Month: June 2022

Our general meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month at 5:30pm. Meeting Announcements are distributed to our mailing list subscribers a week ahead of time. Please join our mailing list for announcements and a reminder the day before: FSD Mailing List

Tiffany Woods, Co-Chair of the California Democratic Party’s LGBTQ Caucus will be our speaker at this meeting. [Bio below is snipped from https://www.cdplgbtqcaucus.org]

Tiffany is a wife, mother of three, trans woman, activist, recognized local, state, and national LGBTQ+ leader. She is an Appointed California Democratic Party Delegate by Rep. Barbara Lee, CD-13, (3 terms) and the 1st Trans Woman to be elected a California Democratic Party Caucus Chair as Co-Chair of the LGBTQ Caucus in 2019, and re-elected in 2021. She is a 2021 appointed member of the CDP Credentials Standing Committee. She served as Secretary of the LGBTQ Caucus from 2017-2019. She was selected by Speaker Pro-Tem Toni Atkins as one of eight LGBTQ Californians as a CA LGBTQ Legislative Caucus Pride Honoree in 2020.

An At-Large Hillary Clinton Delegate to the DNC in 2016, she is one of the first three trans delegates to ever attend the Democratic National Convention from California, and a member of the historic first ever DNC Transgender Caucus. In 2017, she became an Emerge CA 2017 and Equality California Leadership Institute Alumna. Tiffany has worked in HIV prevention and Trans Health for 20+ years creating and implementing groundbreaking, innovative, nationally and internationally recognized inclusive health care spaces and programs for transgender and gender nonbinary folx. She currently works at the California Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS, as the first Transgender Health and Community Engagement Specialist.

The Fresno Stonewall Democratic Club, a political club devoted to advancing the equal rights of all people, regardless of sexual orientation, preference, or identity, stands in support of Fresno EOC and the Fresno Chaffee Zoo for holding a Pride Night for LGBTQ+ families and allies.

The attack on the LGBTQ+ community as it celebrates Pride in the month of June with parades, flag raisings and celebrations is an attack on our constitutional rights to seek equality.

The hateful rhetoric and misinformation spread by Bredefeld and his Christian Call to Action seem to forget that he has LGBTQ+ constituents and there are LGBTQ+ Christians and members of their churches. Bredefeld has no right to question members of the LGBTQ+ community on their relationship to God or prayer.

2022 is set to break records for anti-LGBTQ legislation, with hundreds of bills introduced across the USA. The gay community has fought for equality for 53 years, since the “Stonewall Riots”, and we will not be silenced or go back.

If Bredefeld and the pastors were true Christians they would recognize that God created all of us, not just the ones they value.

Marsha Conant
Fresno Stonewall Democrats, President

Please join us in person or on Zoom for this meeting on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 5:30 PM. We have a guest speaker scheduled, Election Results Review, and other announcements! We would like to encourage discussion of current events and hot topics during the first 30 minutes “social segment” of our meeting, and then we will call to order at 6:00pm to handle business and hear from our guest speakers.

This meeting will be held in person at Fresno County Democratic Party Headquarters (1033 U Street, Fresno, CA, 93721) or click here to connect by Zoom.

Guest Speakers:

• Lucy Yale

Reports:

The agenda, last month’s minutes, and other reports are available on our .

Draft Agenda:

1. Meeting Calls to Order – Marsha
2. Flag Salute
3. Introductions of Members & Guests
4. Approval of May minutes
5. Treasurer’s Report – Terry
6. President’s Report – Marsha
7. Election Results Review — Carns Consulting
8. Old Business
   1. Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade and Festival – review
   2. Rainbow wristbands and FSD T-shirts
9. New Business
   1. National Coming Out Day – October event
10. Speaker: Lucy Yale – self-declared Blonde Bombshell of Fresno, Fresno State alum, and Secretary for Fresno State Rainbow Alumnx & Allies Club
11. Announcements
12. Adjournment

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