Peace and Dignity Journeys Concert

The Peace and Dignity Concert has come and gone once again.  "It took Months and Months of preparations for it to be over in just 4 hours." Says Mrs. Jessie Hernandez Coordinating Assistant, "But it was all worth it." Peace and Dignity Journey is an organization that was founded on a Native American  Prophecy. An Eagle, […]

EQCA Community Canvass This Weekend

This weekend, our community in Fresno will come together to do a door-to-door canvass sponsored by you!  Going door-to-door and talking to voters that voted Yes on Prop 8 last year is the most important work that we can all be doing right now.  In talking to them and sharing our personal stories, we can

The National Equality March Is Almost Here

The NATIONAL EQUALITY MARCH is approaching fast, taking place on Saturday, October 11th in Washington DC. Some of the latest NEWS & UPDATES on the march… Cleve Jones recently sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to join them at the rally. There is also a posting of the latest list of EVENTS to

All Viewpoints Are Not Created Equal

As a liberal, I think I try to look at other viewpoints than my own. I don’t mean that I always agree with them, but I look at them. If they feel like they might have some truth, I look again. And if I find something in them that IS true, I admit it. But,

The Fresno Police Reviewer:A Job No One Wants?

By Dan Waterhouse, “Queer Eye….” Community Alliance Newspaper, Fresno “Queer Eye…” learned on Thursday that the first effort to hire a permanent police reviewer for the City of Fresno failed. A second search effort is reported to be underway. The source, who was close to the process, revealed the first search could find just one

Faith in Politics

(click on image to enlarge) Christians, as leaders, both in politics and political activism… There are so many ways for me to finish that sentence. Most of them, though, after years of frustrated debating, would be rather harsh. Harsh, only because Americans remain, to this day, programmed into acquiescing to quiet respect for those of

NYT: Coming Out In Middle School

From the New York Times: Austin didn’t know what to wear to his first gay dance last spring. It was bad enough that the gangly 13-year-old from Sand Springs, Okla., had to go without his boyfriend at the time, a 14-year-old star athlete at another middle school, but there were also laundry issues. “I don’t

Citizen Activist Faces Revenge From Anti-Gay Groups

Fred Karger is the man behind the boycott of the Manchester Hotel in San Diego, motivated by the hotel owner’s donation in support of Prop 8. He moved on to 3 other boycott campaigns for the same reason, and then went after the Mormon Church and the National Organization for Marriage. Lastly, he filed a