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When the Trump Administration announced today, Thursday Dec. 18, that he would take steps to order the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to end transition-related care for sex change operations, the proposals would effectively pull funding away from offering transgender care to minors. These actions are the President’s latest efforts to restrict access […]
As 2025 draws to a close, the Fresno EOC LGBTQ+ Resource Center is on the brink of permanent dissolution. Once a beacon of hope and a critical safety net for the region’s most vulnerable, the Center is now a casualty of federal gridlock, funding expiration, and structural fragility. According to an October 6 letter shared
I chose to live life as a non-binary and came out about it a few years ago. I initially thought that I was gay, but in recent years I have found the category that fits. Non-binary technically, means: definition from the book Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Non- Binary People and Their Families, is not
This LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re honoring local trailblazers who built visibility, fought for justice, and left a lasting mark on Fresno’s queer history. Their courage shaped the community we celebrate today – and the one we continue to build together. From grassroots activists to community organizers, these changemakers stood up when it wasn’t easy to
A Conflicted Review of Dead Collections I need a break, you need a break, so here is our collective break. Let’s talk about a book, shall we? Did I like this book? No! Would I recommend this book? Yes, I would. The book I am referring to is called “Dead Collection” by Isaac R. Fellman.
For decades, the Fresno County Fairgrounds have stood at the center of public controversy. In 1942, the site served as an assembly center where more than 5,000 Japanese Americans were detained before being sent to internment camps, according to Central Valley News (Rodriguez, 2022). In 2005, a two-year-old girl contracted a severe E. coli infection
A House Divided: The Battle for the Future of LGBTQ Republicans The sight of LGBTQ community members supporting Donald Trump in the last election prompted a broader question about the evolution of the Republican Party. When did the party of John McCain and Mitt Romney become the party of Donald Trump? Conversations with members of
In the 1984 film Red Dawn, American teenagers in a Colorado town wake to Soviet paratroopers descending from the sky. Their community is suddenly under foreign control. The film, a product of Cold War anxieties, tells a story of ordinary citizens resisting an occupation that stripped them of their freedom. Four decades later, the imagery
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are — unsurprisingly — exploiting the recent school shooting in Minneapolis to target transgender people. On America’s Newsroom Friday, Fox News host Dana Perino asked Johnson if “there has to be some sort of accountability on the transgender front.” The
In a direct response to the Trump administration’s decision to end specialized support for LGBTQ+ youth on the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, California is reinforcing its commitment to providing life-saving services for young people in crisis. The federal cut, which officially ends the dedicated LGBTQ+ support option on July 17, is being met
