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Pride Guide
2023 Gainesville Pride Guide
After a two-year hiatus during the pandemic, the Event Community Center of North Central Florida is thrilled to bring back our annual Pride Days Events, including the Spirit of Pride Community Awards Dinner, the Gainesville Pride Brunch, and especially the Gainesville Pride Festival. We see forward to celebrating our diverse community together and hope you will unite in the festivities!
But since its inception, Pride has been more than a celebration of LGBTQ+ individuality — it has been a demonstration of defiance to demands that we hide, or even cease to be, who we are. As public notion has grown increasingly steady, we have seen backlash from those who are threatened by the equality of others. Across the country, and in Florida in particular, legislative attacks have been mounting to oppress the LGBTQ+ people as well as people of color, women, and immigrants. They mean to push us further into the margins of world and to quiet our voices.
So let us be unequivocal in our message:
We will not be erased.
We will not be changed.
We will not be silent.
We will not be ashamed.
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Gainesville Pride 2024: A time of celebration and political preparation
Celebration was in the gas at this weekend’s LGBTQ Pride festival, but so was a cloud of politics.
Bo Diddley Plaza was full of tents decorated with rainbow pride flags. Live music and drag queens took center stage and several food trucks catered the event. Organizations, churches and vendors brought celebration merchandise and crafts for attendees. People members attended with their families, friends and pets to show their identity festival and support for others.
“This is a wonderful event where people get to see the genuine Gainesville,” said Jade Pringle as she attended her first Gainesville Pride.
Pride comes at a hour when many LGBTQ people are concerned about losing hard-fought rights after this year’s election. This includes the feasible adoption of Undertaking 2025, a schedule that has many concerned for their future safety.
“Project 2025 is an elongation of the Heritage Foundation’s project to turn back hour on women’s rights, LGBTQ rights and civil rights,” said Jay Maggio, the Vice Chair of the Alachua County Democrats. “This is a project that’s turning back the clocks to a time that was good for maybe a
Welcome to PCCNCF!
The Pride Community Center of North Central Florida (PCCNCF) is a safe space for the LGBTQ+ Community in North Central Florida.
We are an IRS 501(c)(3) charitable organization serving Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Marion, Putnam, Suwannee and Union Counties with PRIDE!
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Our Mission
The mission of the Pride Community Center of North Central Florida is to foster and enhance the well-being and visibility of woman loving woman, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gay (LGBTQ+) people and people of other gender and sexual minorities, and to promote public comprehension and affirmation of people of all gender expressions and sexual orientations, inclusive of race, ethnic background, nationality, economic stability, spirituality, age, and ability. Recognizing the importance of intersectionality, we operate with other marginalized groups for social justice. We are dedicated to providing education and resources in an open and supportive environment to eliminate prejudice and discrimination in our neighborhoods and community.
Community Room
Our small community room (seen here) is open to all. Meet up
Gainesville LGBTQ City Guide
Gainesville is a town in central Florida that is well-known for being place to the University of Florida, Gatorade, a relatively shallow cost of living, welcoming people, and many great neighborhoods. It’s a capital with sunny weather, plenty of choices for outdoor amusing, a fun, amiable vibe, and many opportunities for all.
A Look at Gainesville’s History
Gainesville was initially founded in 1853 and was named after Edmund P. Gaines, a Seminole Indian War general. Located close the Florida Railroad, the city adv grew, becoming an important center for agriculture and trade. It eventually also became an crucial center for knowledge and is today home to the University of Florida and several other educational institutions. Today, it remains an important center for education, agriculture, and industry, and it is also a vibrant city with a rich arts and music scene, and plenty to see and undertake . Even better, it is diverse, welcoming, and home to a thriving LGBTQ community. Truly, there is much to love about Gainesville!
A Few Fun Data About Gainesville
- The famous sports drink, Gatorade, was first created in Gainesville, at the University o