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May/June 2015 Volume 15 Issue 3

Our Times Published bi-monthly by Pride Community Center of North Central Florida

PCCNCF - “What's Next?"

You are invited to a community meeting at 2:30 p.m. on June 7th at

the community center, 3131 NW 13th St, Suite 62 in Gainesville.

PCCNCF was born from community meetings 15 years ago and we hope you will join us

with your hopes and ideas for the center as we come together to decide where we go

from here. The purpose of the meeting is to engage the entire community in planning

for the future of the Pride Community Center of

North Central Florida and the Pride Festival.

PCCNCF is at a critical turning point in its history

and we need you, the LGBTQ community of this

area, to help decide what direction we'll be taking in

the near future. We know that the success of the

center is contingent on the support and input from the entire community so we will have

an open dialogue about the needs of the community and the role of the community

center.

We're also looking for people who want to be involved in

leadership and decision-making, who are willing to take on

responsibility to determine what the center is going to look

like next year and the years after that. We're hoping to

expand our board of directors and discover folks who want

to participate at all

levels to keep PCCNCF

a vibrant, relevant

community

organization in North

Central Florida.

There’s still work to

do. We need you to

join us for this

important community

meeting.

Inside Our Times

2 PCCNCF Sponsors

2 Rewards Program

3 Special Thanks

5 The Committee

5 Join PCCNCF

8 Business Members

10 Advertising Info

11 Local Resources

12 PCCNCF Calendar

7 Movie Nights

2 PCCNCF Board

4 Community Events

6 Webmaster Needed

May/June 2015 Our Times 2

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

PCCNCF Board of Directors

Terry Fleming, Co-President

Linda Bassham, Co-President

Lauren Hannahs, Secretary

Helen James-Storey, Media Coordinator

Manette Cheshareck

Robert Sandbach

Shanti Cruz

Fred Pratt

Board Members

Greg Allen

Volunteer Coordinator

Michelle Phillips

Education Director

Jennifer Wester

Newsletter Editor

Please remember PCCNCF in your will/trust.

PCCNCF Sponsors: Thank

You For

Your

Support!

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:

AAA South

Allison Ables Real Estate

Big Lou’s Pizza

Jade & Pearl

Ossi Law Firm, P.A.

Pye Law Firm

Quality Cleaners

Rapid Eye

Sonya Rudenstine

The Hippodrome

The Tease

The University Club

Whey Natural! USA

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!


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

Mark Your Calendar!Mark Your Calendar!Mark Your Calendar!Mark Your Calendar!

August TBA

Queerball

October 16-25

2015 Pride Days

Thanks to All Our Business Members

WE especially want to welcome new Business Member Brightway Insurance, The Moffat Agency.

And thanks to the following Business Members who have recently renewed - Michael Hastings, Realtor with Dawn Realty, Joseph L. Susi, CPA, PA, Gainesville Area AIDS Project, Florida School of Massage, Alachua County Democratic Party, Ossi Law Firm, PA, and Ruth Segal, Broker Associate, Allison Ables Real Estate.

Please support all our Business Members with your business or attendance when you can and tell them thanks for supporting PCCNCF.


Community Events:

May 4, 7pm: Transgender

Social Group

May 13, 6pm: Gainesville Equality

Youth (at Gainesville Downtown Library)

May 17, 4pm: Women’s

Sunday Movie

May 18, 7pm: Transgender Social

Group Movie Night

May 27, 6pm: Gainesville Equality


May 29, 7:30pm: Gay Movie Night

Jun 1, 7pm: Transgender Social Group

Jun 4, 7pm: Special Screening

of The Committee

Jun 7, 2:30pm: PCCNCF

Community Meeting

Jun 10, 6pm: Gainesville Equality


Jun 15, 7pm: Transgender Social

Group Movie Night

Jun 21, 4pm: Women’s Sunday Movie

Jun 24, 6pm: Gainesville Equality


Jun 26, 7:30pm: Gay Movie Night

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August TBA: Queerball

October 16-25: 2015 Pride Days


BECOME A CARD CARRYING

MEMBER TODAY

PCCNCF’s success depends on the support we receive from our community. One of the easiest and best ways you can show your support is by becoming a member. If you are not a member of

Pride Community Center of North Central Florida, you can join by filling out the membership form at www.gainesvillepride.org/membership. If you are already a member, help by spreading the word

to someone you think is interested. Membership includes many rewards: from the knowledge that you are part of an organization that brings resources and programs to area LGBT citizens, to the discounts and services from area businesses you are automatically entitled to with our Membership

Rewards program. Join today!

