Nathan Christoffersen Memorial Fund

Our friend, colleague and fellow activist Nathan Christoffersen, a 28-year-old volunteer who ran EQCA’s Madera County chapter, passed away under tragic and disturbing circumstances. In honor of Nathan’s life and work, Equality California has established a fund to create a field organizer position in the Central Valley. EQCA hopes to generate $15,000 in donations to […]

Video: Tower Arsonist

The following video has recently been released by the Fresno fire department.  They are looking for what is described as a white pickup truck (the vehicle appears to have a dark stripe or sign on the drivers side door).  If you have any information please contact Crime Stoppers at 498-STOP. Video: (modem) (dsl/cable)

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Scaling The Mountain

Box Office So Far…Domestic: 81 Million / Foreign: 67 MillionTOTAL 148 MillionProduction Budget: 14 MillionAcademy AwardsOriginal ScoreAdapted ScreenplayBest Director I attended a screening of Brokeback Mountain on Monday with a gathering of friends and others brought together by Gay Fresno. It was a great movie and a great experience. We had good laughs, good conversation

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Nathan

UPDATE: See below for links to the articles in ADVOCATE I knew Nathan for only a short time.  With Nathan, however, even a short time was packed with conversation. It was September of last year and I was a DJ at the North Tower Circle. I met Nathan while spinning for a moderate Wednesday night crowd.

Brokeback Mountain screening

   Our screening of Brokeback Mountain at the Imax of Edwards cinema was a great success.  There are about 15 of us in this photo and we had at least twice that number who came in from our site and mailings.  Thanks to all who came out.  We hope to see you again soon!

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Come to a Brokeback Mountain screening

  GayFresno.com, Fresno Equality California / MECA, Fresno LGBTQ social group would like to welcome you to a screening of Brokeback Mountain on January 9th 2006.The show starts at 7:20pm. Please try to wear red and we’ll meet at the fountain outside of Edwards 21 at 7pm. This is a general admission screening, so tickets are first

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American Truth

I’m fascinated and bewildered by American discourse, specifically the difference between what we say as a nation and what we do. Never has that been more clear than now, when the line between fact and fiction is beyond blurry, it’s virtually vanished. When I grew up in the late sixties and seventies, information was not

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God Bless Flashbacks

Oh, my God. It’s Phyllis Schlafly. There’s a name I hadn’t heard, and a face I hadn’t seen, in a very long time. She was about to be interviewed by Bill Maher on REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER. www.hbo.com Phyllis Schlafly is a famous anti-feminist, anti-abortionist who’s been doing her thing since the early 1940’s.www.eagleforum.org

Why Heterosexuals Should Care About Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain, for those who have been living under a rock, is the award winning novel and motion picture that is the subject of rave reviews and Oscar buzz. It is, ostensibly, a ground breaking story of two male ranch hands lustily falling in love. On the surface it would seem that such a theme would fail to