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Welcome Welcome to the 2014-2015 edition of the North Carolina Pride Resource Guide. As you look through this guide during the year, remember our advertisers and sponsors. Every one of them has made a stand for equal rights for all in North Carolina. Spanning North Carolina, our 30th annual NC Pride Celebration is the oldest and largest Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender event in our state. This guide is published once a year and distributed throughout the state during the year. The ads are mirrored on our websites.
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History of Pride On the sunny afternoon of April 12, 1981, a murder occurred at the Little River north of Durham. Two young men destroyed the idyllic and tranquil surroundings by attacking a group of people they thought were gay. While several in the group sustained injuries‌ the thugs proceeded down the creek and attacked another victim who happened to be handicapped without use of his legs. He was insulted, beaten and drowned. When the murderers were brought to trial, there was great fear that the court system would let them off or lightly punish due to the gay aspects of the case. A group of local gay men and lesbians banded together for the first public demonstration for gay civil rights in NC at the Durham Court House during the trial in 1982. Although several gay people who testified at the trial lost their jobs because of discrimination, the main perpetrator was found guilty of murder. In the years that followed, the activists were surprised at the number of people who stood up and were counted. They realized that our small closeted community had crossed over a threshold. In 1986, the second public demonstration for gay and lesbian rights was held on the campus of Duke University. The event that started as a gathering soon turned into a march and every year for the next 14 years, the NC Pride March would travel to a major city of our state to demonstrate and demand equal justice. Each year it got larger as more of our GLBT citizens gathered the courage to walk down unfriendly streets and each year those streets became less threatening. It must be said that in the heart of most North Carolinians is a deep and abiding sense of fair play and justice. As the march went forward, slowly the attitudes of the past began to change. In Durham where the first march had taken place, there were now many openly gay and gay-friendly businesses. However in 2000, our Pride March faced a crisis when the organizers fell into chaos six weeks before the June march. After all the years of struggle and after all the marches in Asheville, Charlotte, Carrboro, Durham, Raleigh, Winston Salem and Greensboro, it looked as though in the very year of the millennium there would be no march in NC. As the disappointment traveled through the local Durham community, a small but dedicated band of 12 people united to save the march. It was held in 90 degree June weather and a faithful crowd of 2000 marched. In the aftermath, that committee reformed and began to revamp the concepts of our march to fit the new century. It was decided that it would be moved to the Fall to take advantage of the weather and it was also decided that the model of moving the parade had become too difficult to manage. The new model would be based on the idea of many county fairs and a single state fair. Our statewide NC Pride parade and festival would stay in the capital and support other smaller Pride events around the state. In a way, it is interesting to note that after 14 years of marching, our march/parade has come home. The real feeling at the event is one of a homecoming, where friends from all across the state see each other once a year. Using this model, our event has become the largest LGBT event in NC and the surrounding five states.
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1981 / Durham / Our Day Out 1986 / Durham / Out Today & Out to Stay 1987 / Durham / Coming Out as a Community 1988 / Raleigh / Diverse and United for Equality: Lesbian and Gay Rights Now 1989 / Raleigh / Stonewall to Raleigh: 20 Years of Pride Struggle & Liberation 1990 / Carrboro / Marching into the Gay 90s 1991 / Durham / Speaking for Ourselves 1992 / Asheville / Pride = Power 1993/ Raleigh / The American Dream Belongs to Everyone 1994 / Charlotte / In visibility to Equality: Never Turning Back 1995 / Durham / To Be Rather Than to Seem 1996 / Winston-Salem / Celebrate, Activate, Educate 1997 / Carrboro / Commitment, Community, Courage, Compassion 1998 / Asheville / Be You, Don’t Let Life be an Afterthought,Speak your truth, climb all mountains, soar higher, there are no limits. Live! Live! Live! 1999 / Greensboro / Celebrating North Carolina’s End of the Century 2000 / Durham / It’s Time! Come Out for Pride 2001 / Durham & Raleigh / Embrace Diversity 2002 / Durham & Raleigh / Pride Worldwide 2003 / Durham & Raleigh / United in Pride 2004 / Durham & Raleigh / 20 Years of Pride 2005 / Durham & Raleigh / Equal Rights - No Less ForMore, weeklyNo local events go to
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Our Own Little Castro! As North Carolina continues to search for its path into the future, there is one place that is blooming under a Carolina rainbow. Since last year our own Ninth Street area of Durham is awash in development. With 8 gay-owned businesses and over 60 gay-friendly shops and restaurants, it is the largest LGBT-friendly district in NC. As the new Hilton Garden Inn and Harris Teeter complex has opened, wonderful new apartments are awaiting like the new 300 Swift and Crescent on Ninth. There will soon be a 145-suite Marriott Residence Inn adjoining the NC Pride Festival grounds, along with the restoration of the 17-story 1934 iconic tower designed by the architects of the Empire State Building called 21c Museum Hotel just a few blocks away. Here in Durham, we can feel free to expand our circle of friends and enjoy the good life with all of these wonderful shops and cafes just a step away.
