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FAQ's About Us

What is your history with the Villages & this club?

  • We moved to The Villages, FL (TV) in late 2002 from southern California. 
  • We formed the Rainbow Family & Friends Club (RF&F) as an officially sanctioned "Resident Lifestyle" group in August 2007.
  • We have sponsored a variety of social events, community service events, and fund raisers for local charities.
  • We have held educational meetings on topics of interest to our community.
  • And, we have never been anything but welcomed, respected & encouraged while arranging for any of these functions.

Isn't central FL a conservative Republican stronghold?

Yes, Central Florida has historically been viewed as a Republican stronghold.  Generally speaking people tended towards the "right," but as TV's has  grown to a 130,000+ population drawing people from urban as well as rural areas, both Democrats & Republicans have come to be well represented.  In addition, attitudes are shaped by the fact that the vast majority of us are transplants from somewhere else.  As a result, we are anxious to establish new friendships and alliances.   This tends to create an atmosphere of a "live and let live" philosophy which frequently softens some of the harsher attitudes.

How about "homophobia" in the Villages?

We certainly can see examples of prejudice just like eve