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Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade & Festival

Fresno’s 27th annual LGBT Pride Parade and FestivalSaturday, June 3rd10am Parade – 11am Festival   This isn’t just a Fresno Pride event it regional and the only Pride event that in the Valley that includes a parade! Up to 5,000 people will attend the parade, parade begins at 10 am and the route is east bound

We Love our Volunteers

March/Volunteer with us during Fresno Pride

* BE SEEN * HAVE FUN * MAKE A DIFFERENCE *Volunteers needed to join us at the Pride Parade AND also help at the festival on June 3rd. When you RSVP please let us know which (or both) you want to do, with a quick comment.This quick form is all we need: https://goo.gl/forms/Ou7lNNk1g8TKh9p12We plan to walk

Everything Begins with One Step

The largest gay event in the Central Valley shares the story of their arduous journey to maintain LGBTQ visibility within the city of Fresno A single spark is enough to set the world afire. The same is said for the movements that change the course of history. It starts with an idea, a single word,

We could all use some more civics in our diet

Periodically, I use my blog to indulge a rant about Americans’ lack of civic literacy. (Regular readers are probably getting tired of my preoccupation with civic education-or more accurately, the lack thereof.) Be warned- I’m going to beat that dead horse again today.A column written by Colbert King from the Washington Post has highlighted still

New font type created to honor flag creator

To honor of Gilbert Baker, the creator of the original rainbow pride flag who passed away last month, an arts and media organization teamed up with New York Pride organizers to create a specially designed rainbow font (typeface).NewFest and NYC Pride worked with artists at Fontself, naming the font “Gilbert.” Baker was an artist and

Pride 2017

INVITATION TO FRESNO RAINBOW PRIDE

Attention Fresno Readers: take part in one of the largest community events of 2017! Join us for the annual Fresno Rainbow Pride event, scheduled for Saturday, June 3rd from 10AM to 3PM in Fresno’s historic Tower District. We encourage everyone to attend! Join community members from all over California’s Central Valley as they take part

SF gets nation’s first trans district

Local politicians, local activists and a hotel and condominium developer have allied to announce the designation of the first transgender historic district in the United States.“I’m excited that for the first time ever, and as far as I know in the world, that we are commemorating a social cultural district for Transgender and non-gender conforming

Further protecting your same-sex marriage

Many in our community are concerned about the future of same-sex marriage and our civil rights.If this is you, let’s do something about it. Take the following steps to legally and financially protect your relationship as much as possible.Joint Tenants with Rights of SurvivorshipPut your assets in a Joint Tenancy with Rights of Survivorship. Joint

There is no alternative’ to the truth

Fake news. “Alternative” facts. Welcome to the age of Trump. There is no generally accepted definition of “fake news,” and no bright line separating it from the increasing proliferation of propaganda, but the essential characteristic is that it is not factual. (Fake news is not, as Trump asserts, any news that disparages him.) Concern about