March – April Newsletter (2014) - Pride Community Center of North

March/April 2014
Volume 14 Issue 2
Our Times
Published bi-monthly by Pride Community Center of North Central Florida
PCCNCF Selects 2014 Pride Theme:
Pride is ‘Family’
Show your Pride by entering the Gainesville
Pride 2014 Logo Design Contest!
$200 Cash Prize for the design selected by PCCNCF for use as our official 2014 logo.
This logo will
appear on our 2014 t-shirts, website, Pride Program, and other promotional literature.
The specifications are as follows:
11” by 12” maximum size
♦ Design should be visual representation of Pride
Six colors maximum (including black)
2014 theme: “Pride is ‘Family’”
Submit finished color copy along with electronic ♦ All submissions become the property of Pride
file (preferably vector graphic) on CD or DVD
Community Center of North Central Florida.
♦ Design should at least contain the words
“Gainesville, FL” & “Pride” & “2014”
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All designs must be submitted to Pride Community Center at 3131 NW 13th St, Suite 62 by 7:00pm on May
8th. For questions about the logo contest, please e-mail [email protected].
Upcoming Community Events:
Mar 2, 4pm: Wimmin's
Movie Night
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PCCNCF Sponsors
2
PCCNCF Board
3
Masquerade Merriment
4
Theme Contest Winner
5
The LaMay Award
Apr 11, 7pm: Trans*
Movie Night
5
Gay Games
5
QSpirit
Apr 18, 7pm: “Orange is the
New Black” Night
6
Movie Nights
8
Business Members
Apr 25, 7:30pm:
Gay Movie Night
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Free Condoms
Apr 4, 9pm-midnight:
Masquerade Merriment
(at the Hippodrome)
Mar 7, 7pm:
LGBT Game Night
Mar 14, 7pm: Trans*
Movie Night
Mar 21, 7pm: “Orange is the
New Black” Night
Mar 28, 7:30pm:
Gay Movie Night
April: Pride Awareness
Month at University of
Florida
Inside Our Times
Apr 6, 4pm: Wimmin's
Movie Night
May 8: Pride Logo Contest
Deadline
10 Rewards Program
11 Local Resources
12 PCCNCF Calendar
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PCCNCF Sponsors:
PCCNCF Board of Directors
Thank
You For
Your
Support!
Terry Fleming, Co-President
Linda Bassham, Co-President
Tracy Moorman
Lauren Hannahs
Manette Cheshareck
Robert Sandbach
Helen James-Storey
Shanti Cruz
Board Members
Greg Allen
Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle Phillips
Education Director
Pride Community Center of
North Central Florida
3131 NW 13 Street, Ste 62
Gainesville, FL (352) 377-8915
Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday - 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday - Noon to 4 p.m.
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 5383, Gainesville, FL 32627
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.gainesvillepride.org
Please remember PCCNCF in your will/trust.
Jennifer Wester
Newsletter Editor
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A Community Event for Social Justice
Friday, April 4th
9pm to midnight
in the basement at the
Hippodrome State Theatre (25 SE 2nd Pl)
Pride Community Center of North Central Florida, The Alachua County Branch of the
NAACP, and the North Central Florida Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry are
partnering to host this kickoff event for the City of Gainesville’s month long celebration of
Jest Fest! “Celebrating April as Jest Fest! Month, Masquerade Merriment is an Official Jest
for Laughs! Event”.
This annual Masquerade Party will celebrate Gainesville and raise money
for these three organizations working for social justice. Party admission,
door prizes, a contest with prizes for the best costumes, hors d’oeuvres
and a cash bar—a spectacular evening out for only a $50 admission
price. Tax deductible because you’re supporting three great nonprofit
organizations.
For tickets or more information contact one of the host organizations.
