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Equality Noith Carolina rally
The statewide LGBT advocacy and education group Equality North Carolina teams up with a coalition of partnering
organizations from across the state to host a special rally on Halifax Mall, 3CK) N Salisbury St, noon“1:30 p.m. at the
Nortii Carolina Legislative Building. The rally, slated for the second day of the legislature's special September
session, aims to give LGBT and ally citizens the chance to speak out against a proposed anti-LGBT constitutional
amendment on marriage. For those who can't make it, special hometown vigils are planned the night before in cities
across the state. For more on individual vigils, see our calendar listings below. For more details on the Raleigh rally,
visit equalitync.org.
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Sept. 3 • Columbia
SC Pride
The annual SC Pride Parade and Festival
lights up downtown Columbia and Finlay Park.
For more information, visit scpride.org.
Sept. 5 • Charlotte
Labor Day Parade
Come see the annual Charlotte Labor Day
Parade uptown on Sept. 5 at 11 am, featuring
unions and politicians. Tryon St. 11-11:45 a.m.
charlottelabordayparade.shutterfly.com.
Sept. 7 • Raleigh
Gay Bowling
Equality North Carolina hosts a special night
of bowling for members, friends and support
ers. AMF Pleasant Valley, 5501 Commercial
Ave. For more details, visit equalitync.org.
Sept 8 • Charlotte
Candidate Reception
The Mecklenburg LGBT Political Action
Committee (MeckPAC) hosts a special
reception for local mayoral and city council
candidates. The organization will announce
their endorsements for the Sept 13 primary
election. Morehead Inn, 1122 E. Morehead St
nieckpac.org.
Sept 8 • Research Triangle
Reducing Harm & Building Communities:
Addressing Drug Use in the South
The South's first comprehensive Harm
Reduction conference, focusing on advocacy
strategies for individuals and communities
impacted by drug use, sex work, HIV, Hepatitis
and overdose, including LGBTQI communities.
Sept 8-9. RTI International, 3040 E. Cornwallis
Rd. For more information on the conference,
visitnchrc.net/NCHRC/Conference_on_Drug_
Use_ln_tiie_South.html.
Gept 10 • Hickory
Pop Star Bingo
f^ot Your Mama's Bingo is an HIV/AIDS
awareness and fundraising event benefiting
Alfa. Participants are encouraged to dress
up to match the theme. Consider yourself
warned; players must pay attention to the
hostesses and follow the "unique set of
rules." If not, you will find yourself called out
and on stage before you know it. Tickets to
Not Your Mama's Bingo are $20 and include
admission, game sheets and daubers. A spe
cial 50/50 game sheet is an additional $5 and
is the only game played for money; all other
game winners will receive prizes. 470 Hwy 70
W. 7-10 p.m. notyourmamasbingo.com.
Sept. 16 • Greensboro
True Bingo
Guilford Green Foundation's "Green Queen
Bingo" celebrates HBO's acclaimed drama,
"True Blood." The Empire Room, 203 S. Elm St.
6-10 p.m. ggfnc.org.
Sept. 17 • Charlotte
Off White Party
Sponsored by Charlotte Pocket Rocket an6
presented by Just Twirl, this White Party after
party features DJ Seth Cooper. Celebrate
with this years theme, "Rre & Ice." Visulite
Theatre, 1615 Elizabeth Ave. 10 p.m.-2:30 a.m.
$20. justtwirl.com.
Sept 17 • Hickory
ALFA Dining for Friends Finale
Dining for Friends (DFF), traditionally held
in June, is now planned for the month of
September. DFF is a combination of high-
energy individual parties and a community
celebration benefiting ALFA. All of the pro
ceeds from Dining for Friends support ALFA's
mission to improve the lives and health of
those affected by HIV/AIDS while preventing
transmission through education and testing.
Dining for Friends has two major fun factors:
Individual parties and a community celebra
tion, the Dining for Friends Finale. Market on
Main, 335 Main Ave. SW. 8 p.m.-midnight
alfadiningforfriends.org.
Sept 20 • Charlotte
Centen Mara Keisling
Mara Keisling, executive director of the
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law
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1208 The Plaza
Charlotte
National Center for Transgender Equality,
hosts a reception and community forum at
The LGBT Community Center of Charlotte, 820
Hamilton St. Suite B11.6:30 p.m. gaycharlotte.
com. Sponsored by The Center, Campus Pride,
Carolina Transgender Society and the Human
Rights Campaign. %
Sept. 23-25 • Charlotte
Campus Pride 10-year Anniversary
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the
Charlotte-based national non-profit Campus
Pride with BeBe Zahara Benet, winner in
season one of Logo's "RuPaul's Drag Race".
More event details TBA. For more details, visit
campuspride.org.
Sept. 24 • Dallas
Piedmont Pagan Pride Day
Come out and enjoy foot races, children's ac
tivities, music, workshops, rituals, divinations,
demonstration altars and shrines, martial arts
demos, a roundtable discussion with leaders
in the Piedmont area Pagan community,
and tons of fun. The Piedmont Pagan Pride
Day strives to foster pride in Pagan identity
through education, activism, charity and
community. Biggerstaff/Dallas Park, 144
Leisure Ln. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
churchofwicca.org/ppd/index.htm.
Sept 24 • Durham
NC Pride
The annual NC Pride Fest and Parade takes
over Duke University's East Campus. Join
thousands of LGBT North Carolinians for the
parade and hang out throughout the day with
vendors from across the state, ncpride.org.
Oct 8 • Winston-Salem
'Circumstance' Screening
OUT at the Movies, Winston-Salem and North
Carolina's GLBT film series will screen the
2011 drama, "Circumstance." UNCSA School
of Filmmaking, 1533 S. Main St 7-8:30 p.m. For
more info, visit OUTattheMoviesWinston.org.
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ilSiC Vigils for Equality ^
On Sept 12, Equality North Carolina and
community organizations across the
state will partner to present vigils and
demonsttations In opposition to a pro
posed antl-LGBT constitutional. Check ^
the listings below for your community's ^
event. Fofthe most up-to-date informa- I
I 'tion and listings, see equalitync.org. S
1^ (New cities and events might also be
j?"" added; check the organization's website.)
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Fayetteville^
; Cross Creek Park
216 Green St I
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Greensboro
I Guilford County Courthouse Plaza .
I Greene St side *
201S. Eugene St
6:30-8 p.m.
Raleigh
Bicentennial Plaza
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7-10 p.m.
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Wilmington
UNC-Wilmington clocktower ^
1 601S. College Rd.
I 6-9 p.m.
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Grace Court Park I
931W. 4th St
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