Pride returns to Fresno June 4th!
Mark your calendars! Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade and Festival is back and bigger than before. IN PRIDE for Jeffery Robinson! Follow the latest updates visit their facebook event.
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Don’t miss your chance to sell at Fresno Rainbow Pride
An amazing opportunity for individuals, allies, local businesses and organizations to show their love and support. If you are interested in having a food, organization or merchandise booth at the Festival this year, please register on our website. Sponsorship information and parade entries are also still available. We have also updated the festival information on
Fresno City Council approves purchase of Tower Theatre
After more than a year of controversy, legal battles, and a theatrical Fresno City Council meeting, the City Council voted Thursday to buy the historic Tower Theatre for $6.5 million. The City Council voted 4-3 to approve a complicated purchase agreement for the property that includes the theater, Sequoia Brewery, and Me-n-Ed’s. Councilmembers Garry Bredefeld,
City of Fresno to consider buying Tower Theatre
The city of Fresno is poised to buy the Tower Theatre, attempting to end the battle over the future of a historic landmark. It would be a Hollywood ending for people who live in and support the Tower District, named for its iconic theater, after more than 15 months of weekly protests aimed at Adventure
Free LGBTQ youth hiking expedition
The program provides full-tuition scholarships for highly motivated LGBTQ+ youth from under-resourced communities to attend an Outward Bound wilderness course. Outward Bound LGBTQ+ courses are designed for LGBTQ+ teens to build community and cultivate self-efficacy through service-learning, leadership development, and self-discovery in natural environments. This course is staffed with Instructors who have lived experiences with and
PFLAG Fresno: Still Doing the Work to Make It Better for LGBTQ+ People
Fifty years ago, in 1972, a mom accompanied her gay son to the Christopher Street Liberation Day March- a precursor to today’s Pride parades. That mom was Jeanne Manford, and as she marched, carrying a sign that read ‘Parents of Gays Unite in Support for Our Children”, she unknowingly began a national movement. PFLAG was
Rest in Power
Yesterday’s vigil was a beautiful tribute to the late Jeffrey Robinson. It was bittersweet seeing people I haven’t seen in as many as 14 years, but it’s terrible it took such a profound loss to bring us all together again. Jeffrey was a giant in the Fresno LGBT community going back to the 1980s. I
Video: Community Remembrance and Celebration of the Life of Jeffery Robinson
REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF JEFF ROBINSON.SAVE THE DATE: “In Pride.” Sat. June 4, 2022. • 5:30 – Paul Hernandez (a.k.a. Leilani Price)• 6:30 – Peter Robertson• 10:30 – Rene Potik• 14:50 – Haley White• 23:00 – Robin Johnston McGehee• 33:00 – Esmeralda Soria• 38:30 – Carole Goldsmith• 47:25 – Chris Jarvis• 1:01:05 – Bianca Binx Lopez• 1:12:40 – Tracie Cisneros• 1:19:30 – Juan Bustamante DONATE. PARTICIPATE. VOLUNTEER. Fresno
Leaving big shoes to fill
I was asked by the fine folks at Fresno Rainbow Pride to say a few words at Jeffery Robinson’s Celebration of Life service. The following is the speech I gave, edited slightly to make sense on paper vs in person. ***** I know so many people who looked up to Jeffery Robinson as a father
Community Remembrance and Celebration of life of Jeffery Robinson
With the blessing of his husband Juan, and with the call to bring us all together in comfort, we will be having a Remembrance and Celebration of the Life of our friend and leader, Jeffery Robinson this Saturday in the Tower District. All are welcome to join us on the NE corner of Wishon and