Fresno State Officials Raise Progress Pride Flag for the Month of June

Fresno State officials raise Progress Pride Flag for the month of June

The Fresno State Cross-Cultural and Gender Center (CCGC) raised the Progress Pride Flag today at the Veteran’s Monument. Over 100 people came to witness the fifth annual gathering and show their support of the LGBTQ+ community. “It is a marker of our openness, it is a marker of our progress as an institution,” said Varselles Cummins, director of the CCGC. Keynote speakers shared words of encouragement, history and hope for the future in front of…

Fresno Pride fueled by support from local Christian churches

Jeffrey Robinson, who led and founded Fresno Rainbow Pride until his death in 2022, was instrumental in shaping the event into a cornerstone of Fresno’s LGBTQ+ community.In its early years, the Pride event was held on the first Sunday of June. But that changed when local faith leaders approached Robinson with a request: They wanted to participate, but Sunday services made it impossible. In response, Robinson moved the event to Saturday—a decisio…