Tag archive for ‘gay’

  • Chorus performance will be a gay old time

    About 100 of the more than 250 members of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus are performing Sunday at the Fox Theater – with a little accompaniment by Bakersfield’s own Rainbow Voices Choir. The S.F. director predicts laughter, tears and goosebumps in the audience.

  • Local churches move forward after the split

    After three Bakersfield churches seceded from the U.S. Episcopal Church at the end of 2008 over same-sex marriage and the ordination of gay clergy, two local congregations held on to their Episcopalian roots and started anew. Writer Louis Medina updates us on both the churches that left and those that remained.

  • Media should have reported Ashburn’s orientation sooner

    While it’s not the media’s responsibility to out people, Sen. Roy Ashburn’s anti-gay stance was reason enough for journalists to investigate rumors of his homosexuality, writes Christopher Meyers, director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics at CSUB.

  • Bakersfield Pride boldly proclaims ‘Gay is Good’

    The sixth annual Bakersfield Pride Celebration has outgrown its former venue and will be held at Stramler Park on Oct. 17.