Throngs of naked Portland bike riders offer a counternarrative to Trump's about hometown [View all]
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Source: USA Today
Oct. 12, 2025 | Updated Oct. 13, 2025, 4:11 p.m. ET
PORTLAND, OR – It’s a typical fall Sunday afternoon here, locals say. Dreary and wet. Temperatures hover in the low 50s, but the cold rain brings a chill to the core. Parents push their children in strollers during downpour breaks, walking and clinging to their coffee cups for warmth. Friends are holed up in bars near downtown, watching NFL games and sharing laughs over brunch plates.
Everytown, USA, some might say: football, friends and family. But at the Oregon Convention Center Plaza, things look a bit different. A piece of Portland is in protest mode. ...Hundreds of people gather to cruise the city on bikes. In the cold rain. Naked. Bits and pieces everywhere.
Organizers of the World Naked Bike Ride scheduled an “emergency” ride Oct. 12 to bring global attention to President Donald Trump’s plans to deploy National Guard troops to the city.
There were speeches from local organizers and activists, leading the crowd of young and old in chants. It was fascinating to watch as riders who were full-on naked mingled with those in clear ponchos, underwear – some topless, others bottomless. There was whimsy, of course. Costumes of cartoon characters and puffy pigs, leopard outfits, Halloween masks and fuzzy hats. If their naked bodies weren’t message enough, their signs made quite clear the intent. And many riders wore their messages painted on their bodies. “End occupation. End deportation.”
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/12/portland-naked-bike-protest-trump-ice-policy-national-guard/86612926007/
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