There’s a big weekend coming up. The Central Valley doesn’t see this kind of weekend very often. We will be the focus of a lot of media attention and we’ll have a lot of opportunities to SPEAK OUT about the California Supreme Court Decision to uphold Prop 8. We can also LISTEN, LEARN, SHARE, CONTRIBUTE, […]
JARED LINDO, CLASS of 2009 B .S., Civil Engineering Emphasis in Structures I have valued my time as a Fresno State student. Every moment has been filled with learning and growing experiences inside and outside the classroom. Fresno State has given me much more than a first-class education, it has given me the opportunity to
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Unfortunately I was not surprised to hear that the California Supreme Court decided the way that they did today. The 18 thousand gay people that got married during that small window last year gets to remain married, but no other same-sex couples can get married. The decision sucks and waiting for it sucked even more.
It’s fairly stunning to read the ruling from the California Supreme Court in the Prop 8 case. The single dissenting opinion was authored by Justice Carlos R Moreno . Reading the rulings by the justices who upheld Prop 8, it’s easy to feel, as an LGBT American in California, that they believe we are less
On June 28th, 2009, we will mark the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village in New York City. The Stonewall Riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by LGBT Americans and their supporters who were being systematically abused by authorities. In this case it happened during an unwarranted police raid of
Check out a slide show of the Prop 8 protest in Hollywood, CA by clicking on the following link: Hollywood Protest Slide Show
The Courage Campaign has organized a rally for LGBT Equality to take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th at 6pm. They planned the demonstration because President Barack Obama will be at the hotel at that time. Read the story HERE
