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What Does the Supreme Court’s Decision Upholding “Obamacare” Mean for the Gay Community?

Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of most of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), most liberals are cheering, most conservatives are feling betrayed by Chief Justice Roberts and are looking ahead to the next election, and most Americans are wondering what this all means. Unsurprisingly, immediate reactions from the left and […]

Misunderstanding Thunderstorms

My mother has been watching her grand-kids this past week. During the summer of 2011 I babysat my nephew Logan. Like any child, he was afraid of thunderstorms. My mother came back to me with an interesting story about how his parents are reacting to his fear of thunderstorms amongst other scary topics. The key

Gay Pride Means Embracing Our Differentness — From Other Gay People, Too

When I was 22 and just stepping out of the closet, I knew that choosing to embrace my sexual orientation meant not choosing other options available at the time to gay men. Marrying a man wasn’t a legal option. And the integrity I asserted by accepting myself allowed no place for a half-baked heterosexual marriage,

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Medical Matters

So, you are going to see the doctor. Have you prepared? In this day and age, going to see your doctor isn’t like it was for we old guys and gals who were around in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Back then you could just show up on his doorstep (his because a woman doctor

PROJECT: Feeding The Hungry in the Central Valley

  About Feeding the Hungry ~~ Project In partnership with Vons, Smithfield and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, ABC30 is proud to help usher in the largest combined food drive the Central Valley has ever seen, “Feeding the Hungry.” All Central California Vons, ABC30 and the Community Food Bank will be collecting non-perishable

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PHOTOS: LGBT Health Fair

  Gay Central Valley hosted our first LGBT HEALTH FAIR this last weekend, on SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH. We had a great turn out of vendors and a steady stream of visitors. The event took place on the best weather day of the year so far and we gave out several great raffle prizes. Click on

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EVENT: Fresno FREE LGBT Health Fair THIS SATURDAY

This SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH, GAY CENTRAL VALLEY and the FRESNO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER are hosting our first LGBT HEALTH FAIR. The event takes place in the parking lot in front of the Community Center from 10AM-2PM at 1055 N VAN NESS AVENUE, FRESNO, CA 93728. Groups which have confirmed so far for the LGBT Health

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FREE Health Clinic This Saturday

Tzu Chi Community Health Fair Fresno City College – Cafeteria March 10, 2012 9 AM – 2 PM (Patient Registration Starts at 8 AM) *May stop accepting patients before 2 PM, depending on number doctors volunteer and patients register before 2 PM* Tzu Chi Free Clinic presents a free health clinic for low income and