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“Orange is the New Black” Nights
March 21 (episodes 9 & 10)
April 18 (episodes 11 & 12)
May 16 (episode 13/Season Finale)
Season 2 Premiere Night: JUNE 6
at 7:00 pm
Pride Community Center of North Central Florida
The Pride Community Center of North Central Florida is hosting “Orange is the
New Black” Night. Settle into the center’s comfortable couches as you watch Piper Chapman and Alex Vause on our big
screen TV. We’ve started at the beginning with season one and will continue into season two when it is released in early
2014. Snacks are proved and a two dollar donation is requested. Visit out our Facebook page for more information.
ORANGE is the NEW BLACK follows Piper
Chapman as she trades her designer jeans
for an orange prison jumpsuit. Starring
Taylor Schilling as Piper, a Smith graduate
whose decade-old love affair with drug
smuggler Alex (Laura Prepon) leads to her
arrest and year-long detention within the
walls of a women's penitentiary. Piper
leaves behind her fiancé Larry (Jason
Biggs) to serve her time "inside" with an
eccentric group of outspoken inmates,
each with her own story and her own
fascinating ways of dealing with prison life.
Congrats!
PCC thanks the
community
members who
entered the
2014 Pride Theme Contest.
This yearÊs winner is Jennifer
Wester who suggested „Pride
ÂFamilyÊ‰. This is a
is ÂFamilyÊ‰
wonderful theme and we look
forward to seeing how itÊs
depicted in the Logo
Contest!
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THANK YOU,
CHERYL
On February 1st during the
memorial held at the center for
our friend and member Cheryl LaMay we
announced a new award established to honor
Cheryl. The LaMay Award will be a unique
recognition by Pride Community Center of North
Central Florida meant to honor exceptional service
and contribution to PCCNCF by individuals. Cheryl
was a member of the center and Sister Song and
frequently attended our events. She was someone
we counted on to be there and a while ago when
we were trying to raise money to replace our TV she
wrote a check covering about 90% of the expense
for our new television which is used by many groups
here.
The LaMay Award is independent of Pride Days
events and will not be given on a regular schedule.
Only when the PCCNCF Board of Directors
determines that an individual has gone above and
beyond in their contribution to and support of the
center will this honor be awarded. Cheryl LaMay’s
support was very special and her award will be, too.
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Into Games???
Home Alone and bored? Or home with
somebody, but want something new and fun
to do. On Friday, March 7, the Pride Center
will be hosting its 2nd edition of the Gay
Games. No, it's not The Gay Games. It's the
Friday Night Gay Games, a get-together for
LGBT people and friends who like to play
board games, like Chess,
Monopoly, Mastermind,
Scrabble, etc… pretty much
whatever board games our
members like to play.
If you’re a player you probably know how
hard it is to find people to play with outside
of Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Years.
That’s why we’re inviting gamers of all colors
to come together and have fun!!!! We're in
the formative stages right now, so please
come and lend your support on Friday, March
7, at 7pm, and help us get
the ball rolling.
For more information, call
Paul at 352-339-4589.
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Wimmin's Movie Night
Trans* Movie Night
First Sunday of each month at 4:00pm!
Second Friday of each month at 7:00pm!
March 2:
“My Summer of Love”
Join Spectrum and PCCNCF for Trans* Movie Night,
the second Friday of each month at 7:00pm.
In the Yorkshire countryside, workingclass tomboy Mona meets the exotic,
pampered Tamsin. Over the summer
season, the two young women discover
they have much to teach one another,
and much to explore together.
April 6: TBA
March 14: TBA
April 11: TBA
Facebook: Spectrum/Trans-Awareness
[email protected]
Gay Movie Night
Last Friday of each month at 7:30pm!
Pride Community Center hosts “Gay Movie Night” on
the last Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. This is a free
service to the GLBT community. A $2 donation is
requested to cover snack and refreshment costs.
March 28:
“Bashment”
After a brutal gay
bash attack at a
reggae dance hall
competition, a group
of thuggish performers
defend their actions as
being provoked by the
victim. They serve a
shockingly light
sentence, and as their
release date nears,
their original public
defender rallies with
the victims to examine
the homophobic song
lyrics and ask the question “Did the music make you do
it?” Director Rickki Beadle-Blair explores the
controversial subjects of class, racism and homophobia in
dance hall music in this contemporary urban drama.
