2009

8th Annual Wine and Chocolate Lovers Weekend – BPF Benefit

8th Annual Wine and Chocolate Lovers Weekend Saturday and Sunday February 14 – 15, 2009    12 – 6 PM Free Event no tickets/reservations/or passports needed Pinot is for Lovers! Once again our ultra exclusive 2000 Limited Edition Pinot Noir will be available for purchase this weekend only. We will open one bottle each day for tasting

Freedom To Marry Week

Ah, love, sweet love.  And look!  It’s Valentine’s Week!  That week of hearts, roses and cheesy Valentines.   This is the week to sneak that little candy heart to that special person that says "Will U B Mine?" This is also the week to get married.  How romantic would that be!  The Fresno Mayor has just declared

Local Media Coverage of County Clerk Action

Fresno Bee Raw Video From Event VIDEO LINK – KSEE Local 24 "Fresno Gay & Lesbian Community Take Stand" Local CBS News 47 Video (below) of local Freedom To Marry Action at the County Clerk’s Office on Thursday, February 12th, 2009, courtesy of  DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:”94838″,bannerAdConDefID:”8″,videoAdObjectID:”7″,videoAdConDefID:”3″,playVideoAds:”true”,autoPlay:”false”,accPos:”CCTVI.VIDEO.LOCAL”,accSite:”KGPE”,rootCategory:”0″,playerInstanceID:”27574A89-06D1-CD92-4444-22719C5099EC”,domain:”video.cbs47.tv”});

Q & A with No on 8 Executive Committee

After the painful loss on November 4th, many members of the LGBT+ community were calling for answers (among other things) from the individuals and organizations who ran the No on 8 campaign.  Including the lack of support for the central valley, etc. etc.  Cathy Brooks asked questions posed by the community with the intent of

City of Fresno declares “Celebrate Marriage Week”

Yesterday, members of the LGBT+ community were alerted to the fact that during this morning’s Fresno City Council meeting several proclamations were going to be presented, one of which was to declare the Valentine’s Holiday Week "Celebrate Marriage Week". Given that LGBT couples have been denied our equal civil rights by the passing of Proposition

This Weekend At The Clubs

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The Collegian – An Interview With Cleve Jones

The last time Cleve Jones came to Fresno to talk about gay rights, the Ku Klux Klan showed up in the Free Speech Area—in full hooded attire. Jeff Robinson remembers it well; he was there at Fresno State on that President[s’] Day weekend in 1989, when the Western States Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgendered United

Cleve Jones Speaks Out In Fresno

When voters passed Proposition 8 and abolished same-sex marriage in California, a lot of young people in the gay community may have felt discouraged. On Saturday, a star of the gay rights movement gave them a pep talk. Cleve Jones — longtime friend and supporter of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to