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Last Chance: Enter to win! Pride month Free Raffle

Final few hours to enter our annual Pride Month FREE Raffle Over $1,000 in prizes!!! To enter, click here and fill out a quick entry form. No cost and no purchase necessary! You can enter daily, but the contest ends June 30th, so hurry! A very special thanks to our donors for this year…   StageWorks Fresno: […]

Industrial-strength Donald J. Trump chutzpah

Despite all his fulminating about “fake news,” it appears that our President-whose definition of‘fake” is any coverage (covfefe??) he doesn’t like—isn’t above generating some fakery of his own. Remember Trump’s preening over his massive, multi-billion dollar “deal” with Saudi Arabia? Bruce Reidel of The Brookings Institution reports that no such deal exists.Last month, President Trump

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Enter to win! Pride month Free Raffle

Our annual Pride Month FREE Raffle is going strong BUT don’t miss your chance, only days left to enter! Over $1,000 in prizes!!! To enter, click here and fill out a quick entry form. No cost and no purchase necessary! You can enter daily, but the contest ends June 30th, so hurry! A very special thanks to

Pulse owner agrees to allow Memorial on site

The owner of Pulse nightclub in Orlando announced plans to build a permanent memorial and museum on the building’s grounds to honor the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.Club owner Barbara Poma said the OnePulse Foundation would raise funds to go toward a memorial, community grants for survivors’ families,scholarships and a

‘One couple’s journey of identity and discovery’

Your hair is grayer than it was back then. You’ve both packed on pounds here and there,too. A few wrinkles surround your smiles,but that’s okay–you’re not fresh faced kids anymore. You’ve aged, you’ve softened and,in the new book “Transitioning Together” by Wenn & Beatrice Lawson,you’ve changed quite a bit.Long before they met, Wendy and Beatrice

Why voting is a huge civic responsibility

I generally shy away from basing my blogs–or my own opinions, for that matter–on material from partisan sources. Trump and his enablers may accuse traditionalmedia of being “fake” or biased, but that’s a tactic, not an accurate description, so I try to limit my references to places like the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian,

OITNB Season 5 Premiers June 9

One of the most-popular live-streamed TV series in history, Orange is the New Black, premieres its fifth season June 9, and it promises to be a roller-coaster ride.Taryn Manning (Pennsatucky) was rumored to be leaving the cast but then denied those rumors. Lori Petty’s Whitehill is on her way to the psych ward though Petty

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Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade & Festival

Fresno’s 27th annual LGBT Pride Parade and FestivalSaturday, June 3rd10am Parade – 11am Festival   This isn’t just a Fresno Pride event it regional and the only Pride event that in the Valley that includes a parade! Up to 5,000 people will attend the parade, parade begins at 10 am and the route is east bound

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March/Volunteer with us during Fresno Pride

* BE SEEN * HAVE FUN * MAKE A DIFFERENCE *Volunteers needed to join us at the Pride Parade AND also help at the festival on June 3rd. When you RSVP please let us know which (or both) you want to do, with a quick comment.This quick form is all we need: https://goo.gl/forms/Ou7lNNk1g8TKh9p12We plan to walk