April 25:
“Any Day Now”
Any Day Now is a powerful tale of love, acceptance and
family. When a teenager with Down Syndrome (Isaac
Leyva) is abandoned by his mother, a gay couple (Alan
Cumming and Garret Dillahunt) takes him in and becomes
the loving family he's never had. But when their
unconventional living arrangement is disconcerted by
authorities, the
men are forced
to fight a biased
legal system to
save the life of
the child they
have come to
love as their
own. Inspired by
a true story from
the late 1970s,
Any Day Now
touches on legal
and social issues
that are as
relevant today as
they were 35
years ago.
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PCCNCF Business and Organizational Members
PCCNCF offers a membership program for businesses and organizations that wish to support the center.
The cost is $100 a year and includes: listing in our newsletter and website, a link to your website from ours, a
free newsletter, and a promotional display at the community center. Business members also receive an automatic one-issue extension on any ads placed in the PCCNCF newsletter. New members receive an article in the
newsletter announcing their membership and describing the business or organization. For more information
please contact us at (352) 377-8915.
Our current Business/Organizational Members include those listed here:
Human Rights Council of
North Central Florida
PO Box 12912
Gainesville, FL 32604
352-372-5192
[email protected]
Joseph L. Susi, CPA, PA
726 NW 8th Ave #B
Gainesville FL 32601
352-377-3000
[email protected]
www.yourgainesvillecpa.com
Dr. Trisha Biggers Peterson, Ph.D.
3221 NW 13th St #D-1
Gainesville, FL 32609
352-375-1414
[email protected]
www.AskDrTrish.com
Gainesville Area AIDS Project
3131 NW 13th St #61
Gainesville, FL 32609
Mailing: PO Box 5554
Gainesville, FL 32627
352-373-4227
[email protected]
Ossi Law Firm, P.A.
4731 NW 53rd Ave #1
Gainesville, FL 32653
352-692-4888
www.ossilaw.com
Florida School of Massage
6421 SW 13th St
Gainesville FL 32608
352-378-7891
info@floridaschoolof massage.com
www.floridaschoolofmassage.com
“Sister Song”
Gainesville Women's
Community Choir
352-538-4927
www.communitychoir.webs.com
[email protected]
Meridian Behavioral Healthcare
4300 SW 13th St
Gainesville, FL 32608
352-374-5600, www.mbhci.org
The 8th Ave Bike & Coffee House
235 NW 8th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32601
352-378-2100
[email protected]
Roman Janos, Financial Advisor
Northwestern Mutual
3620 NW 43rd St #A
Gainesville, FL 32606
352-372-8572
www.romanjanos.com
United Church of Gainesville
1624 NW 5th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32603
352-378-3500
www.ucgainesville.org
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Gainesville
4225 NW 34th St
Gainesville, FL 32605
352-377-1669
Emily Franck Hoon, Ph.D.
2531-C NW 41st St
Gainesville, FL 32606
352-375-4666
[email protected]
Kind Auto Repair
Von Ruder “Aspen”
A.S.E. Certified Master Mechanic
611 NW 34th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32609
352-283-0135
www.kindauto.com
Phoenix Rising
4141 NW 37th Ter
Gainesville, FL 32606
352-224-5880
[email protected]
Alachua County Democratic Party
901 NW 8th Ave #A-3
Gainesville, FL 32601
352-373-1730
[email protected]
www.alachuadems.org
Kindred Sisters Magazine
PO Box 141674
Gainesville, FL 32614
[email protected]
www.kindredsistersmagazine.com
Gainesville Men’s Chorus
PO Box 13087
Gainesville, FL 32604
[email protected]
Gainesville Community Alliance
PO Box 357301
Gainesville, FL 32635
352-284-3881, www.gcaonline.org
Gainesville Friends Meeting (Quakers)
702 NW 38th St
Gainesville, FL 32607
352-372-1070
www.gainesvillequakers.org
Chroniscript
A Walgreens Pharmacy
3300 SW Archer Rd
Gainesville, FL 32608
352-373-8052
A Special Thanks to our Loyal Business
Member who Recently Renewed!
