My ex-husband once said to me as we were having a conversation about some big life plan I had at the time and my anxiety surrounding it, “Tiffany, you always get everything you want.” And with the [...] Continue Reading
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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN CUBA? IGUAL, DIVERSA, SEGURA: [EQUAL, DIVERSE, SAFE]
On July 13, Isel Calzadilla Acosta, the founder and coordinator of Las Isabelas (a lesbian and bisexual women's organization in Santiago de Cuba) will be in Fresno. She will speak at the Pastors for [...] Continue Reading
INAUGURAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY. YOU ARE INVITED!
You are cordially invited to the Inaugural Transgender Day of Visibility on Sunday, April 10th from 12PM-4PM at Alliant International University at 5130 E. Clinton Way 93727 Fresno, CA. The annual [...] Continue Reading
Rite of Passage
On November 30, 2014, I received the rite of baptism at Community United Church of Christ in Fresno, CA. It was my third baptism: the first took place at a Methodist church in Illinois when I was an [...] Continue Reading
#LoveWins
The hashtag #LoveWins is being used to showcase supporters of marriage equality around the nation and across the world. Our #LoveWins photo shoot put the Valley into the virtual conversation on social [...] Continue Reading
AB 953: “We Are Not Targets” March on Sacramento
By Hannah Brandt At 6 a.m. on Sept. 2, a charter bus pulled up to the St. Rest Baptist Church in west Fresno to meet 40 bleary-eyed passengers headed to a rally in the state capital to promote AB [...] Continue Reading
In Light Of Tragedy
By Zoyer Zachary Zyndel More and more people are finding out about the tragic murder of a transgender woman in Fresno, near the Blackstone and Shields area. A community is outraged not only by the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade and Festival 2015
By Community Link Fresno Rainbow Pride Committee Join your community members as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of Fresno’s Pride Parade and Festival! Take part in an event that happens only once [...] Continue Reading
The Sodomite Suppression Act: Absurd and Hateful
By Ernesto Saavedra In case you haven’t heard, at the end of February of this year, Matt McLaughlin, a lawyer out of Huntington Beach, submitted a proposal for a ballot initiative called the Sodomite [...] Continue Reading
LGBT 2014 in Review
By Kaylia Metcalfe (Author’s note: This article was finished and submitted on Nov. 15; some things might have changed since then.) This year was, in many ways, a banner year for LGBT rights and [...] Continue Reading
Celebration of Life While Mourning the Loss
By Kaylia Metcalfe This month marks the 17th year where groups from all over the world will gather together on Nov. 20 and participate in Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) events. TDoR is a [...] Continue Reading
The Fresno LGBT Community Center Is Moving…and Needs Your Help
By Kaylia Metcalfe In 2011, when Gay Central Valley (GCV) decided to have a physical office and by extension a one room, less than 100-square-foot LGBT Community Center, they had no idea the events [...] Continue Reading