Thursday, September 8, 6:30 PM – 8 PM theSOURCE LGBT + Center, 208 W. Main St, Suite B, downstairs at the Montgomery Square building, Visalia We ACCEPT, RESPECT, AND EMPOWER our LGBT+ youth and kids. Come see how! Check out our Facebook event page, here.
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Join us at theSOURCE for a new kind of Book Club. Instead of everyone reading the same book, the Bring Your Own Book Club is all about variety. Each month we pick a theme and each member reads a book of their choice on their theme to talk about.This Month’s theme: “Required Reading.” What book
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfGPx4xJHvM The Obama Administration’s Department of Justice, Community Relations Service, has produced this twelve minute video aimed at the law enforcement community, to help them in their interactions with the transgender community. An excellent video, aimed directly at cops, informs them on what they might encounter when contacting the transgender community, and explains the terms
Well, this is insulting. “Lesbian and transgender hillbillies”. Rush Limbaugh has launched the right-wing media circus into a full foaming-at-the-mouth freak-out over the 15th Rural Pride Summit, held last Thursday, August 18, 2016, at Drake University Law School in Iowa. Really, Rush? You’re freaking out about this NOW? We held the first west-coast Rural Pride Summit here in
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On Saturday, July 9, BlackLivesMatter demonstrators began a public protest action at the intersection of Blackstone and Shaw in Fresno. Beginning at 5pm, people met at the intersection, and began blocking traffic at one of Fresno’s busiest rush-hour intersections. Marchers then headed towards Freeway 41, apparently intending to block traffic. Officers from the CHP, Fresno
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In case you missed it, the news is out: Sulu is gay. The next Star Trek movie, Star Trek Beyond, will include scenes that show Sulu raising a daughter with his (husband?) same sex partner. Commentary from the actor, John Cho, indicates it will not be a major plot point, but rather a passing story
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On Thursday, July 21, 2016, the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) will host the California LGBT Rural Summit at Visalia’s Convention Center. The latest in a series of such summits, “The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Civil Rights, in collaboration with the National Center for Lesbian Rights and The True Colors Fund, will
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theSOURCE LGBT+ Center will host a grief process gathering, Friday, July 1, 2016, at 6pm. This event will be open to the public and will provide a forum for discussion, sharing, and healing, after the horrendous events in Orlando. The tremendous turnout at the Sunday candlelight vigil, held in downtown Visalia after only a few
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PFLAG Tulare-Kings Counties President Dr. Kathryn Hall sent this message while on vacation: “This has been an emotional time for the LGBT people of Tulare and Kings Counties and their allies. The results of anti-gay rhetoric and vitriol was brought vividly present to us in the massacre in Orlando and some of the incredibly
Local PFLAG President on Orlando, hate, and vigils. Read More »
With RSVPs rolling in hot and heavy, it quickly became evident that the area at Plaza Park could not hold all those wishing to attend. With this in mind, organizers have cancelled Saturday’s event, and will reschedule it as soon as a larger venue can be secured. This action is due only to the overwhelming
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