Ruth Segal, Broker Associate
Allison Ables Real Estate
2725 SW 91st St #120
Gainesville, FL 32608
352-538-4927 cell
352-371-1828 office
[email protected]
www.ruthsegalrealtor.com
Florida School of Massage
Please
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Protect yourself from
STDs and HIV!
Visit the
community center
to get your free
condoms. We
have regular, nonlatex and even
female condoms.
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Wild Iris Books
Announces New
Hours
Tuesday - Friday: 12pm - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday - Monday: Closed
22 SE 5th Ave, Suite D
Gainesville, FL 32601
352.375.7477
www.wildirisbooks.com
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Businesses Offer
Rewards to PCCNCF
Members!
PCCNCF has established community partnerships
with local businesses. Membership at the center is
rewarded with discounts from these participating
businesses. Present your PCCNCF Membership Card
at these businesses to receive your discounts.
Businesses partnering with PCCNCF include:
8th Avenue Bike
& Coffee House
AAA South
Allison Ables Real Estate
Big Lou’s Pizza
Jade & Pearl
Kindred Sisters Magazine
Ossi Law Firm, P.A.
Pye Law Firm
Quality Cleaners
Rapid Eye
Sonya Rudenstine
The Hippodrome
The Tease
The University Club
Wild Iris Books
For more info on these businesses and their discounts
go to our website: www.gainesvillepride.org
If you are not currently a member of PCCNCF,
join today so you too can take advantage of this great
program!
PCCNCF wishes to thank our partners for
supporting the community center by participating in
the Membership Rewards Program!
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The “Our Times” community newsletter is printed bi-monthly and direct-mailed to over 2,000 households with another 200 copies
distributed through various local venues such as Pride Student Union and University Club. This is a fantastic advertising
opportunity for anyone who wishes to target the LGBT and progressive community in North Central Florida.
Commercial and Community Group Ad Rates
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Classified or Personal Ad Rates
1 Month
$5.00
Each Additional Month $4.00
(Prices are for up to 50 words - $.20 for each
additional word. Editing Fee: Classified/
personal ads not received in digital form will be
charged $5 for data entry.)
One-Time Insert Rate
any size up to 8.5” x 11” - $50.00
(2,200 copies of the insert to be provided by
advertiser by 25th of the month prior to run)
Business Members who purchase an ad will receive a free 1-issue extension on their ads as long as they remain Business Members
of the Community Center. Inserts are one-time (one issue of Our Times) and classified ads will run for one issue unless extended at
the additional monthly rate. Ads must be “camera ready” or digital format. Pre-payment required on all new ads. Contact Terry
Fleming at [email protected] or 352-377-8915 for further details.
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Local LGBT Resources
Equal Opportunity Office
PO Box 490, Gainesville, FL 32602. 352-334-5051
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
4225 NW 34th St, Gainesville, FL. www.uuf.org
Gainesville Area AIDS Project (GAAP)
PO Box 5554, Gainesville, FL 32627
352-373-GAAP(4227), [email protected]
United Church of Gainesville
1624 NW 5th Ave, Gainesville. 352-378-3500
www.ucgainesville.org (LGBT & Friends Group)
Gainesville Community Alliance (GCA)
PO Box 357301, Gainesville, FL 32635 www.gcaonline.org
Call: Joe Antonelli 352-284-3881
University Club
18 E University Ave, Gainesville. 352-378-6814
www.ucclub.com
Gator Bears
www.gatorbears.com
UF Office of LGBT Affairs
301 Peabody Hall, 352-392-1217, www.lgbt.multicultural.ufl.edu
Gay Parents Group (Rainbow Families)
352-284-4541, [email protected]
UF Pride Student Union
300-48 Reitz Union, 352-392-1665 x.326, [email protected]
Gay Switchboard
352-377-8915
Wild Iris Books
22 SE 5th Ave Ste D, Gainesville. 352-375-7477
www.wildirisbooks.com
Human Rights Council of North Central Fl.
