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Gainesville was one of at least 30 U.S. cities that held a “March for our Freedom,” with organizers saying they assembled the event to honor victims of police brutality and enforce the national Black Lives Matter movement.

Last month, a Nielsen report found that around the peak of the coronavirus on March 14, vegan meat sales increased by 279.8% compared to the year before.

When Enio Ximenes arrived from California four years ago with his girlfriend Jacquelyn Cafasso, the couple began volunteering at the nonprofit Edible Plant Project.  The nonprofit, he said, “stood out because they were doing education, and they were trying to get people to plant edible plants in their yards.”  “I …

Keynote speaker Schuyler Bailar’s coming out story was the culmination of an entire day of festivities held at UF and in downtown Gainesville.

Gainesville residents take to the streets to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and speak out for equality on Monday.

Holding tealight candles set in palm-sized glass jars, about 100 people gazed silently upon the stage as 300 names resounded Tuesday night at Bo Diddley Plaza in Gainesville.

Every year on Nov. 20, transgender advocates and LGBTQ organizations across the country and world host vigils.