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  • INDY’s Annual Durham Pride Coverage
  • Reflections from LGBTQ Center of Durham Staff
  • A Guide to Durham Pride Events
  • Where to Vote Early in Durham
Credit: Illustration by Nicole Pajor Moore

Good morning, readers.

Each September, the INDY works with the LGBTQ Center of Durham on special Pride coverage, with an emphasis on putting the voices of queer people front and center. 

We’re honored to hold that space once again, especially as Durham’s queer community—and the Center—face cuts to critical services, erasure of LGBTQ history, and policy changes that make it harder to live safely and openly. 

As Desmera Gatewood, who sits on the Center’s board writes in an intro to this year’s Pride coverage, “Queer people are risking their lives every time they expose and reveal any part of who they are.”

Below, find more personal reflections from Gatewood and LGBTQ Center staff, a conversation with the Center’s co-executive director about the challenges of federal funding and policy changes, and information about this year’s Pride: Durham, NC, including Saturday’s parade, which we’ll bring you live coverage of at indyweek.com. 

As you click through, I’ll leave you with these words from Desmera:

“The folks who share their stories here are survivors who fight for visibility, prosperity, and safety. … Read and hold the testimonies of these queer people with care and understanding. Queer people are in a fight for their lives against fascism. Your resistance and disruption may make the difference in how the fight goes.

—Sarah W.

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Credit: Photo Courtesy of the LGBTQ Center of Durham

Being the Change

INDY’s Justin Laidlaw talks to the LGBTQ Center of Durham’s co-executive director about how the center is adapting to federal funding and policy changes.

A Call to Action

“I see art as a vehicle of liberation,” writes Niccolo Roditti, also known as Kali Fuchis, who co-directs the LGBTQ Center of Durham’s Youth Center.

Credit: Illustration by Nicole Pajor Moore

Planning for Pride

From INDY’s Chase Pellegrini de Paur: Durham Pride returns this weekend with parties, bingo, wellness events, Pride-oriented church services, and—of course—the parade.

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LOCAL: Fujifilm opened a $3 billion bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing complex in Holly Springs yesterday, ABC11 reports.

LOCAL: Arguments will be heard starting today in the Town of Carrboro’s lawsuit against Duke Energy, which seeks to hold the utility accountable for the effects of climate change, WRAL reports.

EDUCATION: The Duke Consortia for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development has been working on an HIV vaccine for 20 years. The Chronicle reports that work is now in jeopardy after its federal funding was cut.

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  • Grab a UV light and search for moths in the dark during Moth Night with Backyard Butterflies this weekend at Brumley South Nature Preserve in Durham.
  • Surplus Sids, the quirky surplus store and Carrboro institution, has closed, per Triangle Blog Blog.
  • If you like beer and Shrek (yes, the animated ogre), you’ll probably be into this Shrek-themed Oktoberfest block party, complete with onion-eating contest, happening Saturday.
  • Yesterday, we fielded a call from a reader trying to find Durham’s early voting sites. Here’s a handy map from the Board of Elections showing all the early voting locations and wait times for each.
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