Central Valley Power Summit – LGBT Activist Training taking place July 16-17 in Fresno

In the 2004 Election cycle, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community faced the biggest attack at the ballot box this country has ever seen.  Through ballot initiatives in 13 states, 22 million Americans voted to amend their constitutions to ban marriage of same-sex couples.

I've been doing a lot of reflecting on my life the past several
weeks.  It's been a time of soul searching for me...thinking about
the present, trying not to dwell too much on the past, but mainly
looking towards the future...

A Faerie Prom on A Mid Summer Night’s Dream Saturday, July 9, 2005 6pm - 10pm
To be held In the Courtyard of the Big Red Church

Everyone is encouraged to come as their favorite mystical creature or in formal wear, but neither is required.
Suggested donation is $10 per person, but no youth will be turned away due to lack of funds.
All ages are welcome, including us older folks...
Dancing, Food & Beverages, Prom Pictures, The Double Prom, King & Queen
For more info call GSA at 453-9040 or Community Link at 486-3464 or visit
www.communitylinkfresno.com

Recently on TV, I saw a commercial for the Fresno Gay Pride Parade, held on June 4. After encouraging everybody to come out, showing videos of "Gay Pride" demonstrators and featuring more rainbow colors than a hippie music video, the commercial finished with the statement, "Comcast proudly supports Fresno's Gay Pride Parade..." Later, Comcast sponsored and hosted a segment interviewing one of the leaders of the parade.

How far have we come as a society, if a company as reputable as Comcast openly endorses homosexual "pride" gatherings, especially in such a conservative area as this, without any fear of reprisal? They aren't going to get bad press; they aren't going to lose their customer base. It's sad; Christians are reduced to mute observers and non-believers are given a megaphone.

    In a close vote in which conservative Democrats allied themselves with the Republicans Right, Assembly Bill 19, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, authored by Assemblymember Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D-Los Angeles), and 30 co-authors fell short by just four votes on June 2^nd.