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Fresno LGBT Meets with Governor’s staff

Fresno’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender community, including their allies will meet with the Governor’s Fresno office staff.  Discussions will include the impact of SB 1437 (Bias-Free Curriculum Act) on valley residents, including eight other Equality California bills. If you are interested in attending, please join us, August 15th at 10:45 AM outside of the Governor’s […]

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Sex offender public hearing

On August 8, you are invited to attend a public hearing sponsored by the Governor’s High-Risk Sex Offender Task Force. This task force will tell Governor Schwarzenegger how closely he should watch sex offenders that are released from state prisons into your neighborhood.

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Gay Marriage Updates

The highest courts in two states dealt gay rights advocates dual setbacks Thursday, rejecting same-sex couples’ bid to win marriage rights in New York and reinstating a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Georgia. Read the full story at  CNN Howard Dean Responds To Ruling Schwarzenegger Opponent Supports Gay Marriage California Court To Hear Gay Marriage Case

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Pentagon: Homosexuality = Disorder

Despite the fact that in 1973 the American Psychiatric Association officially declared that homosexuality was not a mental disorder, the Pentagon disagrees. Displaying an unbelievable level of prejudice and denial, a Pentagon memo addressing gays in the military lists homosexuality as a defect alongside mental retardation and personality disorders.   Read the article at MSNBC

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KMPH FMA Debate

VIDEO LINK AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE… Gay Fresno was contacted by local television station KMPH  Channel 26 on Wednesday, June 7th, requesting our participation in an on air political debate that same night. The subject was the Federal Marriage Amendment, which had just been defeated in the Senate. The vote was 49 for

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Pride & President

UPDATE: THE AMENDMENT WAS DEFEATED IN THE SENATE ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 7TH  While the LGBT community and our heterosexual supporters gathered on Saturday, June 3rd in the Tower District to celebrate the 16th annual Fresno Pride Parade & Festival, the President of the United States had a much different agenda on his mind. On the

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Where There’s Smoke…

How much truth do we expect from the American government? What exactly are we supposed to believe in these days filled with scandal and revelation, and how much of an influence has our government had over the years in shaping our beliefs and opinions? We all have ideas of right and wrong, good and bad, much

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1st Annual Pride Day @FCC

Fresno City College hosted it’s first annual Pride Day on Monday, May 1st. The well attended event ran from 10AM-2PM in the Free Speech Area of the campus. Many local groups participated by hosting booths, including Gay Fresno www.gayfresno.com , Central California Alliance www.ccafresno.org  , Fresno Rainbow Pride www.fresnorainbowpride.com , PFLAG www.pflag.org , Westcare, Planned Parenthood

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The Al Franken Show In Fresno

Al Franken came to Fresno this week to do a live broadcast of The Al Franken Show, http://shows.airamericaradio.com/alfrankenshow/ his weekly segment on Air America Radio http://airamericaradio.com/ . When I heard about it I also heard that the 400 available tickets were free and the live broadcast would be from 9AM-Noon on a Thursday. I couldn’t

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