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Kampout Report

Are you ready for some Kampout?  Well, it’s just a couple of weeks away.  Time to start putting your gear in order and making your final plans to head up the hill.  Get out of the heat and relax in the cool nights and comfortable days. Just to remind you, this year’s theme is Kampout […]

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Saturday: Fresno’s First Drag Festival: Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful

Purchase tickets in advance: general admission tickets ($25) or $30 at the door. Please provide the following information when purchasing tickets: First, Last Name & Phone Number ALL tickets will be available for pick up at WILL CALL.   The Runway Runway Queens:AvairriannaAriana Skye Runway King:Lez-he West

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Hate crimes happen nearly twice a month in Valley

Casey Haggard, a 66-year-old transgender woman, was walking along Blackstone Avenue in central Fresno in July 2015 when she was fatally stabbed by a passenger in an SUV that pulled up alongside her. Amrik Singh Bal, a 68-year-old Sikh, was walking in a neighborhood in west-central Fresno in December 2015 when he was attacked by

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Inaugural QueerOut Awards Gala

The Inaugural QueerOut Awards Gala will showcase local people and organizations for their outstanding achievements towards advancing our Queer/LGBT+ community in this place we call home. Our event will bring together 300+ people from across the Central Valley for an unforgettable evening of food, music and live performances.   Saturday, October 13, 20185:30 PM (Cocktail

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Fresno’s First Drag-Con: August 25th

Will you be our FIRST Fresno DragCon Queen or King? Have you wanted to be a Queen or King for the day? We are looking for 3 people who would love to be transformed at our DragCon! Once transformed you will walk down the Runway towards the stage and perform to win the title of

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Final days to nominate a group or individual

Nominate an individual, business and/or nonprofit to be recognized at the Inaugural QueerOut Awards Gala! There are ten different award categories. If you know a worthy award winner, Common Space wants to hear from you. Deadline: July 27th 2018. Nominate at: commonspacefresno.org/queeroutawards

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Kids of same-sex parents are doing just fine at 25

The National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) has been following a contingent of lesbian families since they first started to plan to have kids in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Those children are now about 25 years old, and the researchers have confirmed that they’re doing swimmingly. Compared to their peers who were not

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OUT on Stage – Tuesday

  Your first and only time to experience this in theaters! OUT On Stage is the absolutely hilarious and one-of-a-kind, originally produced comedy hosted by Zach Noe Towers – OUT Magazine’s “One of the 10 comedians to watch in 2018,” the comedian that Sarah Silverman calls, “So, SO, SO Funny”!   July 24th, 8PM at

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The “Uneven Symphony” of American History

Since Donald Trump–the closest thing to an authoritarian leader the country has ever seen–became president, I have increasingly found comfort in the writings of historians and activists. When the current world of insane tweets and receding justice becomes overwhelming, I look back at how the United States handled times of disruption and upheaval. Believe it

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Fresno’s only LGBT+ Fireworks stand now open

Location is at Shaw and CLOVIS AVE, just West of McDonald’s Independence Day will be here before we know it. It’s always a great day for food, friends, family and fun. Oh yes, and we can’t forget….. fireworks! LGBT Fresno has now begun selling fireworks at our stand. This is our biggest fundraiser of the