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Activists and students protest near the Phillips Center at the University of Florida on Thursday as white nationalist Richard Spencer speaks on campus.
Read More »In Photos: Demonstrators March At UF As Richard Spencer Speaks
Officials Preparing For Spencer Appearance To Coincide With Pride Week
Gainesville's mayor and an organizer of the city's upcoming Pride Week said they are making special preparations for the Oct. 19 speaking appearance at the University of Florida from white nationalist Richard Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute.
Read More »First Amendment Professor On Richard Spencer’s Right To Speak
Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida talks about the upcoming Richard Spencer event and the value of allowing such a discussion to take place on the UF campus.
Read More »In Photos: UF Holds Annual Homecoming Parade
Homecoming events have taken place all week on the University of Florida's campus, including the annual homecoming parade.
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | David Willkomm, Army, 1970 to 1971
David Willkomm served toward the end of the American ground-based conflict in Vietnam, and by then, he witnessed a sad breakdown of G.I. morale within his unit. Drug use, racial tension, and alcoholism were all too common, according to Willkomm, who later became a counselor at the Gainesville Veterans Affairs …
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Ray Harris, MACV-SOG, 1969 to 1970
Raymond Harris’ service was unlike that of any other veteran interviewed for this series. He was a member of a unit called MACV-SOG, or Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Special Operations Group. His job was “running recon,” gathering intelligence about North Vietnamese military operations, often behind enemy lines. Harris later …
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | George Guy, Army, 1968 to 1969
One-sixteenth of an inch isn’t much by most standards, but for George Guy Sr., it was the difference between staying home or going to war. Guy missed the Army’s height limit of 6’6” by 1/16th of an inch in 1968. He ended up taking part in the Tet Offensive and in …
Read More »One Year Later, Central Florida Remembers Pulse Nightclub Tragedy
Central Florida remembers the 49 victims and commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting Monday, designating the day "Orlando United Day."
Read More »Q&A: Scott Fried On Living With HIV, Converting Fears Into Strengths
Scott Fried, who was diagnosed HIV-positive at 24 and who spoke at the University of Florida on Monday to kick off Pride Awareness Month, has traveled the world sharing insights on living and dying with HIV. Read an interview with Fried at WUFT.org.
Read More »At UF Law School, LGBT Community Celebrated, Pulse Remembered
A focus of Tuesday’s event was to recognize the student scholarship the Florida Bar association gave to Menaged for his support of LGBT rights.
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