Chris Jarvis

San Francisco Bridge Walk

(Click on images to enlarge for viewing. Photos courtesy Leon Velasco) This was a great and worth while event. There were individuals representing Porterville, Hanford, Visalia as well as Fresno in the convoy of vans and one vehicle. I went alone, not knowing what I was getting myself into and what to expect. Usually I […]

Court Case Challenging Prop 8 Will Be Heard

(10-14) 14:09 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge refused today to dismiss a lawsuit challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage, setting the stage for the nation’s first trial on the constitutionality of a law allowing only opposite-sex couples to wed. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, in a ruling from the bench in San

LA Times – Interactive Gay Marriage Map of US

Click on the following link to view an interactive map on the Los Angeles Times Website which details the battle for LGBT marriage rights across the country…LA Times – Gay Marriage Interactive Map

“Where The Wild Things Are” Author – “I’m Gay”

This story was published a few months ago, but since the movie opening this week, on October 16th , we felt it appropriate… Children’s book author Maurice Sendak has been asked many questions throughout his career, but when New York Times writer Patricia Cohen asked if there is anything he’d never before been asked, the

VIDEO & PHOTO GALLERY: San Francisco Bridge Walk

Photo gallery from the San Francisco Bridge Walk, which took place on Sunday, October 11th, to commemorate National Coming Out Day. About 40 people from the Fresno and Visalia area made the trek up together. Photos courtesy Vickye Ashton. Click on images to enlarge them. More photos on next page…

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Anyone who knows me at all knows I’m passionate. I don’t let anyone get away with BS around me, I call out the issues when I see them, I’m brutally honest particularly when facing off against stupidity and prejudice. I passionately believe that LGBT Americans are LONG OVERDUE for equal rights. This nation should be

Governor Signs Important LGBT Legislation

A day after the National March in Washington, organized in order to bring attention to the need for Federal legislation to bring equality for all LGBT Americans, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law several important pieces of LGBT legislation. Three bills, sponsored by Equality California, result in the recognition of Harvey Milk Day