Overview

• Viral recordings from the DSA’s July Socialism 2025 conference show Steering Committee member Daniel Goulden boasting that the group co-wrote key portions of Mamdani’s trans rights platform.
• The proposed platform calls for New York City to become an LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city and allocates $65 million in taxpayer funds to cover gender-affirming care for residents and out-of-state patients.
• Conference panelists argued for the abolition of the nuclear family as part of a broader critique of capitalist and carceral systems, proposing collective economic support as an alternative.
• Speakers at the event equated marriage to sex work and advocated for church-based abortions as symbolic challenges to traditional moral institutions.
• The Mamdani campaign has denied formal DSA affiliations while reaffirming its policy pledges and maintaining its frontrunner status ahead of the November general election.