march/april 2012 our times

March/April 2012 Volume 12 Issue 2

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

Inside Our Times

2 PCCNCF Sponsors

3 Free HIV Testing

5 Lesbian Health Proj.

6 TREE Project

8 Lesbian Variety Show

10 Membership Rewards

11 Feminist Open Mic

11 Local Resources

12 Community Calendar

9 Pride Theme Contest

3 Pride in Health

6 Movie Nights

8 Business Members

Up c om i n g C ommu n i t y E v e n t s :U p c om i n g C ommu n i t y E v e n t s :U p c om i n g C ommu n i t y E v e n t s :U p c om i n g C ommu n i t y E v e n t s : Mar 4, 5pm: Women’s Dinner & a Movie

Mar 9, 7pm: Trans Movie Night

Mar 14, 7pm: Gaynesvil le Queer Reading Group (at Civic Media Ctr)

Mar 15, 6pm: “Planning Your Future”

Financial Planning Presentation by Lance Strickland

Mar 17, 1pm: Lesbian Health

Project Meeting

Mar 17, 7pm: Bayard Rustin Dedication

Mar 20, 6pm: Taking PRIDE in Health Workshop: “Sugar Blues”

Mar 23, 8pm: “Prince Poppycock”

(at Hippodrome Theatre)

Mar 23, 7pm: “The Committee” (at Civic Media Ctr)

Mar 30, 7:30pm: Gay Movie Night

Apr 1, 5pm: Women’s Dinner & a Movie

Apr 6, 7:30pm: 3rd Annual Very Queer

Variety Show (at Spin Cycle)

Apr 13, 7pm: Trans Movie Night

Apr 14: Lesbian Variety Show (at Boltin Ctr)

Apr 17, 6pm: Taking PRIDE in Health Workshop: “Food for Thought”

Apr 21, 1pm: Lesbian Health Project

Program: Sleep - - “Count the...ZZZzzz…”

Apr 27, 7:30pm: Gay Movie Night

Bayard Rustin Dedication

The Bayard Rustin Community Meeting Room at PCCNCF will be formally dedicated on Saturday, March 17th, the 100th anniversary of Rustin’s birthday. Rustin was a significant figure of the Civil Rights Movement whose importance and contributions often went unappreciated due to the tenor of the times. He was an openly gay man, a pacifist, the architect of the historic 1963 March on Washington. He introduced non-violent civil disobedience to M. L. King, Jr. and spent his life working for human and civil rights for all.

PCCNCF will honor Rustin’s contributions with a program dedicating the community meeting room, a showing of “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” and a table display of works by and about Rustin. Simple refreshments will be provided.

To add to the event, Jazz Bandits will play throughout the evening. A diverse group of friends, brought together by their love of playing jazz, the Jazz Bandits have been playing together for over 5 years. They play jazz standards of all eras, from Take the A Train to Blue Monk. They are regulars at Lightnin’ Salvage where the crowd of all ages is often dancing in the aisles.

Join us Saturday, March 17th, at 7:00 - 9:00 pm for a fun and informative evening recognizing the mostly

unsung hero Bayard Rustin.

Save the Date!

The 2012 Gainesville

Pride Festival and

Parade will be

September 29, 2012.

March/April 2012 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

Tracy Moorman

Linda Bassham

Robert Prather

Joan McBride

Board Members

Greg Allen

Volunteer Coordinator

PCCNCF Sponsors: Thank You For Your Support!

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Please Recycle Your

Newsletter

FREE Confidential HIV & STD Testing!

On the 1st & 3rd Thursdays of each

month at 4:00 - 6:00 pm

at the Pride Community Center

3131 NW 13th St, Gainesville


BODY SPIRIT

Lesbian Health Project (LHP)

LOGO

Seeking a design from the community! This is our vision (see image). The overall design would be circular and in the place of the words can be an image depicting the meaning behind the word. The ideas we would like represented are the sense of inter-connectedness of people as well as that of the mind, body, and spirit.

$25 gift card for the winning design!

