Opinion

Via The Fresno Bee, we’ve learned that Trustees Cal Johnson and Valerie Davis said Monday they would support removing Brooke Ashjian as board president. Trustee Christopher De La Cerda previously called for his resignation and is assumed to be a yes vote as well. That means three trustees have not yet taken a position. They are: […]

In the most recent statements by Brooke Ashjian, the current president of the board for Fresno Unified School District, he equated the movement for the rights and well-being of the LGBT community to the actions of the Ottoman Empire in 1915, when they massacred over a million Armenian people. The Armenian community is an important

1. Brooke Ashjian is president of the Fresno Unified School District Board 2. He has a history of being anti-LGBT including accusing a local LGBT organization of pimping him out… Yeah, it makes no sense to anyone else either. 3. There is a CA law that went into effective in 2016 that requires that middle and high schools

During last week’s school board meeting, time was reduced and I was unable to share my full remarks to Brooke Ashjian. I hope these may find their way to him and to those who share his beliefs. ~Jol   American hero Helen Keller said,“The highest result of education is tolerance.” Her quote, though universal in

Tonight I attended a Fresno Unified School District Board Meeting as a volunteer for LGBT Fresno. At one point I was handing out rainbow ribbons for LGBT supporters to wear and accepting donations for the organization. I was approached by a Mr. Chavez who said his attorneys said I wasn’t allowed to do that. Not

I think we all can agree that this last presidential election was quite the roller coaster. It was exciting, stimulating, and oh so angering at times. Despite feeling like we were a part of some lame reality television show exposing our most embarrassing family dysfunctions and secrets, I don’t think any of us ever thought

The opposition to black and brown stripes being added to the Pride Flag is an almost poetic metaphor for the discrimination LGBTQ+ people of color face on a daily basis. One would think, being part of a marginalized community, broader inclusivity and intersectionality would be a given, but that is not always the case. As

To friends and family who voted for Donald Trump last year and remain silent about his continual behavior, or worse, still approve of his job as Commander in Chief, I ask a simple question: What will it take for you to say, “Enough is enough!”? We knew what Donald Trump was about before the election.