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BULLDOG PRIDE FUND: Scholars, Honor Roll of Donors & Reception

Please join family, donors and friends in honoring the 2014-15 Bulldog Pride Fund scholars on Fri. Nov. 7, 2014 from 3:30 to 4:45 pm. Admission is free; donations always welcome.A short program with Jared Lindo (2009), the inaugural Bulldog Pride Fund scholar and master of ceremonies, begins at 4:00 pm. KINDLY RSVP: www.bulldogpride.org

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We Need To Get Our Priorities In Order

Whoa… not so fast! As the celebration of marriage equality winds down our community appears poised to pivot toward, and bring the primary focus of our formidable influence, to the fight for passage of the newly introduced Equality Act, which would provide more comprehensive protections against anti-LGBT discrimination than its predecessor the Employment Non-Discrimination Act

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Why Gay Marriage Watch is Changing its Name

Welcome to the new Marriage Equality Watch! We started life on January 1st, 2008 as Gay Marriage Watch. At the time, the term “gay marriage” was the most-used term to describe marriage between a couple of the same gender. The phrase “marriage equality” existed at the time – I just checked our blog, and we

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Judy and Dennis Shepard on Marriage Equality in Wyoming

WE NEVER thought we’d see marriage equality come to Wyoming in our lifetime. But in a wave of judicial rulings allowing same-sex couples to marry across the country, this week a federal court ruling granted our neighbors the opportunity to make history at the altar. The lives and rights of LGBT people in the “Equality

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Fresno AIDS Walk & 5k – 11/22/14

Join hundreds of walkers & runners at Woodward Park to raise awareness & community support for this worldwide epidemic in our third annual Fresno AIDS Walk as presented by WestCare California. All proceeds will benefit The Living Room, a project of WestCare, Fresno’s only HIV/AIDS social support center. Sponsors, vendors, walkers, & supporters are needed!

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The Real Enemy of Marital Bliss

Although there are a few Flat-Earthers out there who still believe gay marriage can be stopped, everyone else has accepted (or celebrated) it as an eventual inevitability. So now the question is: what’s next? Not just what’s next for LGBT equality–but also, what’s next for marriage? Earlier this year, I took up this question and

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New Poll Refutes Purported “Drop” In Marriage Equality Support

A new poll shows strong support for the US Supreme Court action on marriage equality, mirroring an earlier poll by the same organization on marriage equality in general. ABC News reports: Most Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll support the recent U.S. Supreme Court action allowing gay marriages to go forward in several

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Fresno Immigrant Youth in Action

Join Fresno Immigrant Youth in Action (#TeamFIYA) on Sunday November 2, 2014 at Fresno’s Two Cities Marathon & Half as we #RunForLiberation, demand #Not1MoreDeportation, because #MigrantLivesMatter and we need #HealthForAll! 

New Map Shows How Far We Have to Go on Transgender Rights in the US

The fight for marriage equality in the US may be almost over, but the fight for transgender rights is just starting. Vocative has five maps and the story: …as important as visibility is for creating awareness, it’s just one step toward equality. For all the positive changes taking place, transgender Americans are still treated as