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The Laramie Project at Fresno State

In October of 1998, Matthew Shepard , 21 years old and living in Wyoming, was robbed and violently beaten by two men who had offered to give him a ride home. Left tied to a fence, Shepard was not found for 18 hours. After five days in the hospital, he died from his injuries.

Interview With Jon Carroll of Reel Pride

The Reel Pride Film Festival has been showcasing cutting edge and ground breaking GLBT films in Fresno for the past 18 years. With another successful festival under their belt, Reel Pride is committed to bringing more films to Fresno, more often. They will be offering film selections on a regular basis during the break between

Reel Pride Presents “Another Gay Movie”

On Friday November 24, 2006, Reel Pride Film Festival presents its Night Out! screening of Another Gay Movie  by Todd Stephens at the Tower Theatre at 8:00pm.  General admission is $10 per person and $5 for Reel Pride VIP Members. Director Todd Stephens (writer/producer of Edge of Seventeen, and the  writer/director/producer of Gypsy '83) breaks

Bulldog Pride Scholarship Offer

  Apply for 2007-08 BULLDOG PRIDE FUND Scholarship The Scholarship Office at Fresno State is currently accepting applications for the 2007-08 academic year. Entering or existing, undergraduate or graduate students that have “demonstrated pride in the community” are eligible to apply for the BPF scholarship. The 2nd Annual BPF Scholarship is expected to be $1,000 and

No Home For A Man With AIDS

There is nothing like the joy of coming home after a hard day of work.  If you’re like me, you might put on some music, take a shower, coke some food, light candles and incense, and just simply relax.  Or maybe you’re a television watcher or a book reader, well whatever it is you do

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Political Tools (Get Out & VOTE!)

An election is approaching, on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006. While we can’t vote to abolish the current administration at the highest levels, we have a chance to in some way begin to change the structure responsible for the current devastating destruction of American principals and integrity. We’ve been force fed lie upon concept upon affiliation

Olberman Almighty

Keith Olberman, over at MSNBC, is a true American. He chooses, regardless of public sentiment, to instigate controversial political dialogue.  Most importantly, he isn’t a partisan thinker, he operates from facts and presents them as evidence in order to call to task the management of this country by an inept administration. True Americans, usually not

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Gibson Is A Monkey

Reality in America is fairly out of focus. We tend to accept words from any source as reality, without so much as a follow up question. With celebrities it’s far easier, since our knowledge of them is based on an act, or a publicity interview. It’s rare that any of us ever gets to know

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Interview With Q Allan Brocka

Writer and director Q Allan Brocka received an achievement award at this year’s Fresno Reel Pride Festival. Allan has been contributing to and coming to Fresno’s film festival for years. He’s currently in Toronto, Canada working on a gay themed series, Rick & Steve, The Happiest Gay Couple In All The World,  which is scheduled

California Court Rules against Marriage

MARRIAGE EQUALITY USA DISAPPOINTED WITH INTERMEDIATE COURT DECISION; LOOK TO CALIFORNIA SUPREME CT TO END DISCRIMINATION San Francisco – In a series of community events across California today, Marriage Equality USA will come together to express disappointment in today’s appellate court decision, but is optimistic that the California Supreme Court will right this legal wrong.