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Proud Boys Organizing Around Local Anti-LGBTQ Issues to Gain Members, Attention and Influence

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Founded by Gavin McInnes as pro-Trump men’s drinking club in 2016, the Proud Boys transformed into the paramilitary vanguard of the MAGA movement in late 2020, providing security for campaign rallies and then playing an outsized role in the Capitol insurrection.

One thing hasn’t changed since Jan. 6: Members of the self-proclaimed “Western chauvinist” group whose professed values provide a soft cover for thinly veiled white supremacy, remain an intimidating presence in cities across the country, further polarizing local struggles around issues of race, sexual orientation and police accountability.

California’s Central Valley, where at least three active chapters feed members into flashpoints of conflict up and down the Highway 99 corridor,

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