{"id":439621,"date":"2026-08-21T18:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/439621\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:14:11","slug":"queer-housing-summit-returns-to-fresno-city-college-for-expanded-two-day-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/439621\/","title":{"rendered":"Queer Housing Summit returns to Fresno City College for expanded two-day event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Queer Housing Summit returns to Fresno this weekend with an expanded two-day event focused on housing, community organizing, and LGBTQ+ issues.<\/p>\n<p>The 4th Annual Queer Housing Summit will take place August 21 and 22 at Fresno City College\u2019s Old Administration Building and will be hosted by South Tower Community Land Trust.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme, \u201cOver the Borderline,\u201d explores how LGBTQ+ communities can build safe housing, connections, and support systems.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/amazon-opens-1-million-square-foot-visalia-distribution-center-creating-600-plus-jobs-central-california-north-plaza-drive-fulfillment-mayor-brett-taylor-natalie-banke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amazon opens 1 million-square-foot Visalia distribution center, creating 600-plus jobs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The summit will feature workshops and discussions on homeownership, tenant organizing, rent strikes, community land trusts, mutual aid, and affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>Keynote speakers include writer and educator Dr. Amber Alton and bestselling author and home repair educator Mercury Stardust, known online as the \u201cTrans Handy Ma\u2019am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local drag performers, poets, and artists will also perform throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p>Virtual attendance is available for those unable to attend in person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Queer Housing Summit returns to Fresno this weekend with an expanded two-day event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-439621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}