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 […]
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Courtesy the Adovcate… The American Family Association’s in-house attorney says that while he and many members of his organization believe that marriage should be reserved only for heterosexual adults, the Defense of Marriage Act is “probably unconstitutional.”
While those bringing Judge Walker’s historic judgment to appeal will be scrutinized by the California Supreme Court later this year, more California officials are standing behind the civil rights of LGBT Californians and pushing back hard against the continued injustices we face. After then Governor Schwarzenegger and then Attorney General Jerry Brown supported Walker’s decision
