Celebration of Life This Weekend

A celebration of life hosted by the Golden State Bears honoring members Tom Hayhurst, Allan Gilbert, and Patric Hipp will be held on Saturday, Feb. 5th, beginning at 1pm. The celebration will be at the Spiritual Living Center, 723 West Clinton, between Fruit and West avenues. We welcome food donations for the event.

Want to take action? Message from Robin McGehee

Do you live in Fresno and want to take part in a local action on Valentine’s Day – please, spread the word and attend an open meeting tomorrow afternoon at Denny’s – 1110 East Shaw St., in Fresno – Saturday, January 29 at 3pm. Also, if you live in the Central Valley (Visalia, Bakersfield, Madera,

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The Movies Made Me Do It

     With the new out cry against bullying and violence sweeping the country, we are once again asked to revisit an age old argument: How do movies and video games affect our children? There are many people who will argue that violence and sexual themes in video games, movies, and television alter a child’s perception

GLEE Gets Mad

  I’ve done my fair share of watching the television show GLEE. I’m always suspicious, though, when the common voices heap so much praise on a television show. I enjoyed a few of the early episodes, mostly for Sue Sylvester, the barbed mouth with the best lines I’ve heard from the writer of a TV

The politics of gay rights

Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, proposed Senate Bill 48, also known as the Fair Education Act, last month in hopes to acknowledge gay Americans in classroom textbooks and prevent gay bullying in California public schools; however, there are many opposing the bill. “There isn’t social science that demonstrates that teaching children about the glories of

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Imperial Dove Court – Closet Ball 2011

I had TOTALLY forgotten how long it takes to get in drag; from padding, to corset, hoes, and then fussing with make up that just seemed to be working against me for time. and then my wig and outfit went through as Janet Jackson conveniently called it wardrobe “malfunction”. Not even because I made my

Gay Couple Wins Hotel Discrimination Case

A gay couple who were refused when trying to rent a room at a bed and breakfast in southern England have sued and won their case. There was a media uproar after Martyn Hall and his partner Steven Preddy were turned away from Chymorvah Private Hotel in Marazion, in southwestern England, in 2008. Husband and