It’s Pride Week in Durham. Come Walk With Us!

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Good morning, readers.

While most of the rest of the world celebrates LGBTQ Pride in June, Durham waits until September. We know that June here is too damn hot!

This Sunday, thousands are expected to march down Main and Ninth Street to celebrate. We’ll be some of them! Sign up here to join us in the parade, or tune in to INDYWeek.com at 11 a.m. for our livestream.

In the meantime, here are some stories from our most recent Pride issue, still on newsstands throughout the Triangle:

• Portraits of Pride explores the stories and art of young queer people and their allies in the Triangle, told in their own voices.
• The sprawling, inclusive Triangle Pride Band has grown from 30 members to 120 in less than a decade.  
• The Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, located in the Durham queer icon’s childhood home, opened its doors to the public this month following almost 10 years of renovation. 
• The parade’s grand marshal will be Durham’s own Naomi Dix, whose sprawling new Club ERA features a “cloud chamber” and a “tree sanctuary,” all in a basement.

We hope you can join us this Sunday. 

Have a good Tuesday and a happy Pride. 

-Chase

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Durham

Duke administrators learned on Aug. 21 that Duke’s electronic ID will not be accepted at the polls, and the university is now rushing to provide physical IDs to its undergraduates. 

Fredric Jameson died this weekend at the age of 90. One of the world’s leading literary theorists, Jameson spent his professional peak living and working in Durham at Duke. [Paywall]

Wake

Forge Nano, a Colorado-based battery company, is expanding its Morrisville factory thanks to $100 million from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Orange

Soccer legend and Tar Heel Mia Hamm will speak at UNC’s commencement in May.

North Carolina

North Carolina Republicans are playing the blame game after a CNN report unearthed Mark Robinson’s foul comments on a porn site, turning a once-winnable governor’s race in a purple state into a national embarrassment. 

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