Special Screening of The Committee

On Thursday, June 4th at 7pm there will be a special screening of

the documentary The Committee, a film about State Senator Charley

Johns and his secret legislative committee to expel Gay and Lesbian

professors and students from the state public university

system. Chuck Woods, Senator Bob Graham, and others are featured

in the film. The filmmakers are trying to raise money to get the film

broadcast on Public Television. They have a crowd-sourced funding

campaign at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-committee-

public-television-campaign.

In order to prepare the film for national broadcasts, the filmmakers

must pay for Errors and Omission Insurance, purchase broadcasting

rights for imagines, sounds and music, and hire a company to produce

FCC required closed captioning, among other things. Once the

filmmakers have completed these tasks, the film can broadcast on any

PBS station around the country and can then be distributed for

scheduling.

The Committee has screened in Film Festivals around the world and won numerous awards: Hampton

Dunn Broadcasting Award, Broadcast Education Association Award for Mixed Video, Love Your Shorts

Film Festival for Best Documentary, International Jury Award for Best Documentary, Durban Gay

& Lesbian Film Festival, South Africa and a prestigious Suncoast Emmy Award for Best Historical

Documentary. Many people have seen this film and have been moved. Now it is time to bring the story

to a national

audience on broadcast television. Come out to the event at the Pride Center and see the film. If you can,

support the funding campaign. Most importantly, tell people about this project and what they can do to

help. Find us on Facebook to know the latest news: https://www.facebook.com/thecommittee.


Wild Iris Books

The last feminist bookstore in the state of Florida

Tuesday - Friday: 12 - 7pm

Saturday: 10am - 6pm

Sunday - Monday: Closed

22 SE 5th Ave, Suite D, Gainesville, FL 32601

352.375.7477

www.wildirisbooks.com

PCCNCF

Webmaster

Needed

If you have looked at the

Gainesville Pride website

recently, you know that we

need some help. I have been

struggling to keep even the

most basic information up on

the site and between my

limited skills and even more

limited free time I haven’t

been able to keep it up. If you

have skills with HTML and

WordPress we could really use

some assistance and this

would be a great way to

contribute to the community

from the comfort of your own

home. After the initial

upgrade, I anticipate about

two hours a week would be

sufficient to keep the site

updated. If you are interested

in helping out, please drop me

an e-mail at

[email protected] or give me

a call at the community

center at

352-377-8915.

Terry Fleming


Gay Movie Night

Hosted by Pride Community Center on the

last Friday of each month at 7:30pm, this is a

free service to the LGBT community. A $2

donation is requested to cover snack and

refreshment costs.

May 29: “Love or Whatever”

This hysterically funny

film is the story of Corey,

a good-hearted guy who

seemed to have it all - a

successful career as a

therapist, an exuberant

amount of charm and a set

of gorgeous engagement

rings, ready to pop the

question to his long-time boyfriend. But when

his better half commits the ultimate betrayal

and dumps him for a woman, he fumbles

through a wild and often hilariously disastrous

journey of self-discovery.

June 26: “Five Dances”

The classic tale of finding

success and romance in the

big city is given a

contemporary, and

unconventional, spin in

Alan Brown’s new film. He

has taken five gifted New

York dancers, and

fashioned a story about

Chip, an extraordinarily

talented 18 year-old recently arrived from

Kansas who joins a small downtown modern

dance company. Shooting in and around a Soho

dance studio, the film captures the exhilaration

and emotional turmoil of a small dance

company, and all of Chip’s poignant firsts with

the intimacy and immediacy of a documentary.

