After more than a year of controversy, legal battles, and a theatrical Fresno City Council meeting, the City Council voted Thursday to buy the historic Tower Theatre for $6.5 million. The City Council voted 4-3 to approve a complicated purchase agreement for the property that includes the theater, Sequoia Brewery, and Me-n-Ed’s. Councilmembers Garry Bredefeld, […]
The city of Fresno is poised to buy the Tower Theatre, attempting to end the battle over the future of a historic landmark. It would be a Hollywood ending for people who live in and support the Tower District, named for its iconic theater, after more than 15 months of weekly protests aimed at Adventure
The program provides full-tuition scholarships for highly motivated LGBTQ+ youth from under-resourced communities to attend an Outward Bound wilderness course. Outward Bound LGBTQ+ courses are designed for LGBTQ+ teens to build community and cultivate self-efficacy through service-learning, leadership development, and self-discovery in natural environments. This course is staffed with Instructors who have lived experiences with and
Fifty years ago, in 1972, a mom accompanied her gay son to the Christopher Street Liberation Day March- a precursor to today’s Pride parades. That mom was Jeanne Manford, and as she marched, carrying a sign that read ‘Parents of Gays Unite in Support for Our Children”, she unknowingly began a national movement. PFLAG was
Yesterday’s vigil was a beautiful tribute to the late Jeffrey Robinson. It was bittersweet seeing people I haven’t seen in as many as 14 years, but it’s terrible it took such a profound loss to bring us all together again. Jeffrey was a giant in the Fresno LGBT community going back to the 1980s. I
REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF JEFF ROBINSON.SAVE THE DATE: “In Pride.” Sat. June 4, 2022. • 5:30 – Paul Hernandez (a.k.a. Leilani Price)• 6:30 – Peter Robertson• 10:30 – Rene Potik• 14:50 – Haley White• 23:00 – Robin Johnston McGehee• 33:00 – Esmeralda Soria• 38:30 – Carole Goldsmith• 47:25 – Chris Jarvis• 1:01:05 – Bianca Binx Lopez• 1:12:40 – Tracie Cisneros• 1:19:30 – Juan Bustamante DONATE. PARTICIPATE. VOLUNTEER. Fresno
I was asked by the fine folks at Fresno Rainbow Pride to say a few words at Jeffery Robinson’s Celebration of Life service. The following is the speech I gave, edited slightly to make sense on paper vs in person. ***** I know so many people who looked up to Jeffery Robinson as a father
With the blessing of his husband Juan, and with the call to bring us all together in comfort, we will be having a Remembrance and Celebration of the Life of our friend and leader, Jeffery Robinson this Saturday in the Tower District. All are welcome to join us on the NE corner of Wishon and
My heart is full upon learning of the passing of Jeffery Robinson. We met 35 years ago as undergraduate students attending Fresno State. We uplifted each other after the Fresno State United Student Pride booth was burned, and later when the KKK protested our student club. During these and other incidents, Jeff inspired my social
For roughly a decade, I have been socially transitioning.While I don’t consider myself an expert, I would like to assume I have enough knowledge to spread information tothose who are currently struggling with their hair and their clothes, the stereotypical things that may be getting them“clocked” in public.Without further ado, here are just a few