MIND

HELP NEEDED

We’re looking for members of the community who would be able to contribute in the following way:

• Computer skills to put together pamphlets, flyers, etc.

• Expertise/Knowledge in a health area, and willing to spend one hour of your time to provide educational information or lead a discussion (at most 1x/6 months).

• Knowledge about online resources, or willingness to research online resources.

• Above are some examples...if you can

not attend the NEXT MEETING on MARCH 17 @ 1 PM @ PCCNCF, but interested, please e-mail

<[email protected]>

PROGRAM

SLEEP

COUNT THE...

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..

Date: April 21, 2012 Day: Saturday Time: 1:00 PM Venue: PCCNCF


ESTATE PLANNING, WILLS, TRUSTS, PROBATE, AND ASSET PRESERVATION PLANNING

OSSI LAW FIRM, P.A.

4731 N.W. 53rd Avenue, Suite 1 Gainesville, FL 32653

Telephone: (352) 692-4888 Facsimile: (352) 692-4998

www.ossilaw.com

SUSAN M. OSSI, J.D., LL.M. IN TAXATION [email protected]

Board Certified in Wills, Trusts, and Estates

Gay Movie Night

Pride Community Center now hosts “Gay Movie Night” on the last Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

March 30: “Lost Everything” Brian Brecht is a closeted gay movie

star who's come to Miami on a publicity tour. Though journalists

watch his every move in the hopes of outing him, Brian can't help but start a fling with the handsome bartender at

the hotel. Meanwhile, Brian's manager arranges for an ambitious starlet to

pose as Brian s girlfriend, a televangelist plots a murder with a hit man and hit woman,

and a local art dealer fends off an abusive ex. Though these seemingly unrelated characters don t know it yet,

their lives are on a collision course that will end in scandal for some and death for others.

April 27: “Kickoff”

What happens when the hardest team in the Sunday Soccer league comes up against a gay team and finds they’ve finally me their match? A funny, sexy, high-energy and extremely gay British

comedy.

“Gay Movie Night” is a free service to the GLBT community. A $2 donation is requested to cover

snack and refreshment costs.

First Sunday of each month at 5:00pm!

Kindred Sisters Magazine & PCCNCF are combining forces to bring you the “Women’s Dinner & a Movie.” Join us the 1st Sunday of each month at 5pm at the Pride Community Center. Relax with the gals, enjoy a nice dinner, & catch a new movie --

all for just $5 (to cover dinner)!

March 4: “Chutney Popcorn” When Reena learns that married sister Sarita can't have a baby, she decides to play surrogate mother, but Reena's girl-

friend worries that three might be a crowd. Themes of love, family obliga-

tions and fertility swirl through the story as Sarita grapples with her failure to

conceive, and Reena's mother remains in the dark about her daughter's same-sex relationship.

April 1: “The Runaways”

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning star as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in

the music-fueled coming of age story of the groundbreaking, all-girl rock band, THE RUNAWAYS. The film serves up

an understated but wonderfully roman-tic depiction of the attraction between the two girl bandmates (including one

of the hottest lesbian screen kisses of the year).

www.KindredSisters.org, [email protected]

PCCNCF Collects for TREE Project

The Gainesville Area AIDS Project (GAAP) provides a program for people with HIV called the TREE (The Replenishment of Everyday Essentials) Project. This is a program to provide household products for people in Alachua County who have HIV or AIDS and who are living on disability or food stamps. Pride Community Center of North Central Florida has a donation box set-up at the center and asks that visitors to the center help out by donating the requested items.

