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    LGBTQ+ people in this California town fearful of what they say is a rise in hostility

    by Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times May 05, 2024 6 minutes
    An aerial view of beach-goers enjoying the last day of open beaches in Huntington Beach, California, after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the "hard close" of all Orange County state and local beaches on April 30, 2020. Huntington Beach and its pier became the site of demonstrations for LGBTQ+ rights after city council members voted to stop flying the Pride flag and...

    HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Huntington Beach radiates California cool. The best surfers in the world descend here each summer to compete on waves rolling in under its public pier. Convertibles zoom past towering palms along Pacific Coast Highway. Beachfront homeowners enjoy breathtaking views, and everybody seems to sport a hang-loose attitude.

    But trans activist Kanan Durham says Surf City USA and Orange County in general have grown more and more unwelcoming — in some cases hostile — for members of the LGBTQ+ community.

    Durham, 32, joined other concerned Orange County residents to form the nonprofit group Pride At The Pier to push back against what they say is a rising tide of hate here that's emblematic of a trend seen across the U.S.

    When Huntington Beach's majority-conservative city council voted last year to ban the display of most flags on city property — including the rainbow flag, a global emblem of LGBTQ+ pride, unity and self-expression — members of the group

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