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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Angelica Carpenter of The Arne Nixon Center

I visited the Arne Nixon Center at Fresno State, a department of the Henry Madden Library, located on the third floor of the South wing in the library, to sit down with its Curator, Angelica Carpenter. The Center is one of North America’s leading resources for the study of children’s and young adult literature. Recently, […]

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PRIDE MONTH: COMING OUT STORIES – Kelly Lynn Campbell

“Mom, I know I have been a pain lately, and I think you deserve an explanation of what I have been up to. I really don’t know where to start but you need to know that I am happy and have no plans to change my current life course. I know you have heard rumors

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Celebrating Local Heroes: THIS WEDNESDAY – May 11th at Fresno State

The Central California Alliance and the Bulldog Pride Fund, with the assistance of United Student Pride, proudly present “Celebrating Local Heroes” on Wed. May 11th at the Smittcamp Alumni House on the Fresno State campus. The evening’s activities begins at 5:30 PM with a reception, followed by introductions, short presentations and a Q and A

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Send Us Your Coming Out Stories…

The Fresno Pride Parade & Festival is less than a month away, on June 4th. June is national Pride month… For those of us who’ve been through the process of coming out, it’s vital to share our stories in order to empower others in the community to do the same, and to let them know

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Local Event: Protest at Chick-Fil-A

Today local LGBT community members and allies joined groups all across the country in protests aimed to educate the public about the donation practices of Chick-fil-A, a national fast food company.

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Upcoming Event: Celebrating Local Heroes

  Next Wednesday at Fresno State the Central California Alliance and the Bulldog Pride Fund will host “Celebrating Local Heroes”“  Featuring Robin McGehee (GetEQUAL), Matthew Mazzei (The Rainbow Delegation), and Andrew McIntosh (former NCAA athlete, current Fresno State grad student), the evening promises to be educational and a rallying point for activists and community members. More though

Commenting returns to Gay Fresno!

    Since our redesign, we’ve been unable to accept comments/feedback directly on the site.  Today, this changes and we welcome you back to comment “like” and interact with our articles. On our old site, Gay Fresno had its own commenting system.  While this offered the ability to customize, it also lead to comment spam and

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“I Am Fresno State” 2011 on YouTube

The 2011 entries of the 5th annual “I AM FRESNO STATE!” student video contest have been posted to youtube!   SEE: http://www.youtube.com/iamfresnostate

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EVENT: Fresno Pride Fundraising Party @The Circle THIS SATURDAY

The Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade & Festival is the Central Valley’s largest LGBT event of the year. Every year approximately 3,000 people – all ages of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight allies converge on the Tower District in Fresno to march and celebrate the diversity of our community. June is Pride month and celebrated

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Honoring Julia Scott, BA, Fine Art, Class of 2011

Fri. May 20th Please join family, donors, alumni and friends in honoring two-time Bulldog Pride Fund scholar Julia Scott on Friday, May 20th at Black Angus Steakhouse (Cedar & Shaw Avenues; Fresno, Calif.) from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. (21+ only). A short program begins at 6:15 p.m. A Dean’s Medalist nominee from the College of