Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) addressed reporters following the vote on cloture on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the U.S. Senate. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) On Monday, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed a Senate cloture vote. This bill has been floating around Congress for decades, and needs to be passed — workplace discrimination based […]
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Recently, I had the privilege of being able to walk in the 2nd Annual Fresno AIDS Walk. Having known people who have died from AIDS related complications, events like this one always hit close to home. As a gay man, HIV/AIDS has always been “something to think about.” I guess though that I take it
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The Garden State has become the latest state to legalize marriage equality, bringing the total number of U.S. states where equality is the law of the land up to 14, plus Washington D.C. While it is not surprising that the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex couples – given the recent court
Editor’s note: Gay Fresno welcomes political opinions of all kinds. If you’d like to submit an article regarding politics or any other topic, contact us. The GOP Shutdown of 2013 is officially over. Sixteen days, $24 billion siphoned out of the economy, as well as a slow-down of the economic recovery, record low approval ratings
I’m getting married in 3 days and I’m having some reservations. Not about my betrothed (she’s fabulous!) but rather about what’s going to happen when we come home after saying, “I do”. We live in Arizona, one of the special states that have both a state statute and a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between
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…so about that government shutdown… Progressive hero and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren gave an epic speech on the Senate floor a few days ago in which she called out the far-right in the House for its extremism. House Republicans, hijacked by the fringe Tea Party, literally championed a government shutdown and many of them campaigned
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Two topics this month, hopefully both of interest…There’s a reason “beta” is the second, not first, letter of the Greek alphabet and that’s because it’s second, but not usually first-rate. The reason I bring this up is I have had the opportunity recently to try the new (and still in beta testing) operating systems (OS)
More and more, I find myself mulling over the question posed by Rodney King in the wake of his horrific beating at the hands of the L.A.P.D. and the ensuing riots: “Can’t we all get along?” Evidently, we can’t. As I write this, a jury in Florida has just acquitted George Zimmerman of Second- Degree
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Dear Mz. Pink,I recently moved in with my girlfriend, and it was a great decision but she has memorabilia from her past girlfriends all over the place. She has pictures, movie tickets, decorations, stuffed animals and anything you can think of in her house.I told her that I feel uncomfortable with the stuff, but she
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One of the things I hear a lot writing is that the “average reader” is a guy in his late 20s, meaning I often get reminded that I need some columns and suggestions for the beginners reading my words. Guys and gals who are just a year or two out of college, now have good