In March/April PCCNCF will be collecting: Bleach & Laundry Soap


Human Rights Council of North Central Florida PO Box 12912, Gainesville, FL 32604 352-372-5192, [email protected]

Jennifer B. Sager, Licensed Psychologist 225 SW 7 Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32601 352-379-2829, [email protected]

Kindred Sisters Magazine PO Box 141674, Gainesville, FL 32614 352-502-4101, www.kindredsisters.org

Dr. Trisha Biggers Peterson, Ph.D. 3221 NW 13th St #D-1, Gainesville, FL 32609 352-275-1414, [email protected]

www.AskDrTrish.com

Ossi Law Firm, P.A. 4731 NW 53rd Ave Ste 1 Gainesville, FL 32653

352-692-4888, www.ossilaw.com

Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. 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]

Gainesville Area AIDS Project (GAAP) 3131 NW 13th St Ste 61, Gainesville, FL 32609 Mailing: PO Box 5554, Gainesville, FL 32627 352-373-4227, [email protected]

United Church of Gainesville

1624 NW 5th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32603 352-378-3500,

www.ucgainesville.org

Roman Janos, Financial Advisor Northwestern Mutual

3620 NW 43rd St #A, Gainesville, FL 32606 352-372-8572, www.romanjanos.com

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville 4225 NW 34th St, Gainesville, FL 32605

352-377-1669

The Lunchbox 104 SE 1st Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601

352-505-6341

Trinity Metropolitan Community Church 11604 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608 352-495-3378, www.mccgainesville.org

“Sister Song” Gainesville Women's Community Choir

352-538-4927, www.communitychoir.webs.com [email protected]

Joseph L. Susi, CPA, P.A. 726 NW 8th Ave #B, Gainesville, FL 32601

352-377-3000, www.yourgainesvillecpa.com [email protected]

Florida School of Massage

6421 SW 13th St, Gainesville, FL 32608 352-378-7891

[email protected] www.floridaschoolofmassage.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 automatic one-issue extension on any ads placed in the PCCNCF newsletter. New members receive an article in the news-letter 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:

MARK YOUR

CALENDARS!

The 20th Annual The 20th Annual The 20th Annual The 20th Annual LESBIAN VARIETY SHOW LESBIAN VARIETY SHOW LESBIAN VARIETY SHOW LESBIAN VARIETY SHOW

IS COMING!IS COMING!IS COMING!IS COMING!

Saturday, April 14thSaturday, April 14thSaturday, April 14thSaturday, April 14th

Where? The Thelma Where? The Thelma Where? The Thelma Where? The Thelma Boltin Center, GainesvilleBoltin Center, GainesvilleBoltin Center, GainesvilleBoltin Center, Gainesville

Brainstorm with your friend to

write a skit. They make us laugh! Develop a funny story line about our lives. Want to talk about it? Want encouragement? Call one of us and discuss. You will have so much fun!!!! And think of all the adoring womyn who will be

watching you up on that stage……

There is nothing like being a room full of 225+ Womyn!

•Skits, singers, dancers, comedians, diversity, inter-generational .....FUN! •Be the audience and/or put your act on stage. •Come join YOUR COMMUNITY

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

1) [email protected] 2) Check Kindred Sisters and Wild Iris Books 3) Facebook: LV Show 4) to get your act signed up on stage, call Madeline at 352-335-3138 5) to place an ad in the program, call Ruth at 352-538-4927


Enter the Gainesville

2012 Pride Theme

Contest!

$100 Cash Prize$100 Cash Prize$100 Cash Prize$100 Cash Prize for the theme selected

by PCCNCF for use as our official

2012 Pride Theme!

This theme will be

used on our 2012 Pride

Logo, t-shirts, website,

Pride Program, and

promotional literature.

All submissions become the property of Pride

Community Center of North Central Florida.

Themes must be submitted to Pride Themes must be submitted to Pride Themes must be submitted to Pride Themes must be submitted to Pride

Community Center at [email protected] Community Center at [email protected] Community Center at [email protected] Community Center at [email protected]

by noon on March 15th.by noon on March 15th.by noon on March 15th.by noon on March 15th.

PCCNCF, University of Florida Pride Awareness Month, and Civic Media Center are co-sponsoring….

“The Committee”“The Committee”“The Committee”“The Committee”

Friday, March 23Friday, March 23Friday, March 23Friday, March 23rdrdrdrd

7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm "The Committee" is a documentary produced by students at UCF that focuses on the Florida Legislative Investigative Committee's inquisition into LGBTQ students and teachers at Florida public universities in the 1950s and ‘60s. This is a powerful and impactful film that was produced to educate the public about this little-known dark period in Florida's history. The community showing of this important documentary will take place at the Civic Media Center at 433 S. Main St in Gainesville, FL.


