🏳️⚧️ TRANSGENDER RALLY – FOR OUR RIGHTS
Friday, May 30, 2025 | 4–6 PM
Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa
For the first time in our history, Sonoma County Pride is proud to host a Transgender Rally — a bold and necessary gathering to uplift, support, and defend our transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive community.
This is more than a rally. It’s a call to action.
Across the country, transgender people are under attack — especially our transgender youth and people of color. Discriminatory legislation, healthcare bans, hateful rhetoric, and rising violence have created a political climate that is increasingly hostile and dangerous. In the face of these efforts to erase and marginalize transgender lives, WE ARE CHOOSING TO RISE — visibly, vocally, and unapologetically.
On Friday, May 30, we invite you to join us in Old Courthouse Square as we stand in solidarity and resistance. We are teaming up with local organizations, community leaders, and advocates to create a space of visibility, power, and hope. Expect passionate speakers, resource booths, and a unified community ready to show up and speak out.
We rally behind our transgender siblings — for their future, and for the community we believe in:
One where everyone has the right to live openly, safely, and with dignity.
✨ Let’s come together in love and protest. Let’s send a message that Sonoma County shows up for our trans community — today and always.
#TransRally2025 #SonomaCountyPride #ProtectTransYouth #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Speakers & 
Performers & Special Guests
Suzanne Ford – Executive Director of San Francisco Pride and the first openly transgender woman to lead the org in its 50+ year history. A longtime advocate for inclusion, equity, and LGBTQIA+ visibility.
Diana Walker – Classically trained singer-songwriter and founder of Somebody Singing Studio
Athena Rowan Gomez – A transgender, neurodivergent, and disabled Latina organizer based in Rohnert Park. She’s the force behind Trans Day of Visibility 2025 and the region’s first Pride-themed farmers markets.
E. Samuell MacLaughlin – Trans activist and storyteller with deep roots in the HIV/AIDS movement of the ‘90s. Passionate about building community through the arts, technology, and advocacy.
Tiesa Meskis – New Sonoma County Pride board member, former Aberdeen City Council member, and a lifelong advocate for peace, justice, and trans rights. She’ll serve as our host.
Beck Smith – A proud member of our trans community, passionate advocate for our LGBTQ+ community and for human rights and environmental protection. North Bay event coordinator for the LGBTQ spectrum at U.S. Bank. Steph Cavalier – Local queer performer bringing heartfelt music to the stage
Join us in pride and protest. We rise together.Community Partners:
Date & Time:
Friday, May 30, 2025, 4PM – 6PM
Location:
Old Courthouse Square
Downtown Santa Rosa
Details:
No Cost
good for all ages.
