Life
Trials and tribulations of our writers / contributors lives
February is Black History Month
Courtesy WIKIPEDIA Black History Month is a remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. Since 1976, it is celebrated annually in the United States of America and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in the month of October. In the U.S., Black History Month is also referred to
Say Bye Bye to Your Zodiac Personality
First they declared Pluto wasn’t a planet anymore. Now, your astrological sign, the one you’ve been glued to your entire life, the founding star chart that offers you guidance and gives you insight, is no more. I’ve been waiting for something like this for decades. It looks like we now have proof that this
What Happened When Fundamentalist Christians Tried to “Cure” Me
My experience at Teen Challenge began in Aug of 2007. At the age of twenty-four, I found myself facing the county prosecutor on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol after leaving a gay bar near Troy, Michigan. This was my first time getting a ticket for anything. James Voss I had
Valentines Dinner & Dance 18+
The Visalia Pride Lions Club is hosting an LGBT+ Valentine’s dinner and dance. There will be prizes, photo opportunities and more! Please visit their website HERE for more information. Get your tickets early so you don’t miss out on this GREAT event for our community!
History of Times Square Ball Drop
From Kate Kelly, Blogging on The Huffington Post Tonight people from around the world will pack into Times Square in anticipation of being at the "center of the universe" for the countdown to midnight. In addition to the one million people expected to be there in person, an estimated audience of one billion people around
Just As I Am
In the last few weeks, I’ve been dealing with some depression. It happens to me occasionally, and because of my own mental instabilities, I tend to obsess on the depression. I, as always, attempted to fill the void and placate the overwhelming sensation with food, shopping, and booze. More or less, I just buried the
The Fight for Women’s Rights: Can the LGBT community learn from their example and history?
**Author’s note: I’ve heard it said on more than one occasion that the current equal rights movement is similar to that of the plight of women in this country before the 1920s. As my great great grandmother was a teenager during one of the most troubling and horrifying times for women in the United States,
The Dream of Hate
It was hot. It was probably the hottest day of the year. It wasn’t eighty degrees. It was ninety degrees. The sweat in the air seemed to make it even worse. This was the type of day that made you want to watch television. This type of day made you want to go swimming