Opinion

For some, meeting with a legislator can be a bit intimidating. You CAN learn to effectively speak to your legislator. I had the opportunity to do just that at a training session on Wednesday, March the 18th, at 4:00 p.m. Two representatives of the San Francisco Transgender Law Center came to Fresno to meet with […]

On Monday morning, February the 16th (President’s Day), Rachel and I departed the Amtrack train station about 6:30 a.m.  A few hours later we were delivered to the front of the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The Amtrack bus ride from Stockton was unpleasant but direct. There was an excitement in the air; the front

“If you’re in the marriage business, do it equally.” This was the powerful statement made by one of the attorneys representing same sex couples last Thursday in San Francisco. This argument, made at a California Supreme Court hearing, nicely sums up one of the essential responsibilities of the government: govern with equality in all that

 In preparing this post, I can’t but help use the first-person perspective because the impact that Camp Courage in Fresno had on me personally as a facilitator is so profound that distancing myself from it would, not only be difficult, but wrong in how I should communicate what needs to be told about the amazing

Here we are, LGBT Americans, awaiting another ruling from the California Supreme Court about whether our minority group, our suspect class, will be welded into the foundation of equality. After watching the hearings, my hopes are not high. After March 5th, I haven’t found one person who thinks we’ll win. Regardless of the overwhelming failure

You know, I get that the mood of a candlelight vigil, complete with a moment of silence, is supposed to be a somber occasion.  Especially when the next day equality and the slippery slope of mob rule are facing the microscope.  So, I should feel the solemnity of the occasion, right?  Then why do I

Dear Ted, I saw this movie tonight(The Trials of Ted Haggard). I have to say, I am looking at you in a different way. Before, I was very angry and disgusted with you. You preached that being homosexual was wrong and that people who lived a gay life were sinners. Personally, that was enough for

Several weeks ago in her vlog What’s Your Problem? Cathy DeBuono posed the question "Is Gay the New Black?" Her question, inspired by Prop. 8’s passage and the media frenzy that surrounded it, spurred the most comments SheWired has ever received on a story / vlog. Moved by all of your input and the thoughtful discussion,

    What is the job of a pastor?  Why do people turn to them for guidance, and why do so many pastors lie to the ones who come to them for truth and understanding of this crazy world we live in? Pastor Jim Franklin of Fresno’s Cornerstone church (1455 Fulton St.—Downtown Fresno) has a duty