352-372-5192, [email protected]
Interweave
352-377-1669, www.uufg.org. Meets 2nd Sunday at 6:30pm at
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34th St, Gainesville.
Kindred Sisters Magazine
PO Box 141674, Gainesville, FL 32614
[email protected], www.kindredsistersmagazine.com
MCC Ocala
700 NW 57th Ave, Ocala, FL 34483
PFLAG Gainesville
352-340-3770, www.pflaggainesville.org. Meets 3rd Tuesday at
7pm at United Church of Gainesville, 1624 NW 5th Ave.
Stonewall Democrats of Alachua County
901 NW 8th Ave Ste A-3, Gainesville, FL. Meets 3rd Thursday
at 6pm. [email protected]
Trinity Metropolitan Community Church
11604 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL. 352-495-3378
www.mccgainesville.com
FREE Confidential
HIV & STD Testing!
On the 1st & 3rd Thursdays of each
month at 5:00 - 7:00 pm
at the Pride Community Center
3131 NW 13th St, Gainesville
Pride Center Events -- March/April 2014
Sun
Mar 2
Mon
3
Tue
4
Wed
5
“Sister Song”
Choir Rehearsal
7:00 pm
Wimmin’s Movie
Night 4:00 pm
Thu
6
9
10
17
24
“Free to Be”
AA Meeting
7:30 - 8:30 pm
30
Wimmin’s Movie
Night 4:00 pm
AA Meeting
7:30 - 8:30 pm
13
31
7
Gainesville
Community Alliance
(GCA) Meeting
6:00 pm
14
21
“Free to Be”
AA Meeting
7:30 - 8:30 pm
27
“Free to Be”
AA Meeting
7:30 - 8:30 pm
13
Men’s Chorus
6:30 pm
18
HRCNCF
Board Mtg
7:00 - 8:00 pm
19
20
GAAP Board
Meeting 1:30 pm
HIV & STD Testing
5:00 - 7:00 pm
“Sister Song”
Rehearsal 7:00 pm
Men’s Chorus
6:30 pm
25
26
27
Apr 1
Men’s Chorus
6:30 pm
2
8
8
LGBT Game Night
7:00 pm
9
HRCNCF
Board Mtg
7:00 - 8:00 pm
17
GAAP Board
Meeting 1:30 pm
HIV & STD Testing
5:00 - 7:00 pm
“Sister Song”
Rehearsal 7:00 pm
Men’s Chorus
6:30 pm
22
23
“Sister Song”
Choir Rehearsal
7:00 pm
28
10
Men’s Chorus
6:30 pm
16
29
“Sister Song”
Choir Rehearsal
7:00 pm
14
24
Men’s Chorus
6:30 pm
15
PCCNCF Board Mtg
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Trans* Movie Night
7:00 pm
21
22
“Orange is the New
Black” Night
7:00 pm
28
29
Gay Movie Night
7:30 pm
4
Men’s Chorus
6:30 pm
“Sister Song”
Choir Rehearsal
7:00 pm
15
3
HIV & STD Testing
5:00 - 7:00 pm
“Sister Song”
Choir Rehearsal
7:00 pm
“Free to Be”
AA Meeting
7:30 - 8:30 pm
20
12
“Sister Song”
Choir Rehearsal
7:00 pm
“Free to Be”
AA Meeting
7:30 - 8:30 pm
6
11
“Sister Song”
Choir Rehearsal
7:00 pm
“Free to Be”
AA Meeting
7:30 - 8:30 pm
23
Sat
Men’s Chorus
6:30 pm
“Free to Be”
AA Meeting
7:30 - 8:30 pm
16
7
HIV & STD Testing
5:00 - 7:00 pm
AA Meeting
7:30 - 8:30 pm
Fri
5
Masquerade
Merriment
9:00 pm
(at the Hippodrome)
11
12
PCCNCF Board Mtg
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Trans* Movie Night
7:00 pm
18
19
“Orange is the New
Black” Night
7:00 pm
25
26
Gay Movie Night
7:30 pm
30
Events are held at the Pride Community
Center unless otherwise noted.