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It'll feature events like a drag show and an all-ages Pride prom dance at Potsdam High School. Organizers have already started hosting fundraisers. The next one is today at PM at Jernabi Coffeehouse. It's a "speed friending" event — like speed dating, but for making new friends. Potsdam Pride co-organizer Rebecca Donnelly said she hopes it will bring community members together around common interests and passions.
I am definitely not the originator of speed friending. It's obviously based on speed dating and speed networking. But we thought speed friending would potsdam fun because this is a place where dating know there are people in the queer community. And we know that it's hard to get to meet them. I do have to say, this event is open to anybody.
But https://telegram-web.online/best-online-dating-bios.php is organized with the intention of bringing together members of the queer community who might want to talk speed other artists or potsdam who are interested in the outdoors. We're going to have a series of topics at different tables, that people will be able to sit down at and talk for a few minutes.
It's not a one-on-one format, the way it would be with speed dating. DONNELLY: I think, with this community, because there are so many entry points, there's so many identities under the umbrella, I couldn't tell you right now, I couldn't give you a nice clear-cut list of exactly how I identify.
I know I'm queer, but I wouldn't want somebody to be like, "Alright, you know, if your gender identity is such and such, sit at this table. We're going to have art, sort of the visual side of art, and then performance arts, so music or theater. I think we'll do gaming, probably sports and other kinds of activities. We might even dating a professional connections table.
And I think every round will probably have a wild card as well. Sort of like, if you can't fit in with a specific topic, sit here. And then everybody can just talk about A League of Their Own [].
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I'll put TV. I'll just speed that. I hope that people come and make connections. I hope they learn about Potsdam pride and come to our next fundraiser, which is a drag brunch, also happening at Jernabi, on April And I hope that we gain some enthusiasm for the other things that we have coming up for our main Pride festival in June.
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