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Gainesville PRIDE Days: Oct. 16–25

Pride Community Center of North Central Florida is sponsoring Gainesville Pride Days. For updates and more information see: gainesvillepride.org

Friday Oct 16, 6pm: Community Awards Dinner & Silent Auction
Sweetwater Branch Inn, 625 E University Ave. $45 tickets at Pride Community Center and Wild Iris Books

Saturday Oct 17: Same-Sex Marriage Ceremonies
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship offers marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples at no charge, 4225 NW 34th St. Ceremonies begin at 11am, in 1/2 hour blocks, each followed by a gala reception! Interested couples e-mail MarriageEquality@uufg.org by Oct. 12 to receive details

Saturday Oct 17, 5pm: Stonewall Democrats of Friendraiser
Happy hour at First Magnitude Brewery, 1220 SE Veitch St

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Film Screening: Lesbians, Gays Support Miners — April 13

Alachua County Labor Coalition and Pride Community Center are teaming up for a showing of the film “Pride.”

Join these groups Monday, April 13, at 7pm at the Pride Community Center of North Central Florida for the Labor Coalition’s monthly film series screening of this 2014 film about the 1984 UK Miners Strike and the unlikely allies who rallied to show their support for union workers.

The London chapter of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) decide to collect money to help the striking miners. While some Londoners support the efforts of LGSM, others spit at them as they try to collect money. LGSM members stand fast, with the knowledge that the only people the homophobic British press hates more than gay people are the miners.

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