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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 Wild Iris Books, Books Inc., Pride Student Union, University Club, and Spikes. 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)

THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE: Pain Relief, Relaxation, Injuries, Stress Reduction, Medical Massage. Woody Blue, LMT will come to your home! 352-375-0539 (Lic #0015283)

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: 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!

AAA South Allison Ables Real Estate Attleboro Web Design Big Lou’s Pizza Hands 4 Well Being Jade & Pearl Kazbor’s Grille Kickin' Devil Café Kindred Sisters Magazine

Ossi Law Firm, P.A. Pearlescent Geek, LLC Pye Law Firm Quality Cleaners Rapid Eye Sonya Rudenstine The Tease The University Club Wild Iris Books


Local LGBT Resources Equal Opportunity Office

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

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.

Kindred Sisters Magazine

PO Box 141674, Gainesville, FL 32614 [email protected], www.kindredsisters.org

MCC Ocala 700 NW 57th Ave, Ocala, FL 34483 www.mccocala.com

PFLAG Gainesville

352-340-3770, www.pflaggainesville.org. Meets 3rd Tuesday at

7pm at United Church of Gainesville, 1624 NW 5th Ave.

Spikes

4130 NW 6th St, Gainesville, FL, 352-376-3772

Stonewall Democrats of Alachua County 901 NW 8th Ave Ste A-3, Gainesville, FL. Meets 4th Wednesday at 6pm. www.stonewalldemsac.blogspot.com

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 Pride Student Union

300-48 Reitz Union, Gainesville, FL 32611. 352-392-1665 x.326 email: [email protected]. www.grove.ufl.edu/~pride

UF Sexism & Homophobia Committee 202 Peabody Hall 352-392-1261

Wild Iris Books 802 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601. 352-375-7477, www.wildirisbooks.com Featuring Feminist Open Mic on the last Tuesday of each month at 7pm.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Mar 1

HIV & STD Testing 4:00 - 6:00 pm

2

3

4

Women’s Dinner & a Movie

5:00 pm

AA Mtg 7:30-8:30

5

6 7

“Sister Song” Choir Rehearsal

7:00 pm

8

HRCNCF Board Mtg 7:00 - 8:00 pm

9

PCCNCF Board Mtg 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Trans Movie Night

7:00 pm

10

11

“Free to Be” AA Meeting

7:30 - 8:30 pm

12

13

“Rise Up Singing”

Group - 7pm

14


7:00 pm

15

HIV & STD Testing 4:00 - 6:00 pm

“Planning Your Financial Future”

6:00 pm

16 17

Lesbian Health Project Mtg - 1pm

Bayard Rustin Dedication

7:00 pm

18


7:30 - 8:30 pm

19

20

Taking PRIDE in Health Workshop:

“Sugar Blues” 6:00 pm

21


7:00 pm

22

23

24

25


7:30 - 8:30 pm

26

27

28


7:00 pm

29

30

Gay Movie Night

7:30 pm

31

Apr 1

Women’s Dinner & a Movie

5:00 pm

AA Mtg 7:30-8:30

2 (GCA) Gainesville

Community Alliance Meeting - 6:00 pm

3

4

“Sister Song”

Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm

5

HIV & STD Testing

4:00 - 6:00 pm

6

7

8


7:30 - 8:30 pm

9

10


“Rise Up Singing”

Group - 7pm

11


7:00 pm

12

HRCNCF Board Mtg 7:00 - 8:00 pm

13


Trans Movie Night

7:00 pm

14

15


7:30 - 8:30 pm

16

17

Taking PRIDE in Health Workshop:

“Food for Thought” 6:00 pm

18


7:00 pm

19

HIV & STD Testing

4:00 - 6:00 pm

20

21

Lesbian Health Project Program: Sleep -- Count the

ZZZzzz 1:00 pm

22


7:30 - 8:30 pm

23

24

25


7:00 pm

26

27

Gay Movie Night

7:30 pm

28

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