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VIDEO: Al Franken Rips Focus On The Family “Witness”
Can we just elect Al Franken as President? Actually he’s probably doing better work in the Senate…
Welcome to our Family!
I’m sure you have all seen that Gay Central Valley has expanded. We are very excited and proud to now be operating Gay Porterville. Already there have been articles posted, an up and running Facebook page and more things that you just don’t know about yet. You might be asking yourselves….who is this Gay Porterville?
Obama Supports Bill To Overturn DOMA
Courtesy The Huffington Post… President Barack Obama is throwing his support behind a bill that would repeal the federal government’s ban on same-sex marriage. The president has “long called for a legislative appeal for the so-called Defense of Marriage Act which continues to have a real impact on families,” White House spokesman Jay Carney announced
Label Evolution, Label Revolution
Labels: necessary, but sometimes annoying. What’s the point of a label? Isn’t it to provide some sort of description, some sort of understanding or explanation? As in, “How can I explain why all these things on the table should go together… I can classify them as all being products from the garden, all with seeds
TRAILER: The Lavender Scare
Take note from the trailer…the government only stopped using homosexuality as a reason to deny employment in 1995…
Same Sex Marriage Update for Columbia
Good news from South America. Columbia might be the next country to legalize same sex marriage. The country is already steos ahead of neighboring countries in terms of same sex couples rights. Since 2007, the country has provided more than 30 rights to same sex couples including social security pension benefits. The high court has
A world of Thanks!
From all of us at Gay Central Valley, we’d like to show our appreciation to those who stepped up to the plate and volunteered at this years fireworks stand. Your time and energy allows us to help our community. Without the help of our many volunteers and the following businesses and organizations, the GCV fireworks
Weekly Round Up for Friday July 15th 2011
Happy Friday! Can you believe that July is half over? I already see “Back To School” signs… And what a great way to transition into one of more exciting pieces of news from the week. Yesterday Governor Brown signed the FAIR Educationl Act which mandates that the contributions of the LGBT community be included in
VIDEO: CBS47 Covers Signing of Fair Education Act
Gay Central Valley’s own Kaylia Metcalfe participated in local news coverage of the newly signed Fair Education Act… CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO