December Entertainment Reviews

   Best Gay Love Stories- New York City                                            Fall In Love in a City Of Dreams / Composition of Stories       Author: Brad Nichols                                                          Review By: Leon Velasco / Rating: One Thumb Up   The collected stories are very descriptive and clearly explain the surroundings that you can imagine the areas and envision the crowds of […]

Offensive Condescension

What the hell are we afraid of? Especially those of us who are affected by Prop 8? Looks like the two biggest things are religion and black Americans. As soon as Prop 8 passed and protestors took to the streets, a debate came up which raged long before Prop 8 and may likely go on

Please, consider helping….

Many of you have asked how you can help and although I KNOW this is a very tight economic time for many, one of the major ways you can help is by helping us, personally, offset the cost that some of us have taken on while doing this work. If you do decide to give

World AIDS Day

Written by Jay Matthew As the music started at the World AIDS Day event here in Fresno (held annually in Fresno’s Historic Tower Theater), people were already beginning to stream in. The event opened with two songs from Fresno’s Gay Men’s Chorus—both were really funny gayed-up versions of Christmas songs, the second of which was

The Advocate – Anatomy Of A Failed Campaign

"In two short months, the battle over California’s Proposition 8 went from double-digit opposition to passing with 52% of the vote on Election Day. Could the heartbreaking loss have been avoided? Depends on who you ask." The more you read, the more you realize just how off track the No On 8 Campaign ran. Everything

Free Screening This Friday

FALL 2008 Film Screening 5:30 P.M Friday, Dec.5 McLane 121 Cineculture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, Cineculture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department. MCJ 177T (37230) [Spring

World AIDS Day Pics

Some photos taken at the World AIDS Day Event at the Tower Theater on December 1st. Photos courtesy of Cynthia Manuszak. Click on photos to enlarge…

Prop 8 – Aftermath & Analysis

A lot of discussion is going on concerning the strategies of the No On 8 Campaign, in the wake of the devastating loss on November 4th. As with any other political campaign in the history of the United States, any loss tends to focus on how the campaigns played their cards, and this one is

WestCare Program For AIDS, HIV Gets Grant

The following story was printed in the Fresno Bee on November 29th and was written by Barbara Anderson… The kitchen is an important place at The Living Room, a support center in Fresno for people who have the virus that causes AIDS. People come to the center not only for counseling and peer support, but