On the evening of August 21, folks from across the Central Valley and beyond gathered at Fresno City College in the Old Administration Building to kickoff the 4th annual Queer Housing Summit. The [...] Continue Reading
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Derechos queer: ¿dónde estamos ahora?
El 26 de junio de 2015, acababa de cumplir 14 años. Vivía en el centro de Fresno en ese entonces, y mi madre y yo estábamos en nuestra sala viendo la historia desarrollarse en las noticias. El [...] Continue Reading
Queer Rights: Where Are We Now?
On June 26, 2015, I had just turned 14. I was living in downtown Fresno at the time, and my mother and I were in our living room watching history unfold on the news. Last June was the 10th [...] Continue Reading
“Vote Them Out” with Pride
May 11—Fresnans congregated in front of the Hall of Records for a press conference in support of the County library’s request to participate in the annual Rainbow Pride celebrations and in [...] Continue Reading
Pride Parade Draws Thousands to the Tower District
The 2025 Fresno Pride Parade on June 7 brought thousands to the Tower District. Those in attendance saw 100 different contingents march and ride in the parade as it made its way down Olive Avenue from [...] Continue Reading
Porterville: Protestan Posibles Políticas Anti-Trans del Ayuntamiento
El 4 de marzo de 2025, las escalinatas del Ayuntamiento de Porterville se llenaron de manifestantes antes de una reunión del Concejo Municipal que incluía en su agenda dos propuestas relacionadas con [...] Continue Reading
Porterville City Council Weighs Anti-Trans Policies
On March 4, the steps of Porterville’s City Hall were crowded with protestors as activists gathered ahead of a City Council meeting at which two proposals relating to “women’s” and “trans” rights were [...] Continue Reading
Stop the Hate in Action
On Oct. 28, three members of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC; in Topeka, Kan.), “arguably, the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, arrived [...] Continue Reading
Celebrating Decades of Pride
The Source—an LGBTQ+ community center located in Visalia, the only one of its kind in the San Joaquin Valley— celebrated National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11 with a powerful display of laser lights [...] Continue Reading
Visalia Navigation Center, un Esfuerzo Comunitario Para Enfrentar la Indigencia
El 4 de Octubre, Community Services Employment Training (CSET) llevó a cabo una ceremonia de inauguración del nuevo Centro de Navegación (VNC) en Visalia. El centro es un proyecto enorme que tiene [...] Continue Reading
Stop the Hate Day in Fresno
The City of Fresno declared June 7 as the initial Stop the Hate Day. In recognition of the Stop the Hate coalition’s work, City Council President Annalisa Perea, Mayor Jerry Dyer, Fresno Police Chief [...] Continue Reading