Life

Trials and tribulations of our writers / contributors lives

Michelle Rae Barth

 It is with a heavy heart that I post this. I only had the chance to meet this wonderful woman once but I was able to learn so much about her. She was a great friend of the community. Many knew her from the lesbian social group she created called, “Wildflowers”. We met at one of

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Fresno’s Gay Pride of 2008

It all started with a pretty cool morning as apposed to the last several years we have celebrated pride in June. The atmosphere was light and airy. I had parked between the Post Office and the Dollar Tree to insure that my car would be in the shade by the time the entire event was

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What is AIDS?

This is the first in a series of health articles by Dr. Maninderjit Singh M.D. What is AIDS? AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which kills or impairs cells of the immune system and progressively destroys the body’s ability to fight infections and certain cancers. HIV is most commonly spread

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Give A Little

With Christmas and the end of the year fast approaching, there’s no better time to donate cash or goods to any number of nonprofit organizations. Christmas in America has become crass and excessive, with a constant barrage of advertising targeted to empty our pockets on yet another material possession we probably don’t need. While people

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The Power of Advertisements

Back in October of 2006, the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center launched an advertisement campaign targeting MSM's (Men Who Have Sex With Men) which had a message that "HIV is a gay disease".  Now I knew back then that this sort of campaign was going to stir up some type of controversy.

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