I’m not a junkie for scandal, but the press today selectively reports on issues and pulls punches in ways that would make Edward R. Murrow turn over in his grave. Political candidates and officials have gotten far too comfortable with evasive answers, "no comment" or denying interviews to anyone who may not support their …
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No doubt most MindHubbers — being much better informed than the average citizen — heard last week’s news of California’s gay marriage ban being ruled unconstitutional. If Richard Florida’s “The Rise of the Creative Class” happens to be right in its tripartite analysis of the keys to creative class success (technology, talent, and tolerance, or …
Written by: Dakota M Draconi I just came from Bobby Salazar’s in the tower, where we were holding a celebration in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision that will give us equal human rights in the state of California, and I really was moved by the affirming atmosphere that Bobby Salazar’s provides for our …
Every year, Gay Pride around the world is often the one day of the year that all members of the LGBT global community are free to take to the streets and let loose, share a sense of self with millions of others and take pride in our unified presence. Gay Pride presents itself in various …
Can we just cut the bullshit? Let’s stop saying stupendously idiotic things like Americans who are on the wrong side of an issue are “ignorant” or “uninformed”? There’s one reason and one reason only why so many Americans can’t hold a decent conversation involving topical issues, and that’s that they don’t make any effort to …
It’s Christmas time. A time of giving, of charity, of compassion. At least, it is supposed to be. This Christmas season however, we get to watch GOP Presidential contender Mike Huckabee travel about Iowa selling his views of America – an America where not only is it not ok to be gay, it’s just plain …
OPINION As a Fresno native I’ve been away in a larger metro area for the last two years, I was proud to attend the Pride Parade 2007 and was looking forward to the family oriented event. In our celebrations here we do something that the larger metropolitan areas do not, we bring our children, our mothers, …
One of the things that disappoints me as I look out into the HIV community here in Fresno is the lack of male involvement in the fight against AIDS. Now don’t get me wrong I’m not saying that there have been no men involved in the fight but I can count on one hand as …
Throughout the recent years I’ve heard many straight people casualy use the word "gay" while describing something undesirable or of less importance. Many times I’ve tried to look the other way or even put on an expression as if I didn’t hear it. I did hear it, we all heard it.
