Free LGBTQ youth hiking expedition

The program provides full-tuition scholarships for highly motivated LGBTQ+ youth from under-resourced communities to attend an Outward Bound wilderness course. Outward Bound  LGBTQ+ courses are designed for LGBTQ+ teens to build community and cultivate self-efficacy through service-learning, leadership development, and self-discovery in natural environments. This course is staffed with Instructors who have lived experiences with and […]

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Rest in Power

Yesterday’s vigil was a beautiful tribute to the late Jeffrey Robinson. It was bittersweet seeing people I haven’t seen in as many as 14 years, but it’s terrible it took such a profound loss to bring us all together again. Jeffrey was a giant in the Fresno LGBT community going back to the 1980s. I

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Video: Community Remembrance and Celebration of the Life of Jeffery Robinson

REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF JEFF ROBINSON.SAVE THE DATE: “In Pride.” Sat. June 4, 2022.  • 5:30 – Paul Hernandez (a.k.a. Leilani Price)• 6:30 – Peter Robertson• 10:30 – Rene Potik• 14:50 – Haley White• 23:00 – Robin Johnston McGehee• 33:00 – Esmeralda Soria• 38:30 – Carole Goldsmith• 47:25 – Chris Jarvis• 1:01:05 – Bianca Binx Lopez• 1:12:40 – Tracie Cisneros• 1:19:30 – Juan Bustamante DONATE. PARTICIPATE. VOLUNTEER. Fresno

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Leaving big shoes to fill

I was asked by the fine folks at Fresno Rainbow Pride to say a few words at Jeffery Robinson’s Celebration of Life service. The following is the speech I gave, edited slightly to make sense on paper vs in person. *****  I know so many people who looked up to Jeffery Robinson as a father

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ACTIVIST. BRIDGE BUILDER. FRIEND.

My heart is full upon learning of the passing of Jeffery Robinson. We met 35 years ago as undergraduate students attending Fresno State. We uplifted each other after the Fresno State United Student Pride booth was burned, and later when the KKK protested our student club. During these and other incidents, Jeff inspired my social

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Moving Story

In late June of 2012, at the age of 57, my partner Robert, our yorkie terrier Max and myself undertook a major life change by moving from our native New England states to Fresno, CA. This was not an impulsive move but was the culmination of several years of taking vacations in Fresno to visit

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