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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

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Laieski v. FDA

Caleb Laieski may be young, tall and lanky, but he’s a fighter. At his Arizona high school, anti-gay bullying was so bad that he had to drop out and complete his education in a GED program. But the intense persecution he suffered had a sort of purifying effect – he channeled the bigotry against him into

Win Tickets to JERSEY BOYS!

“Oh what a night” it will be on Oct. 28 when the national tour of “Jersey Boys” swaggers into the Saroyan Theatre.  Now’s your chance to see the show for free! Three lucky winners will each receive a pair of opening-night tickets. Enter to win HERE. JERSEY BOYS is coming to Fresno, October 28th – November

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I didn’t think I deserved to be happy and HIV positive: by C.L. Frederick

Originally seen on TALKHILLCREST – contributing author Internationally known male model and HIV awareness activist C.L. Frederick I used to think that gay men who acquired HIV got exactly what they deserved; that was until I myself tested positive.  I knew very few openly positive gay men.  Those that I was aware of were the social outcasts,

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LGBT Groups seeking participants

Fresno Family Counseling Center in partnership with Fresno State is currently screening participants for the following groups:-12 week gay men’s group for ages 18 and over. Meets weekly, hour and a half sessions.-12 week lesbian’s group for ages 18 and over. Meets weekly for hour and a half sessions. Groups will focus on identity and

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I spy with my little eye…outrage!

Sarah Silverman is in hot water over a video she did to comically highlight the alarmingly high wage gap between men and women in this country. Some transgender activists found it insensitive and took it literally. The video is almost four minutes long, but it can be summed up in the following few sentences: “Every year