The policies that Donald Trump and the Republicans are proposing frighten me and many of those who I love. The only push-back we have is in our right to peacefully assemble to make our fears known. Republicans in Indiana have introduced legislation to curb protest tactics, and it's up to us to protect our right to peaceful assembly.

Donald Trump has made it so transgender students and people may not use the bathroom that they feel comfortable in but they have to use there birth sex bathroom. I feel as though as a transgender student myself this is highly hurtful because coming out as transgender is hard enough but having a whole group of people in the White House against you is far too much. I came out a couple months ago because I thought America was getting better and that I could feel more comfortable because everything is going to change and I'm going to be comfortable in my own skin. But boy was I wrong! So I was 6 years old when I started feeling uncomfortable with my body something just wasn't right. As a six-year-old you don't particularly know what's wrong but you know something's wrong. So I went quiet for nine more years. 9 years I was this dark shadow hiding behind a mask so they won't see me. I don't want to deal with that anymore. I am out as a transgender boy and there's so many others just like myself. Actors singers writers journalists coffee shop workers they're all just trying to live peacefully and I think people should understand that. So please join in to help us to get our bathroom back. Some people may say it's just the bathroom but the bathroom symbolizes our rights. Once you take our bathroom what else will you take from referring to us as our preferred pronouns and names. I hope this petition is known to people and people join the fight with us because we need it. I thank everyone who signs my position. Thank you.

Orange County is proving to the world once again that police are above the law. An off-duty LAPD officer is shown on video forcefully grabbing and dragging 13-year-old Christian Dorscht, after he stood up for a girl the officer called a "c**t" and yelled to get off of his lawn. And when other children try to help him, the officer pulls out his gun and fires a shot into the crowd. If that isn't upsetting enough, what happens next is even worse: when police show up, they let the officer--who still hasn't been identified--walk free, but arrest Christian and another 15-year-old boy with charges of "battery and terrorist threats." It's a combination of white vigilante and police violence terror--and it's horrifying. Hundreds of people poured into the streets in protest to demand the officer be charged. The Anaheim Police Department posted a statement that they are working on an investigation--but the power rests with the District Attorney's office. And technically, after an investigation, the DA's office could still charge the children that were terrorized on that day. That's why we're demanding that Orange County DA, Tony Rackauckas, immediately indict the officer--and refuse to prosecute any of the children involved. Will you sign the petition?

SB 1142 will allow the state to arrest and prosecute anyone involved in a protest that has any vandalism, whether that person was involved, whether the offender was part of the protest, an onlooker, or part of the opposition. Clearly it a response to the false notion that protesters are paid troublemakers, not responsible citizens. AB 1142 is not about preventing vandalism; it's about preventing protests.

It is the duty and honor of every citizen, to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.

I was a popular educator who always fought for the underdog. Being gay gave me first-hand experience of this kind of hate. It has to stop.

Protect transgender youth NOW.

As a teacher and parent, I have seen firsthand the power of respecting all students and their chosen identities. Preserve their fundamental rights to use the appropriate bathroom facilities. Limiting this will only pave the way for further denial of human rights.

One of my children, and hundreds of thousands of other American children, suffer bullying, exclusion, social isolation, self-doubt, sometimes self-loathing, and an exceedingly high risk of depression and suicide, because their genders do not conform to their gender assignment at birth. They require the federal protection against discrimination that Obama administration's guidelines provide. The protective guidelines should be enacted, not eliminated.

To allow this bill to pass into law is to condone the ignorance and hate that so many have fought to destroy. We are Oklahomans, a wise and compassionate people. But all this state-sponsored hate will do at the very least is kill our economy and drive away new markets when we're already at such a critical financial state. At the very most, this action will compromise our sacred integrity. We must stop this.

To overwhelm and overcome the dangerous forces that are trying to undermine and even destroy truth, freedom, and democracy, it will take a heightened level of commitment from all of us. If we share our stories with one another and motivate each other daily, we will inspire and empower one another to continue with this necessary fight. The momentum of the resistance must not end. Through this pledge, we can ensure that it only grows stronger and more resilient. Our passion and our teamwork are our best assets.

The county has a responsibility towards the inhabitants of the riverbed that is not being fulfilled. Like other Orange County residents, they are entitled to shelter, waste disposal, and sanitation services. The county’s refusal to provide these services worsens the quality of life for both the Skid River encampment and neighboring residents. The county is wasting money enforcing camping ordinances. Criminalizing homelessness diverts funding that could be better spent on housing. Furthermore, there are only 1500 shelter beds in the county for 4500 homeless individuals. The courtyard in Santa Ana has no room for the number of people living on the riverbed. The reality is that breaking up the encampments when there is no viable living alternative will only relocate homeless individuals to more visible and populated areas. Therefore we demand the county to allow the residents of the riverbed to remain in place and provide them with waste disposal and sanitation services until there is a feasible alternative.