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Nominate an individual, business and/or nonprofit to be recognized at the Inaugural QueerOut Awards Gala! There are ten different award categories. If you know a worthy award winner, Common Space wants to hear from you. Deadline: July 27th 2018. Nominate at: commonspacefresno.org/queeroutawards

Location is at Shaw and CLOVIS AVE, just West of McDonald’s Independence Day will be here before we know it. It’s always a great day for food, friends, family and fun. Oh yes, and we can’t forget….. fireworks! LGBT Fresno has now begun selling fireworks at our stand. This is our biggest fundraiser of the

HIV infections among teenagers and young adults in Fresno County are at their highest levels in years and there’s concern of an outbreak or epidemic if the trend continues. In 2017, Fresno County reported 15 preliminary HIV infections in youths between ages 15 and 19. And there were 31 preliminary infections among young adults between

(enlarge) 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 3pm, along the

An 8th grade student at Clark Intermediate School in Clovis says she was told to cover up a shirt that featured the words, “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning.” Andria Zavala got the pride shirt from her mom as an Easter present. But when she wore it to school last week, Andria said a counselor told

Fresno’s 28th annual LGBT Pride Parade and FestivalSaturday, June 2nd 201810am Parade – 11am Festival   This isn’t just a Fresno Pride event it is regional and the only Pride event that in the Valley that includes a parade! Up to 5,000 people will attend the parade, parade begins at 10 am and the route is

Fresno Unified paid more than $2.7 million because of trustee Brooke Ashjian’s conflicts of interest with local construction companies during his first and only term on the school board, according to district documents. A bulk of that cost came after the school district was forced to rebid a building project for Figarden Elementary in 2016

Fresno Unified School District trustee Brooke Ashjian will not seek re-election to the board in November, he announced Wednesday. Ashjian said he’s not running for any other office this year either and will instead focus on his family, which includes his wife, four children and one grandchild. “If I ran again, I would win,” Ashjian

LGBT Fresno is looking for LGBTQ (and allies) journalist interns to cover events and write feature articles. LGBT Fresno is a non profit community resource and news site serving the LGBTQ community in Fresno and the Central Valley since 1999. If you have an interest in covering important and relevant stories about the issues that