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The Joe Herzenberg Memorial Arch Joe Herzenberg of Chapel Hill was a noted advocate for the environment, civil liberties, and the interests of low-income people. He was a founder of Equality NC PAC (originally NC Pride PAC), a statewide advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered North Carolinians, and he served on its board for more than a decade. In 1987, he became the first openly gay elected official in NC.
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In the Land of Make Believe In the land of make believe You are mine tonight Although you are far away In the land of make believe I am holding you tight. A silver moon is shining above And there is love in your eyes And I’m kissing you like I used to do Yesterday in paradise. I’ve been living in the land of make believe since you’ve been gone I need you so much that Without your love I must deceive myself to go on Your loving hand caresses my face We embrace tenderly Never will we part, deep down in my heart You are always here with me In the land of make believe
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Why Should I Vote in the Elections? With all this talk of voting you might ask why you should bother to vote at all? Does your vote actually mean anything? Many call voting a “sacred right,” and it is one of the most important parts of our political system, a part that goes back to our earliest days as a nation. When he left the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Ben Franklin is said to have told a local citizen that the founders had given the nation a Republic, if we could keep it. By that, Franklin meant that as Americans it is our duty to keep up on what is going on politically, that we should arrive at an informed, logical position about what political ideas we support, and finally that we should be sure and vote our conscience on Election Day. Many today complain about politicians not listening to the public. Of course, if we do not bother to vote, our voice will not be heard by our elected officials in the first place. Our elected representatives are guided by what we say particularly when we vote. And if we don’t vote we are telling our politicians that we don’t care what they do, and that is a dangerous thing to tell them. If you want change, your first duty is to vote your conscience. Excerpts from an article posted on www.truethevote.org
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Coffee Shops/Cafes Caffé Driade Hummingbird Bakery Madhatter Café and Bakery Malaprops Sugarland
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Clothing - Men’s Designer Bloke of Wilmington
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Art Galleries and Frames Old Sarum Gallery
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Banking Services PNC Bank
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Finacial Planning and CPA Anthony Armento, CPA Triangle Financial Advisors
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Bookstores Malaprops
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Food/Gourmet Markets Food Lion Weaver Street Market Whole Foods
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Business Organizations Charlotte Business Guild 32 Raleigh Business & Professional Network 18 Carpets - Oriental The Persian Carpet Catering Madhatter Bakery Nosh Sugarland Saladelia Churches Jewish Yavneh Congregation Pilgrim UCC Church St. Philips Episcopal Church
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St. Francis of Assisi UUCC Churches of NC Imani MCC of Durham
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Hotels/Motels Waterway Lodge Millennium Hotel O’Henry Hotel Proximity Hotel Double Tree by Hilton Durham
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Jewelry - Custom Goldsmiths Jewelsmith Goldworks Asheville Hamilton Hill
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Restaurants Chapel Hill Restaurant Group Alivia’s Blu Seafood and Bar Blue Corn Café Breadmen’s Café Crook’s Corner Dish Elmo’s Diner Green Valley Grill Hummingbird Bakery Indochine James Joyce Lucky 32 Madhatter’s Café Metro 8 Steakhouse Nosh Pop’s Print Works Bistro Rue Cler Saladelia Sweet Potatoes Café Toast Watts Grocery
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