Transgender Social

Group Movie Night

Join Spectrum and PCCNCF for

Transgender Movie Night, the third Monday

of each month at 7:00pm.

May 18: “Paris Is Burning”

Penetrating the tight-knit

community of minority

drag queens living in

New York City, Jennie

Livingston's acclaimed

documentary offers an

early glimpse at the art

of "voguing," the

underground dance style

later popularized by

Madonna in her hit song.

The film also explores issues such as racism,

homophobia and AIDS, while offering a

detailed examination of the intricate Ball

culture, in which queens are judged for their

style and expression.

June 15: “Boy Meets Girl”

Growing up in

conservative Kentucky,

Ricky has always

regarded himself as a

woman in a male's body

but isn't able to make a

connection with the right

man. Then he meets the

stunning Francesca, who

compels Ricky to

reevaluate what love

means to him.

Facebook: Spectrum/Trans-Awareness

[email protected]


Human Rights Council of North Central Florida

PO Box 12912 Gainesville, FL 32604

352-372-5192 [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]

Roman Janos, Financial Advisor

Northwestern Mutual 3620 NW 43rd St #A Gainesville, FL 32606 352-372-8572

www.romanjanos.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]

Phoenix Rising Contact: Roxane, 352-224-5880 or [email protected] www.phoenixrisinguu.org

DMD Health and Safety Training Services 1116 NE 10th Pl

Gainesville, FL 32601 352-318-1261

[email protected] www.dmdtraining.com

Gainesville Friends Meeting (Quakers) 702 NW 38th St

Gainesville, FL 32607 352-372-1070

www.gainesvillequakers.org

Meridian Behavioral Healthcare 4300 SW 13th St

Gainesville, FL 32608 352-374-5600 www.mbhci.org

Joseph L. Susi, CPA, PA 726 NW 8th Ave #B Gainesville FL 32601 352-377-3000

[email protected] www.yourgainesvillecpa.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

Alachua County Democratic Party

901 NW 8th Ave #A-3 Gainesville, FL 32601 352-373-1730

[email protected] www.alachuadems.org

Ruth Segal, Broker Associate Allison Ables Real Estate

2835 SW 91st St Gainesville, FL 32608 352-538-4927 cell 352-371-1828 office [email protected] www.ruthsegalrealtor.com

Citizens Co-op 435 S Main St

Gainesville, FL 32601 352-505-6575

[email protected] www.citizensco-op.com

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 708 NW 31st Ave Gainesville, FL 32609 352-283-0135

www.kindauto.com

Gainesville Community Alliance PO Box 357301

Gainesville, FL 32635 352-284-3881, www.gcaonline.org

Mike Hastings

Realtor with Dawn Realty 352-538-1092

[email protected] www.mhastings.com

Trinity Metropolitan Community Church 11604 SW Archer Rd Gainesville, FL 32608 352-495-3378

www.mccgainesville.org

Jennifer B. Sager, Licensed Psychologist 225 SW 7th Ter

Gainesville, FL 32601 352-379-2829

[email protected]

Whey Natural! USA 4581 NW 6th St, Ste I Gainesville, FL 32609 352-375-1410

[email protected] www.wheynaturalusa.com

Brightway Insurance, The Moffat Agency

9127 SW 52nd Ave, Ste D-103 Gainesville, FL 32608 352-519-1900

[email protected] www.brightwaymoffat.com

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 auto-matic 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:


Protect yourself

from

STDs and HIV!

Visit the community center

to get your free condoms.

We have regular, non-latex

and even female condoms.

TREE ProgramTREE ProgramTREE ProgramTREE Program

The Replenishment of Everyday Essentials (TREE) Program supplies certain products to

people living with HIV/AIDS.

Once a month, necessities that food stamps will not pay for are distributed.

Just about anything non-food is welcome, but the following list is considered most essential: laundry detergent, shampoo & soap, shaving

cream & disposable razors, toothpaste & brushes, bathroom tissue, paper towels, adult diapers, household cleaning

supplies, and bleach.

If you are in need of these items, wish to donate items or wish to fund the

purchase of these items, please call 352-373-4227 for more information. If you have a donation box to be picked up or would like a donation box for your

organization or business, please call us.


