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Obama administration urges Supreme Court to strike down Prop. 8

California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriages in the state, should be overturned, the Obama administration plans to tell the Supreme Court. An administration official confirmed that the Justice Department will file a brief in the case today. Officials would not discuss the legal arguments the brief would contain. The decision to enter the case comes despite the president’s past […]

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Murder of Mississippi’s first gay candidate for mayor

A man is in custody today after Mississippi’s first openly gay mayoral candidate was found murdered and his body dumped alongside a river. Lawrence Reed, 22, of Clarksdale is reportedly being held as a person of interest but has not been charged, sources said. Rising political star Marco McMillian, 34, was found dead on the

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Saturday: Expression Not Suppression

Expression Not Suppression (ENS) is a Fresno-based annual conference for LGBTQ youth and straight allies who are dedicated to creating safer schools and building the GSA movement in the Central Valley. ENS is youth-planned and youth-led. Are you a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning or straight ally youth? Want more tools to make YOUR

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Video: Same sex couples request marriage licenses in Fresno

Gay Fresno’s coverage of the Valentine’s Day same sex marriage action, organized by Marriage Equality USA.

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Tomorrow: Fresno Marriage Action 2013

Unmarried same-sex couples who wish to marry and all who support them are invited to attend this important annual event!This is an annual, National event happening in cities across the nation during Freedom to Marry Week!What will happen:We’ll meet at the Fresno County Clerk’s office at 12pm noon and unmarried same-sex couples will ask for

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The Kinsey Sicks – America’s Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet

Guaranteed night of laughter and fun!With a phenomenal performance record that includes an Off-Broadway show, an extended run in Vegas, two feature films, seven albums and appearances throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Australia, the Kinsey Sicks hardly need an introduction. For over 16 years America’s Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet has served up a

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Reparative therapy: ‘It is shocking that we are still shocking people!

It is shocking that we are still shocking people! Forty years ago, in 1973, the American Psychiatric Association announced that homosexuality was not a mental illness. “Conversion or Reparative therapy” has been rejected by the World Health Organization, the American Psychological Association and almost every other professional therapeutic group in America to date. When a

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‘Ex-Gay’ Writer and Advocate Caught on Grindr

A man who has written about and advocated using religion to stop same-sex attraction was discovered to be using the gay hookup app Grindr. Christian Post blogger Matt Moore was first spotted on Grindr by Huffington Post blogger Zinnia Jones, who received a tip from a reader of her page atFreethought Blogs. Moore eventually confirmed that it was his

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Pecs and the City

“Music makes the people come together.” At least that is what one of the 20th century’s finest poets says. Perhaps you’ve heard of her? She has a knack for saying exactly what we are all afraid to say, and occasionally she hitchhikes naked. She also firmly believes that you can meet someone, fall in love

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The word by Sheila

As has been widely reported, Justice Antonin Scalia made a controversial — albeit illuminating — remark during a speech at Princeton University. A student in the audience asked him to justify previously published opinions in the course of which he had compared laws criminalizing homosexuality to those banning bestiality and murder. Scalia defended the comparison,

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