Nearly 20 years ago, Craig Lynch and Jeff Rane took a look around Dallas and noticed a gap. Dpe havg the sixth-biggt populatn of LGBTQ people the natn and a reputatn as one of the untry’s most gay-iendly ci, no theater pany Dallas was regularly producg theater that told this muny’s stori.
Contents:
- THROUGH THE YEARS: DALLAS' GAY CULTURE
- GAY DALLAS
- GAY AGENDA • MAY 28, 2021
- RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
- DALLAS GAY SNAS
THROUGH THE YEARS: DALLAS' GAY CULTURE
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In 2022, a new LGBTQ+ anizatn formed to brg a Pri event back to the Cedar Sprgs gayborhood September wh s own para and other muny events.
Gaybgo. Enjoy a night of legendary Gaybgo, prented by Rource Center and hosted at Statn 4 (S4), every third Saturday of January through November.
GAY DALLAS
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Fally, the season will culmate wh a powerful productn of The Boys the Band, a groundbreakg play by Mart Crowley that lv to iendship, inty, and the stggl faced by gay men. Gay Theater, Coro Theater, Edison Theater, Mexi Theater.
Opened as the Gay Theater on March 3, 1942. Dpe havg the sixth-biggt populatn of LGBTQ people the natn and a reputatn as one of the untry’s most gay-iendly ci, no theater pany Dallas was regularly producg theater that told this muny’s stori. Wh an dience that’s prised of approximately 60% homosexual and 40% heterosexual patrons, Uptown’s ma goal is to artistilly challenge dienc, strengthen cultural bridg wh the LGBTQ muny, and create greater posive public awarens and acceptance through the performg arts.
“Twenty years ago we thought, ‘hey, Dallas needs gay theater, ’ and so we ma that happen. Dallas’ gay culture — and the cultural life of gay Dallas — has evolved over the years as much as the Dallas Voice self.
GAY AGENDA • MAY 28, 2021
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May • On May 4, the Dallas Voice distribut an "announcement, " heraldg the arrival of a "New Voice Dallas" for the gay muny. … Gay clubs, om Cedar Sprgs to Mockgbird Lane to Fort Worth, clu the Snake P, Bentley’s, Tarrant County Mg Company, High Country, Contemporary Country, 4001, The Unirn, Tex’s Ranch and Lifter’s. December • "The Arlgton Cy Council, bowg to prsure om red-faced rints of Gaywood Street, changed the street name to Garn Oaks Drive.
Four years later, Ante Strss ran for mayor of Dallas, actively urtg the gay muny; she won. … The Dallas Gay Alliance (now the Dallas Gay & Lbian Alliance) holds a Tupperware party to raise money. September • Dallas prepar for send annual "Freedom Para, " prevly lled "Gay Pri Para.
RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
April • When Dallas Voice -founr Robert Moore is hospalized, Baylor plac him isolatn simply bee he is a gay man, the paper reports.
DALLAS GAY SNAS
… Gay Day at the Rac featur a chartered b to Louisiana Downs wh plimentary bloody Marys. Augt • Dallas is selected by the North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance as the se for the 1988 Gay World Seri of softball.
… Team Dallas travels to San Francis for Gay Gam II.