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Our hearts are completely broken. Over 50 people were murdered last night at PULSE Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Over 50 people were wounded. This was the deadliest mass shooting in American history. This happened at an LGBTQ+ nightclub. Tonight, we’ll gather around the valley to host candlelight vigils to mourn the lives lost, and the […]
#WeAreOrlando vigils throughout the valley Read More »
Orlando’s gay community is in “utter shock” and after a mass shooting at a gay nightclub early Sunday morning, a local LGBTQ leader said. Approximately 50 people are dead and 53 wounded after a gunman opened fire and took hostages at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Rob Domenico, a board member of The Center Orlando, an LGBTQ advocacy
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The Parade starts at 10am on the corner of Palm & Olive. The “Grandstand” is at Irene’s Cafe.The Parade ends at Olive & Maroa.Olive Ave will be closed to traffic between 9am and 11am. THE PARADE IS, OF COURSE, FREE TO WATCH. The Festival begins at 11am and ends at 3pmAlong the streets of Fulton and
Saturday! Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade & Festival Read More »
Opening in May, theSOURCE (http://thesourcelgbt.org), promises to be an important reSOURCE and focal point for the LGBT community. Serving Tulare and Kings Counties from the main office in Visalia, and with satellite offices planned in Tulare and other cities, it will become the hub of activities, referrals, information, social activities, history, and more. With contacts and
Visalia getting LGBT Center Read More »
A new poll has found that the majority of Americans are satisfied with the current acceptance of the gay community. A record high of 60% of the US say they are happy with the level of acceptance of gays and lesbians in the country. However, 16% of Americans want to see more acceptance – while a
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One of the most prominent stains on the reputation of the much-mythologized Reagan administration was its response, or lack of response, to the AIDS crisis as it began to ravage American cities in the early and mid-1980s. President Reagan famously (though, not famously enough) didn’t himself publicly mention AIDS until 1985, when more than 5,000
The online world collectively lost its mind this week over the fact that a little boy was starring in a Barbie commercial for the first time ever. “SO fierce!” he says to the camera as he hands the doll her tiny designer purse.
Mattel is being praised for putting its first-ever boy in a Barbie commercial Read More »
James Pittman faced discrimination because he was gay—that, nobody denies. As an employee at Cook Paper Recycling Corp. in Missouri, Pittman was subject to vile homophobic harassment: Employees called him a “cocksucker,” asked whether he had AIDS, mocked him for being gay and having a boyfriend, and ridiculed him when they broke up. Then Cook Paper
Man Tormented at Work Then Fired for Being Gay Read More »
The best use of three minutes… Sasheer Zamata explains just how problematic privilege is:
How privilege works, in under three minutes Read More »
