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Matthew Fashion arrested Saturday

Fresno native and Project Runway star Matthew Fashion was arrested early Saturday morning in the parking lot at DejaVu. Fresno Police said officers were sent to the club, at 708 North Blackstone Avenue, around 1:30 a.m. after a taxi cab driver called the department. Lt. Dennis Montejano said Fashion had refused to pay the fare […]

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1-800-4U-TREVOR

    We as youth these days are scared of rejection, not getting accepted for who we are. We feel like we have to live up to societies standards. We have to act, dress, be a certain way to feel accepted. So when we have a different sexual preference we don’t know to tell someone. Its

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Focus Group Participants Wanted

The African American HIV Prevention Capacity Building Project, funded by the California State Office Of AIDS, is seeking volunteers to participate in focus groups. The focus groups are aimed at African American MSM (men having sex with men) age 25 and older, and African American women at high risk for contracting HIV who are 21

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Cheeks & Chaps 2007

The Knights Of Malta will stage the Central California Cheeks & Chaps contest at The Red Lantern (4618 E Belmont) on Friday, July 27th starting at 9pm. Along with the contest there will be a live show and raffle. Those interested in being contestants are encouraged to apply. For information please contact Paris Nicole at

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Free HIV Testing

The Fresno County Dept. Of Community Health has a mobile unit which they use to test Fresno citizens for HIV in various locations. The Dept. has decided to make a change to these monthly locations, and until further notice will be utilizing the parking lots of The Den (4538 E Belmont) and The Red Lantern

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Pride and Seek!

OPINION As a Fresno native I’ve been away in a larger metro area for the last two years, I was proud to attend the Pride Parade 2007 and was looking forward to the family oriented event.  In our celebrations  here we do something that the larger metropolitan areas do not, we bring our children, our mothers,

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Men Get Involved

One of the things that disappoints me as I look out into the HIV community here in Fresno is the lack of male involvement in the fight against AIDS.  Now don’t get me wrong I’m not saying that there have been no men involved in the fight but I can count on one hand as

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