Pride stickers mark safe haven

Nicole Pothier
Staff Writer
September 07, 2005

Rainbow draperies covered the windows, pamphlets in support of gay rights were displayed on tables, and multicolored beanbags were strewn across the floor of the Stonewall Alliance Center at Pride SafeZone's record-size meeting last week. [Link: Full Story]

Gay club comes out

Becky Regan
Assistant News Editor
October 13, 2004

Members of PRIDE cleaned out their closets Monday.

Surrounded by clothes and hangers, the club set up a booth decorated as a closet in the Free Speech Area in honor of National Coming Out Day. PRIDE is a Chico State club for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. [Link: Full Story]

Searching for acceptance

Members of the gay community find their niche and safe zones in small town Chico

Brooke Rose
Staff Writer
October 22, 2003

Some say that small towns breed small minds. Many Chico residents have conflicting ideas on whether this is true.

"I'd say Chico is an island of tolerance in a vast of conservative agriculture," said Adam Ascherin, executive director of the Stonewall Alliance Center. [Link: Full Story]