2012

YARA SOFIA! Appearing live at The Express! Miss Congeniality of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3 and Contestant of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Yara Sofia – Live – This Friday @ The Express

EchaEchaEcha Pa’Lante with YARA SOFIA! Appearing live at The Express!Miss Congeniality of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 3 and Contestant of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Hosted by our resident queen The Diva Xof The Xotica Show. Also appearing…Alexis & Dragity Vayne TICKETS ON SALE AT: http://www.thefresnoexpress.com/ – click Events

Family Fest, Visalia’s Pride Event – Saturday!

Family Fest, Visalia’s Pride event, will be happening on Saturday, September 29th from 11-3:00pm at Mooney Grove Park. This is the fourth year of celebrating our community. We will have vendors, local groups and organizations, entertainment, games, raffles and more! As part of our events this year, and if we can find the participants, we

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Honoring the Bulldog Pride Fund Scholars

Please join us on Sept. 28th! Please join family, donors and friends in honoring the 2012-13 Bulldog Pride Fund scholars ­ TimeOut, Justin Kamimoto, Dausha Calhoun, Michelle Swift, and Leo Barajas ­ on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Jensen Library of the Smittcamp Alumni House. This academic year, $10,000

Supreme Court does not take up DOMA or Prop. 8… Yet

The Supreme Court on Tuesday omitted challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Prop. 8 case in its first listing of lower court decisions it will review in its new term.   The justices still could decide to review the Perry v. Brown case later this year. This means October 1 at 6:30 am our time

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Intel ceases funding Boy Scouts of America

Less than 48 hours ago, Eagle Scout Zach Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality,launched a campaign on Change.org supported by GLAAD and signed by more than 30,000 Americans urging Intel to pull funding from the Boy Scouts of America after an American Independent report revealed that the company gave nearly $700,000 to the Boy Scouts in 2010.

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How DOMA Impacts Social Security for Gay/Lesbian Couples

Q. I am a 61-year-old gay man who is about to retire. I have a 60-year-old partner. We have been together now for 38 years. I have worked all my life. My partner has spent most of his life as a stay-at-home husband and father. (Yes, we raised a son and daughter, both of whom

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For the First Time, NYT/CBS Polls Shows Majority Support for Marriage Equality

For the past two years, polls have fairly consistently shown that a majority of Americans support marriage equality for same-sex couples, but not every specific poll had quite as strong a result. One prominent survey, conducted regularly by the New York Times and CBS, had shown a plurality of support (46-44) as of July, but

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LeVar Burton Joins NoH8

Actor-director LeVar Burton has joined the NOH8 Campaign, which raises awareness and funds for gay rights causes, including ending California’s 2008 voter-approved gay marriage ban, Proposition 8.   Burton first came to prominence playing Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots. He is best known for his portrayal of Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge on

End your weekend right, with a film

Reel Pride concludes with some of the best movies, including … Sundayay September 23rd 12:00pm – Jobriath A.D. – The Voice Shop 1:00pm – Love Free or Die – Tower Theatre 2:30pm – Morgan – The Voice Shop 3:00pm – Kiss Me (KYSS MIG) – Tower Theatre 5:00pm – Mosquita y Mari – The Voice Shop 5:30pm – Keep the Lights On (Men’s Centrepiece) – Tower Theatre 8:00pm – Cloudburst (Closing Night and Awards) – Tower Theatre

Reel pride – Saturday feature films

Day 4 of Reel Pride continues with more not to miss films, including … Saturday September 22nd 12:30pm – Fun in Girls Shorts – Tower Theatre (Sponsored by Gay Fresno) Featuring: The Queen of my dreams, Do you have a cat?, The lady paranorma, Fluid, Answers & questions, Coffee & pie, Mary mae, and The maiden