LGBT Suicide Study

A recent study, titled, Suicide and Suicide Risk in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations: Review and Recommendations, assembled by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has been released through the Journal of Homosexuality. Twenty-six researchers, clinicians, educators and policy experts were involved. The report studies the prevalence and underlying causes of suicidal behavior in

Gay Media Company Partners on HIV/AIDS Campaign

Here Media, the world’s largest gay media company, has joined with Greater Than AIDS — a new national movement to respond to AIDS in America — to inform and engage the LGBT community about HIV/AIDS.  The multimedia partnership includes public service announcements (PSAs) and expanded HIV/AIDS news and editorial across Here Media’s iconic brands —

STD Awareness Month & Website Resource

  April is STD Awareness Month, an annual observance to raise public awareness about the impact of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) on the lives of Americans and the importance of preventing, testing for, and treating STDs. It is an opportunity to normalize routine STD testing and conversations about sexual health. Read more about STD Awareness

Defense Of Marriage Act

With all the chaos around DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) it’s helpful to understand exactly what the law does and how it might effect you as a couple. You can get details about the law and the following article, courtesy of the Huffington Post and written by Bill Donius, explains more… In case you don’t

Court Rules for Anti-Gay Shirts

The seventh circuit court of appeals in Illinois has ruled that the wearing of anti-gay t-shirts in school is okay. Students, protesting the Day Of Silence, an annual event which highlights the bullying of kids at school, wore shirts to school that proclaimed BE HAPPY NOT GAY, which was then changed to BE HAPPY BE

Prop 8 Trial – No Speedy Resolution

  Despite the urgings of the American Foundation for Equal Rights and the Courage Campaign for an expedited trial in the appeal of the overturning of Proposition 8, the California Supreme Court has stated it will not move the hearings up from the current date of September of this year. The American Foundation for Equal

VIDEO: Center for Inquiry

The atheist movement continues to grow and make itself a force in a world filled with religious hyperbole. The following video is from the Center For Inquiry. Their mission statement is…   The mission of the Center for Inquiry is to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values.

Supreme Court Says Anti Gay Funeral Pickets Allowed

Courtesy Associated Press… WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father’s pain over mocking protests at his Marine son’s funeral must yield to First Amendment protections for free speech. All but one justice sided with a fundamentalist church that has stirred outrage with raucous demonstrations contending God is punishing the military

Free Self Help Workshops Through LGBT Center

Gay Central Valley is considering offering some FREE self improvement workshops through our LGBT Community Center. Classes would be helmed by a professional and would be on subjects such as smoking cessation or stress reduction. We’d like to hear from the community about what topics you’d like to see offered at such workshops. This will