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The Voice of the House Named Gleniffer

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The house named Gleniffer is for sale. I wonder if Chris can really walk away. He’s been in love with the old house for almost six decades. Gleniffer was named by her builders and first residents, Scottish immigrants, the only other family ever to live here. And isn’t the lusty roar of Big Ethel, Chris’s favorite pipe organ, the voice of Gleniffer herself?

Bebe Deluxe, Storybook Pride Prom, and the History of Gay Pride at Willowbranch Park and Library

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It’s the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, and at Willowbranch Library, an epicenter of gay rights history in Jacksonville, hundreds of supporters of gender and sexual minority young people rally in their defense after Jacksonville Public Libraries Director Tim Rogers canceled their sold-out Pride Prom.

Now there are two teen pride events, instead of one. The prom still takes place, at a now undisclosed location, a local church, and hundreds of supporters rally at Willowbranch Library to express their solidarity and love.