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It’s Not Just About a Parade

Happy Pride month! What’s not to like about a parade and festival? It is so fabulous watching the long procession of near naked men dancing on colorful decorated floats; seeing those that serve in public office, the military, and in law enforcement, marching side by side as one of us! Pride celebrations are festivals of […]

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SATURDAY: Fresno Pride Parade and Festival

June 1st 2019 (enlarge) The Parade starts at 10am on the corner of Palm & Olive. The “Grandstand” is at Irene’s Cafe. The Parade ends at Olive & Maroa. Olive Ave will be closed to traffic between 9am and 11am.  THE PARADE IS, FREE TO WATCH. The Festival begins at 11am and ends at 3pm, along

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Drag Show Etiquette: Celebrating Pride With Drag Entertainers

With pride here and in full force, there are several different celebrations going on everywhere for everyone of all age groups. Visalia Pride kicked it off this year, and Fresno Pride follows next. There are many other local events and functions to attend, places to explore and things to learn about like the 50th anniversary

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A Great Time and a Good Cause: Fresno’s 2019 Pride Parade and Festival

June 1st—only about a week away— marks the 29th annual Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade and Festival, celebrating the Central Valley’s LGBTQ community. Last year’s attendance broke records and, this year, the community hopes to continue the trend with the theme: “2GETHER.” One of the organizations taking part in the parade and festival this year is

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So…..What EXACTLY IS Truth…No….Seriously…?

It would seem these days, children, that some have forgotten what that particular five letter word means. I know, you’re saying to yourself, “I think we know what that word means, Jim.” But the scary thing is, most people I talk to, have no idea about truth, much less facts. I know that we live

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Persistence

I’ve lived in Fresno for most of my life. Despite that, I’d never visited the Forestiere Underground Gardens before LGBT Fresno invited me to join their tour. The place is easy to miss; it sits on West Shaw, right by the 99. The sign for the Gardens blends into the rest of the billboards that

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The Fabulous Tammie Brown

There are a few things you already know about the unmistakable Tammie Brown. Like her overdrawn lips, video bytes of her clapping back at RuPaul, and quizzical one liners – “C’mon Teletubby, teleport us to Mars”! You may not know that this RuPaul’s Drag Race (RPDR) All-Stars Season One queen is a small-town Texas born

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Strong Women Done Well

I was able to catch Avengers: Infinity War on opening night. The culmination of ten years of dedication to the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) was coming to a close. After being a fan of Marvel comics since I was six, this was another moment in my nerdy history that I would cherish. I smiled, laughed,

Is It Something I said?

Let me start by saying that this should be fun, but informative.  My idea is to get our community united, in one mind set, and that mindset is to UTILIZE that grey matter that we all are notorious for NOT using.  Relying instead on the easy, social media related BS to cloud our own thoughts.