Durham celebrates Pride twice a year. The first festivities are in June, alongside the rest of the country; the second come in the first fall weekend of September.
The unconventional tradition originates from a local tragedy.
On April 12, 1981, Ronald Antonevitch, a 46-year-old Durham resident, was beaten to death by two men shouting anti-gay slurs while he was sunbathing along the Little River with friends. The attackers were put on trial and convicted…