Fresno EOC’s LGBTQ Resource Center moving

The Fresno EOC LGBTQ+ Resource Center on Fulton Avenue is closing. The staff will be relocated to 1900 Mariposa Street, the main Fresno EOC campus/office. Keep in mind:🔹 No Drop-In Services in April – We’re setting up our new space!🔹 All regular groups will continue🔹 Soup for My Family:April 3️– Current location (Fulton St.)May 1️– […]

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VA halts gender-affirming care

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has rescinded Directive 1341, a 2018 policy that ensured respectful and clinically appropriate healthcare for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex veterans. This reversal, revealed by The Advocate, aligns with President Trump’s “Defending Women” executive order, which recognizes only two sexes. Directive 1341 had provided protections against discrimination, guaranteed access to

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Your Rights in California in Response to Recent Executive Orders

In his first few weeks in office, President Trump has rolled out a series of executive orders that openly target transgender, gender expansive, and intersex people, and purport to require recipients of federal funding to discriminate against transgender, gender expansive, and intersex people. Our organizations recognize how frightening these executive orders—and future federal actions in

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Gavin Newsom shocks LGBTQ allies

Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent pronouncements on transgender athletes, aired on his new podcast “This Is Gavin Newsom,” have thrust him into a contentious national debate, revealing a stark departure from his previously staunch advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights. In a conversation with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, Newsom conceded that the participation of transgender athletes in girls’

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Beyond the “Save The Children” Rhetoric: True Protection Comes from Empowerment

My first experiences in LGBTQ activism and advocacy go back to the Prop 8 campaign that successfully outlawed same sex marriage in California back in 2008. Here in California, Prop 8 was one of the defining political and social questions of that decade. I was in my mid-twenties and had only recently come out when

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‘Snitch Line’ Introduced to Monitor LGBTQ+ Support in Schools

The Trump administration’s efforts to politicize the Department of Education escalated on Thursday with the unveiling of what critics are calling a “tip line” — an online portal encouraging students, parents, and school staff to report what it describes as “unlawful discriminatory practices” in educational institutions. According to the Department of Education (DOE), the submissions

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Same-Sex Marriage at Risk? Senator Warns of GOP Efforts

Michigan’s first openly gay state senator, Jeremy Moss (D), warned that a newly introduced resolution condemning Obergefell v. Hodges, though legally unenforceable, signals a broader effort to challenge same-sex marriage rights. State GOP Representative Josh Schriver introduced the resolution Tuesday, calling the Obergefell ruling unconstitutional. He told Newsweek that his measure is a step toward

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Local Leaders Align with Trump’s Rhetoric, Distort the Facts on Immigration and DEI

Three Fresno Republican officials—Supervisors Nathan Magsig and Garry Bredefeld, and Sheriff John Zanoni—are aligning with Trump’s rhetoric while avoiding the full weight of his controversial policies. Trump’s hardline stances on immigration and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) may not play well in the diverse Central Valley, but these officials are adopting his divisive language and

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Trans-led Fresno non-profit celebrates drag amid Trump policies

A Trans, Mexican-American woman in Fresno says her non-profit is a safe space for LGBTQ+ people of color to be their true selves amid the Trump administration’s anti-trans legislation. Lady Diana Feliz Oliva is the founder of Casita Feliz, or “happy little home.” She says her non-profit emphasizes celebrating one’s identity to the fullest extent

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