Your Ad Here!Your Ad Here!Your Ad Here!

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

The above table includes a discounted rate for all ads placed for three

issues or longer AND paid in advance. Full payment must be received at

the time of ad placement.

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.

Ad Size Per issue rate 3 issues 6 issues

1/8th page $15.00 $40.00 $75.00

1/4th page $30.00 $70.00 $130.00

Half page $50.00 $125.00 $225.00

Full page $90.00 $225.00 $400.00

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)

Please

Recycle


Local LGBT Resources

Equal Opportunity Office

PO Box 490, Gainesville, FL 32602. 352-334-5051

Equality Florida

408 W University Ave, Suite 303, Gainesville, FL 32601. [email protected], www.eqfl.org

Gainesville Area AIDS Project (GAAP) PO Box 5554, Gainesville, FL 32627. 352-373-GAAP(4227), [email protected]

Gainesville Community Alliance (GCA) PO Box 357301, Gainesville, FL 32635. www.gcaonline.org, Call: Joe Antonelli 352-284-3881

Gator Bears www.gatorbears.com

Gay Parents Group (Rainbow Families) 352-284-4541, [email protected] Gay Switchboard 352-377-8915 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. Gainesville Equality Youth

Meets at downtown library at 6pm on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays. Facebook: www.facebook.com/gainesvilleequalityyouth 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 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

4225 NW 34th St, Gainesville, FL. www.uuf.org

United Church of Gainesville 1624 NW 5th Ave, Gainesville. 352-378-3500 www.ucgainesville.org (LGBT & Friends Group)

University Club 18 E University Ave, Gainesville. 352-378-6814 www.ucclub.com

UF Office of LGBT Affairs

301 Peabody Hall, 352-392-1217 www.lgbt.multicultural.ufl.edu UF Pride Student Union

300-48 Reitz Union, 352-392-1665 ext. 326 [email protected]

Wild Iris Books 22 SE 5th Ave Ste D, Gainesville. 352-375-7477 www.wildirisbooks.com

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

May 3

“Free to Be” AA Meeting

7:30 - 8:30 pm

4

Transgender Social Group

7:00 - 9:00 pm

5

“Sister Song” Choir Rehearsal

7:00 pm

6 7

HIV & STD Testing 5:00 - 7:00 pm

8

PCCNCF Board Mtg 5:30 - 7:30 pm

9

10


7:30 - 8:30 pm

11 12


7:00 pm

13

Gainesville Equality Youth

6:00 pm (at Gainesville

Downtown Library)

14

HRCNCF Board Mtg

7:00 - 8:00 pm

15 16

17

Women’s Sunday Movie 4:00 pm

AA Meeting 7:30 - 8:30 pm

18

Transgender Social Group Movie Night

7:00 - 9:00 pm

19

GAAP Board Meeting 1:30 pm

“Sister Song”

Rehearsal 7:00 pm

20 21


Men’s Chorus

6:30 pm

22 23

24


7:30 - 8:30 pm

25 26


7:00 pm

27



Downtown Library)

28 29

Gay Movie Night 7:30 pm

30

31


7:30 - 8:30 pm

Jun 1

GCA Meeting 6:00 pm

Transgender Social Group

7:00 - 9:00 pm

2

“Sister Song”

Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm

3 4


The Committee

7:00 pm

5 6

7

PCCNCF Community Meeting

2:30 pm


8 9


7:00 pm

10



Downtown Library)

11

HRCNCF Board Mtg

7:00 - 8:00 pm

12

PCCNCF Board Mtg 5:30 - 7:30 pm

13

14


7:30 - 8:30 pm

15

Transgender Social Group Movie Night

7:00 - 9:00 pm

16

GAAP Board Meeting 1:30 pm

“Sister Song”

Rehearsal 7:00 pm

17 18


Men’s Chorus

6:30 pm

19 20

21

Women’s Sunday Movie 4:00 pm


22 23


7:00 pm

24



Downtown Library)

25 26

Gay Movie Night 7:30 pm

27

28


7:30 - 8:30 pm

29 30


7:00 pm

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