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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 […]
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
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
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
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
My heart is full upon learning of the passing of Jeffery Robinson. We met 35 years ago as undergraduate students attending Fresno State. We uplifted each other after the Fresno State United Student Pride booth was burned, and later when the KKK protested our student club. During these and other incidents, Jeff inspired my social
For roughly a decade, I have been socially transitioning.While I don’t consider myself an expert, I would like to assume I have enough knowledge to spread information tothose who are currently struggling with their hair and their clothes, the stereotypical things that may be getting them“clocked” in public.Without further ado, here are just a few
When a man murders someone, is he still a man?He becomes a beast through word of mouth, becomes a monster and something evil by his victims’ families. But he is still a man, yes? He is still referred to as “he” and “him”, is still entered into a statistic about “white men between the age
In late June of 2012, at the age of 57, my partner Robert, our yorkie terrier Max and myself undertook a major life change by moving from our native New England states to Fresno, CA. This was not an impulsive move but was the culmination of several years of taking vacations in Fresno to visit
DeJa Skye has a prediction for fans of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” “We are going to dominate this season,” says Skye, one of 14 queens competing on the 14th season of the Emmy Award-winning competition show, which airs on Fridays at 8 p.m. on VH1. She’s speaking in the royal “we” in this case, to include
