Megaphone :verified:At a recent <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/HuntingtonBeach?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HuntingtonBeach</a> City Council meeting, longtime resident <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ChrisKluwe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChrisKluwe</a> delivered a powerful speech condemning the council’s decision to include a <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/MAGA?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> acrostic on a library plaque. He highlighted the overwhelming community opposition and called out the movement’s ties to <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/censorship?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a>, <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/discrimination?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a>, and anti-democratic actions.<br> <br> He didn’t hold back, equating <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/MAGA?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> to a modern-day <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/authoritarian?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarian</a> movement, rooted in the same dangerous ideologies that history warns us against.<br> <br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ErasingTransPeople?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ErasingTransPeople</a><br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Resegregation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resegregation</a><br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Censorship?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a><br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/BookBans?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookBans</a><br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/UnionBusting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnionBusting</a><br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/DefundingVeterans?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefundingVeterans</a><br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/CuttingEducation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CuttingEducation</a><br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Corruption?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a><br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/AntiDemocracy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiDemocracy</a><br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ModernNazism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ModernNazism</a><br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Trans?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trans</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/LGBT?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBT</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/LGBTQ?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>