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THE GAYS OF THE MIDWAY
Jo for the “official” unofficial Gay Day at the great State Fair of Texas. #sftgayday.
‘GAY DAY’ AT THE STATE FAIR IS SATURDAY
‘Gay Day’ at the State Fair of Texas may be all but fotten, but you’ll still fd plenty of queer attractns at this year’s event, which starts Friday. Longtime lbian activist San Gore rells tryg to make the LGBT muny visible at the State Fair of Texas when the thought of a gay-themed day was still sndalo. While planng the first Gay Day at the State Fair 1994, Gore said she had to jump through a lot of hoops before fair officials fally allowed unr multicultural events.
Gay Day wasn’t a sanctned event like Czech Day.
Some the LGBT muny have suggted that the fair did away wh ethnic days to get rid of Gay Day, but Gore said she feels was a bs cisn bee ethnic days were losg money. Gregory Pyn, -ordator of the Gay Day events, said he and Gore worked wh the lol Human Rights Campaign steerg mtee to brg about the first two Gay Days.