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SUMMARY:Voices from Florida: Celebrating LGBTQ Pride
LOCATION:Miami Beach Regional\nMiami Beach Regional
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DESCRIPTION:Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride through history\, author talks\, and 
 music with the Library's Special Collections & Archives division. Featurin
 g authors Julio Capo and T. Deutch and a performance by the Miami Gay Men'
 s Chorus. .\nhttps://mdpls.libnet.info/event/6733312
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>About the Presenters:</strong></p>
 \n<p style="padding-left: 30px\;">Julio Cap&oacute\;\, Jr. is an Associate
  Professor of History and Deputy Director of the Wolfsonian Public Humanit
 ies Lab at Florida International University. He is the award-winning autho
 r of the book&nbsp\;Welcome to Fairyland: Queer Miami before 1940&nbsp\;an
 d curator of the&nbsp\;Queer Miami: A History of LGBTQ Communities&nbsp\;e
 xhibition at HistoryMiami Museum.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="padding-left: 30px
 \;">T. Deutch (they/them) is a queer Floridan living on occupied Narragans
 ett and Wampanoag land\, otherwise known as Providence\, Rhode Island. The
 y are a photographer\, bookmaker\, and improvisers committed to preserving
  queer oral histories and harnessing our collective power. T. has been wor
 king on Queer in the Sunshine State since 2018 and they are excited to con
 tinue other iterations of this practice. They live and work between Rhode 
 Island and Florida. Their Queer in the Sunshine State book began as a proj
 ect in response to the Florida Legislative Committee\, or Johns Committee\
 , which used the power of the state legislature to attack and intimidate C
 ivil Rights Activists and "suspected" gay people at various Florida univer
 sities and institutions from 1956 to 1965.</p>\n<p style="padding-left: 30
 px\;">Gay Men's Chorus of South Florida (GMCSF) brings song to the communi
 ty through large-scale\, mainstage concerts in high-profile venues\, commu
 nity-based engagements\, and volunteer projects. The Chorus has grown to o
 ver 130 members in our short history and has become the largest gay men's 
 chorus in the southeastern United States. Under the direction of Artistic 
 Director Gabe Salazar\, the Chorus has earned a strong reputation for exce
 llence\, garnering prestigious invitations to perform throughout the South
  Florida region.</p>\n<p style="padding-left: 30px\;"><strong></strong></p
 >\n<p><strong>About the Voices from Florida Series:</strong></p>\n<p>The S
 pecial Collections &amp\; Archives division of the Miami-Dade Public Libra
 ry System presents&nbsp\;Voices from Florida\,&nbsp\;a monthly series abou
 t Florida&rsquo\;s culture\, literature\, history\, and&nbsp\;communities.
 &nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://mdpls.libnet.info/event/6733312
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