There are two gay bars that have come to my attention since moving from the lost green forests of pines in Northern Minnesota to the intriguing colors and sites of the Twin Cities. There is first the Gay 90’s and secondly, Lush. I am sure there are more gay and lesbian bars within the metro, […]
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My gosh, so much has been going on and I have had a hard time not only carving out some time to blog but also in narrowing down the topic. I have so many things to write on but today I decided I wanted to let you know about a new and major change. The
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My mom sent me this video in one of the many, many, many emails she sends me each week. Mom is one of those sweet retired ladies who sees every “forward” (as I call them) as a potential source of new and great wisdom and actually reads them all. She does. Then she lovingly
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The weather around here has been pretty nice this week. I’ve made multiple comments on the Facebook pages of my friends in Reno saying how much I do NOT miss the snow. Except for looking out the window at while I curl up with my wife someplace warm with a Hot Apple Pie cocktail in
Below is the full text of Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech… I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we
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I don’t really like Suze Orman. I don’t think she ever offers any practical advice for those without the means to just “hang onto your savings”. She really has no idea what people without loads of money go through in trying to make ends meet. That being said, this is the first logical thing she’s
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Pamela Brooks is a new contributor to Gay Fresno, adding her unique voice, insight and wit. “I’m a city girl by way of Phoenix, Reno, San Francisco, Reno, Portland, and Reno. I have cowgirl and philharmonic in my blood but never thought I’d live in farm country. My politics are libertarian to democratic; I believe
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The Christian Examiner is the largest Christian newspaper in the states. According to their general information blurb, which functions as a mission statement, the newspaper aims to: “. . .report newsworthy religious events and activities within the local Christian community, nationwide and around the world, to increase the awareness and activism of believers regarding the
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Over the course of the last two years there has been a proliferation in media coverage of gay and lesbian suicide coverage. The following names should ring a bell. Tyler Clementi, Lance Lundsten, Justin Aaberg, Samantha Johnson, and most recently, Jacob Rogers. This list is skimpy in comparison to those who don’t get media
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You can imagine my shock when I learned yesterday that a person had been raped by a man in Visalia. As the story goes, the two met on a social networking site and when the man got to the house he was asked to leave. Upon refusing to leave, he pepper-sprayed his victim, bound their
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