Abby Beauregard

Abby Beauregard

2025 DSA National Convention delegate

In August 2025, Abby Beauregard was a New York City Democratic Socialists of America delegate to the 2025 DSA National Convention in Chicago.

'Thots & Trots'

“Thots & Trots” is the tongue-in-cheek name that steering committee of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, or NYC-DSA, came up with for the event. A "thot" is ”someone who enjoys having a good time,” explained fundraising co-chair Abby Beauregard, and a “Trot” is a follower of Leon Trotsky, the Russian revolutionary and exiled Soviet politician whose writings on socialism remain influential today.

Anders Lee co-hosted the evening.

Alan Dang, 27, described chatting up a young woman and trying to convince her to vote in NYC instead of remaining registered in her home state of Texas.

William Spath was sporting a hand-drawn nametag over his heart, in the style of a classic schoolyard valentine. It read: “Will you free my Palestine.

Michael Brennan, who has been a DSA-NYC member since 2017, was also at the event. Brennan, who uses they/them pronouns, said that they had been involved in the group’s eco-socialist organizing around creating a publicly owned electric utility and had led reading groups on animal liberation and reparations.

Isaac Anderson was handing out single red roses, thorns included, to everyone he spoke with, including the bartender.

Celina Siegel, 29, said that chatting up singles at the mixer felt “emotionally identical” to a recent experience of apartment hunting.

Beauregard, the NYC-DSA fundraising co-chair who helped organize the event, recused herself from participating, though she is single. She lamented that the dating app Hinge doesn’t have a “leftist” option in its political alignment section.