.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Your contributions at work. #givingtuesday #antifa #defendlavenderheights #pridewasariot #queer
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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1. Email in our bio.
2. Get Vetted.
3. Get Started.

Lavender Patrols return to Lavender Heights this weekend. We are seeking volunteers willing to contribute (2hrs) of time to fulfill a volunteer shift.

We train Angels! Report hate activity to the email in our bio.

#defendlavenderheights
Lavender Angels Bash Back WE NEED ANGELS THIS WEEKEND. JOIN US THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN THE LAVENDER DISTRICT. Message us to coordinate.
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Cause baby, I’m an anarchist 🎵 🎵

#WTO #Seattle #Labor #Anarchist #Crimethinc #DetritusBooks #AnotherWarIsPossible #batallonbakunin #ErikLoomis #Bex #Printfund #Girlpenis
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Beth Bourne filmed herself sexually assaulting a drag queen. Then cries victim when someone swats her away.

#BethBourne #TheTerfGetsTricked #Trans #Queer #Antifa #DefendLavenderHeights #UpThePrintFund #Transgender
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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spencersunshine.com #antifa #sexcadre #40waystofightfascists #spencersunshine #queer
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Even the ASL interpreter looked shocked.

From @rickwookie.bsky.social
Now with captions!
November 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Cops mace cops. You love to see it.

repost from @hellgatenyc.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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with @erinyes.diy on threads app.
erin._.yes on threads, 1hr ago 2017: 1.4 million. 2022: 1.6 million. 2025: 2.8 million. That's still only 0.8% of the total US population, but among the next generation (respondents 13-17) an entire 3.3% know they're trans. 2/3 erin._.yes on threads, 1hr ago People who need gender liberty as a fundamental human freedom have always been around. But today, we have the words for it. We have strong supportive communities outside the reach of transphobia. We have modern medical care. There will be more of us next year, and eventually - like our cis gay allies - we will become too large a population to ignore. We'll remember whether you stood up for us or not. 3/3 nick. picard on Threads 57m ago It's a rhetorical trap. If people are detransitioning, it's a "failed experiment". If more people than ever before are coming out, it's a "reckless fad that's quickly getting out of hand" Not only do they not care about the facts, it's impossible for them to be wrong. regan.katherine18 Why are the talking heads trying to make this a thing? erin._.yes “Mission accomplished"
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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…with a million more, well on the way.

with @erinyes.diy on threads app.
mattholloway.unfiltered, on Threads, 2h ago Have you noticed that the "trans trend" is going away. Ppl are detransitioning and less are identifying as Trans. The experiment has proven to be a failure. erin._.yes, 1h later Fact check! More Americans are out as trans in 2025 than ever before in our history. 1/3
November 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Our feelings:
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Read our statement, here:

www.instagram.com/p/CQ7RDV8JAwL/

#queers4landback
#queersforlandback
#transtifa #trantifa #antifa
#pridewasariotsac
#lavenderangels
#defendlavenderheights
#warningqueersbashback
#bigotstransphobesandracistsbeware
#queersknowntobashbackhere
Pride Was A Riot, Sac 04 July 2021 QUEERS 4 LAND BACKI so-called Sacramento, CA, US Nisenan, Maidu & Miwok Land
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Fight back!
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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If you were waiting for an email back from the Lavender Angels, check your email.

If you are looking to volunteer with us, you have to reach out to us through the encrypted email in our bio.
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For the safety of our team, you will be vetted before we begin.
Lavender Angels bash back. Defend lavender Heights. Recruiting volunteers. We train angels! Report hate activity to LavenderAngels@riseup.net
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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The alleged attacker, Sean Payton, sits in custody until his next hearing on December 18th. Meanwhile, 21 days later, Alvin lays in the ICU fighting for his life.

Over 100 flyers were delivered by hand to local businesses and altruists, and posted on local bulletins in Lavender Heights.
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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📍 SACRAMENTO, CA

Lavender Angels were out tonight distributing last-minute flyers in support of tomorrow’s vigil for Alvin Prasad, put together by his daughter Andrea Prasad.

Alvin was recently hospitalized in a coma after being viciously beaten in a brazen hate crime in Lavender Heights.
a poster on a post reads “lavender angers bash back.” With a rainbow background. Two arms are holding each other by the wrist. An image shows a sign post with a flyer on it. Text reads, “candlelight vigil in honor of Alvin Prasad. A call to end violence against our LGBTQIA+ community.” A bookstore has two posters flyered on the glass by the front door. One flyer reads “candlelight vigil in honor of Alvin Prasad.” The other is a rainbow flyer with the text “lavender angels bash back.” It shows two arms gripping each other by the wrist. CANDELIGHT VIGIL in honor of ALVIN PRASAD A CALL TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY SACRAMENTO CITY HALL, tomorrow Saturday, 11/22/2025 7PM 915 I st, Sacramento CA
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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SACRAMENTO, CA:

Do you recognize them? They were accosting locals and customers in the Queer district, Lavender Heights, across the street from the Sac LGBT Center

They were seen wrestling a trans woman down and filming it until a crowd chased them off.

Send tips: email in bio

-more attached
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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ALERT: Christofascists have been forming across the street across from the LGBT Center. They were seen this evening wrestling a trans woman down and filming it until a crowd chased them off.

Do you know recognize these men? Send tips: email in bio

-more attached
An image shows a man in a hoodie with a logo like an X showing on the chest. It appears several inches tall and wide, sitting right over the left breast. He appears to be holding a Go Pro and filming. He has a hoodie, mustache, beard and a beanie. Also he says he’s a trained boxer so maybe that’s a lead. A man in all tan clothing. He’s skinny, tall and appears to have a one inch fade as a haircut. A man in a hoodie that says Jesus is yelling into a microphone. He has short brown hair, blue jeans and a black jacket with white highlighter text that reflects “jesus” back at you.
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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#TransDayOfRememberance 2023
#TDOR
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Call-back to three years ago.

#TransDayOfRememberance
#TDOR
pridewasariot.sac @pridewasariot_ SACRAMENTO, CA. On todays #TransDayOfRemembrance Trans & Queer Antifascists held a self defense demo at the park & distro'd peppergel. Later, a bloc of Lavender Angels stood in solidarity with a vigil in support & defense. #QueersBashBack.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Out of ink
Please send cash so we can return to printing

V: Ctfae
CA: Ctfae
“Check your ink levels regularly” an image shows Epson pop ups displaying “out of ink”
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Airsoft attacks and drive-by "eggings" is less lethal than bullets, but the intent is still lethal.

This is confidence building for greater acts of violence, not some random un-targeted prank.

We should be allowed to exist in public without being hunted and mock executed.
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM