Fresno Unified School District board president doubles down on statements that children can be swayed to being LGBT and says no to same sex marriage on Jim Franklin live, August 18th. “They (voters) knew exactly what they were getting, they were getting a conservative guy that was going to come in and bring my conservative […]
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Ken Mackie continues to be an adversary of Fresno Unified School Board President Brooke Ashjian. The Merced-based attorney represents a group called Fresno Watchdogs for Ethical Bidding (FWEB). Or at least Mackie represented a group called that until Wednesday night (August 9). As their name implies, the watchdog group, through Mackie, have been vocal critics
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In response to the Human Rights Campaign’s request, it contained one word “No.” A Change.org petition had more than 400 signatures as of Friday, asking that Ashjian be removed from the school board. LGBT advocates in Fresno demanded an apology from Ashjian for those statements at a school board meeting on Wednesday, where some of
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In the August 4th edition of The Fresno Bee, Fresno Unified school board president, Brooke Ashjian stated: “We didn’t want someone else teaching our kids about morality, and what was right and what was wrong,” he said. “That’s the role of a father and mother: You bring a child into the world and you talk
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*Please join us tonight & share* Your chance to speak or be seen as a supporter of LGBT youth in Fresno County. Today, August 9th at 5:30pm-6:30pm, Fresno Unified School District Board meeting: 2309 Tulare St, Second Floor, Fresno, CA. Public comments will happen around 6pm, volunteers from LGBT Fresno will be on site to
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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
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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,
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There’s still time left! Our FREE drawing is held 7-10 days prior to each event. Still available to win are tickets to Circus 1903, Dirty Dancing and Alton Brown Live: Eat your Science. Enter to Win at: http://www.LGBTFresno.com/win
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The Bulldog Pride Fund (BPF), an endowed scholarship fund established under the auspices of the Fresno State Alumni Association (FSAA), has received a $70,000 bequest from the Estate of Larry Newsome. “We are most grateful to Mr. Newsome for the tremendous impact that his legacy gift will make to support students at Fresno State,” said
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The LGBT community has made great strides forward in the last several years: marriage equality, adoption rights, greater state and federal protections, and more widespread support and awareness for our transgender community. All of this was achieved starting at a grassroots level through organizations such as ours, Gay Fresno. We are a small, but mighty,
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